The Seeing Southern Travel Magazine

If travel is as important to your life as it is to ours, follow along and discover destinations that will awaken a new sense of discovery. Travel is transformative, illuminating, reviving. Through the stories that you’ll find here, we hope you uncover some locations that awaken a sense of awareness in you that you can’t shake.
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Cool cocktails to tame the summer heat
Cool cocktails to tame the summer heat

Enjoy these cocktail poolside to cool the heat.

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Eat Athens Georgia during Athens Restaurant Week this July
Eat Athens Georgia during Athens Restaurant Week this July

Your opportunity to EAT ATHENS is here. The kitchen heats up in July with some of the best eats in the South. If you need a little inspiration, pick up our guide to Athens, 100 Things to do in Athens Ga Before You Die.

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The legacy of the Gatlinburg Inn
The legacy of the Gatlinburg Inn

Experience one of the most historic locations in Gatlinburg, The Gatlinburg Inn.

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Sandals St. Vincent and the Grenadines redefines off-the-grid escape
Sandals St. Vincent and the Grenadines redefines off-the-grid escape

The ultimate all-inclusive getaway at Sandals St. Vincent.

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    See Rock City Barns

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Riveted aluminum creates decades of connected travelers
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Riveted aluminum creates decades of connected travelers

My first Airstream sighting happened as a kid when my family and I rolled past Helen, Ga, headed toward Hiawassee, Ga.. Nestled in a valley just before we climbed the switchback mountain to Hiawassee, a community of silver rocket-ship-like oval vehicles rested on the grass. Every one was the same, cute as ever, parked at exactly the same angle, and nothing like I had ever seen before.

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