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Abundant shopping, art galleries, wineries, traditional German dishes and international fare: This is Helen, White County and the surrounding villages of Sautee and Nacoochee, where Appalachia meets Alpine, a North Georgia beauty with a Bavarian sensibility, alongside the Chattahoochee River.
Tour the strasses and platzes of the Alpine Village in a horse-drawn carriage. Georgia's Official Outdoor Adventure Destination offers something for everyone from golf courses to hiking, mountain biking, fishing and tubing, plus rock climbing, zip lining and horseback riding, too. Culinary and culture vultures delight in Helen's variety of wineries and breweries, her eclectic dining landscape, mountaintop spa and her accomplished artisans--quilters, woodcarvers, potters, glass artists. Shoppers are enchanted by a streetscape and bustle with activity: like-minded souls browsing more than 150 shops, horse-drawn carriages, German music--even a babbling brook--and all in down-home ambiance. Lodging includes in-town hotels, riverside bed and breakfast inns and cabins, condos and chalets tucked into the mountains. HelenGA.org