Brunswick & The Golden Isles of Georgia 2008 Visitors Guide

8. Days Inn Interstate ★ Exit 36A, 5033 New Jesup Hwy., 31520. (912) 264-4330; FAX (912) 264-4016. 150 rooms $49-$100. A-CC-H-P-R. AAA, AARP. Hair dryers, clock radios, high-speed Internet. Free local calls, premium cable TV, HBO. Snooze & Cruise packages. IHOP on property. 9. Hampton Inn ★ SHELLS, SAND, WATER THE ENDURING STORY OF TABBY Lumber from trees, bricks from mud, roofs of sod. Through the ages, settlers have used what the earth provides for building materials. Here in the coastal areas of Georgia and the southeast, nature provided early inhabitants with a unique and remarkably strong building material. Its ingredients, combined in equal measure, are simple: lime (the ash from burned oyster shells), sand, water, and crushed shells. Its name is tabby and it was quite literally the foundation of much that was built along the coast over the centuries. Tabby was developed in the 13th and 14th centuries on the North African coast and brought to the New World by the Spanish in the 16th century. The first tabby used by English-speaking people was in Charleston, South Carolina, around 1690. When Georgia became a colony in 1733, settlers from South Carolina brought the “recipe” for this handy building material with them–building forts, chapels, lighthouses, hospitals, sugar mills, barns, breweries, homes and slave quarters. Native American shell “middens” (prehistoric heaps of discarded shells) were often the source for the quantity of shells needed to make tabby. The look of this ancient, enduring building material remains quite popular today, but is typically a “false tabby” mix of oyster shells and cement– not the authentic, labor-intensive compound of yesterday. Historic examples of authentic tabby buildings and ruins can be found in locations throughout Brunswick & The Golden Isles. IN BRUNSWICK 1313 Newcastle Street (see plexiglass panel on south facade of building); ST. SIMONS ISLAND Slave quarter at Gascoigne Bluff; Slave quarter ruins at Hampton Plantation; Fort Frederica National Monument. JEKYLL ISLAND Horton House ruins on Riverview Drive; Hollybourne Cottage, National Historic Landmark District. Exit 36A, 230 Warren Mason Blvd., 31520. (912) 261-0002; (800) HAMPTON; FAX (912) 265-5599. http://www.hampton.com E-mail: benita_otoole@hilton.com.129 rooms $89-129. A-H-HP-P-CC-S. Easy access from I-95. Across the street from Cracker Barrel and Shoney’s. Interior and exterior rooms. Complimentary hot breakfast, free local calls, business center. Free HBO, free high-speed Internet access in each room, cookies at 5:30 p.m. Earn Hilton HHonors points and miles. 10. Knights Inn ★ Exit 36A; 450 Warren Mason Blvd., 31520. (912) 267-6500; (800) 843-5644; FAX (912) 267-6525. http://www.knightsinn.com E-mail: knights_inn_brunswick@aol.com. 103 rooms $40-59. A($5 fee)-CC-P. All rooms on first floor; non-smoking rooms. Guest laundry, HBO/Disney, free coffee and donuts, free local calls, individual parking outside each room. AARP/AAA member discounts. 11. La Quinta ★ Exit 36A, 165 Warren Mason Blvd., 31520. (912) 265-7725; FAX (912) 264-6151. 100 rooms $52-$69. A-CC-H-P-S. Free high-speed Internet access. All rooms are interior entrance. Free deluxe continental breakfast. Coffee maker, hair dryer, iron and board in each room. Free local calls. Outdoor swimming pool, guest laundry facility. Adjacent to Cracker Barrel and Shoney’s restaurants. 12. Motel 6 Exit 36B, 403 Butler Drive, 31525. (912) 264-8582; (800) 466-8356; FAX (912) 264-6028. 88 rooms $36.99-$49.99 A-H-P. Kids 17 and under stay free. Free morning coffee, free local calls. AARP discounts, non-smoking rooms, guest laundry. 54 channel TV with free HBO/ESPN. All ground floor rooms. Close to mall shopping, Magnolia Bluff factory outlet mall 10 miles. Near FLETC, Brunswick Golden Isles Airport, St. Simons Island, Sea Island and Jekyll Island. 13. Red Roof Inn & Suites ★ Exit 36A; 25 Tourist Drive, 31520. (912) 264-4720; (800) REDROOF; FAX (912) 264-5928. http://www.redroof-brunswick.com E-mail: brunswickredroofinn@gmail.com. 85 rooms $59.99-$99.99. A(under 20 lbs.)-CC-H-P-S. Adjacent to Cracker Barrel and Shoney’s. Dataport phones, 25” TV, non-smoking rooms, porters available ($2 round trip), free continental breakfast in the morning and fresh baked cookies in the evening. High-speed wireless Internet, iron and board, largest doubles off the Interstate. Close to Emerald Princess Cruise line. Snooze & Cruise package. 14. Sleep Inn Exit 36B, 5272 New Jesup Hwy., 31523. (912) 261-0670; FAX (912) 264-0441. http://www.choicehotels.com. 93 rooms $48-$150. CC-H-P. Complimentary continental breakfast; free local calls. Chocolate chip cookie reception each evening. Full cable with free HBO. Snooze & Cruise packages available. 15. Super 8 Motel ★ Exit 36B; 5280 New Jesup Hwy., 31523. (912) 264-8800; (800) 800-8000; FAX (912) 264-6037. 59 rooms $45.99-$65.99. A(fee)-CC-H. New rooms. 24-hour coffee. Restaurants nearby, HBO, business class rooms, fax/copy service, free local calls, guest laundry. Interior corridors. Rooms include iron & board, coffee maker, refrigerator, microwave, air dryer. All lodging information is subject to change without notice. Please contact individual property to confirm rates, availabilities, services and other information prior to arrival. Information updates and corrections are posted on our web site at ComeCoastAwhile.com until the next edition of the Visitors Guide is published. 56 http://www.hampton.com http://www.knightsinn.com http://www.redroof-brunswick.com http://www.choicehotels.com http://ComeCoastAwhile.com

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