In search of miles of sandy shore bedecked with bronzed sun-blasted bodies basting on choc-a-bloc beaches? Long for loud music and mountains of margaritas? Out to raise a bit of…well you know.
Check any of the above and you’ll hate St. Simons Island, a leafy, Spanish moss shrouded bit of southern history tucked away on the Georgia coast.
In the interest of full disclosure, this Cheapflights reporter is partial to the place. Our youngest son married there in the kind of storybook wedding that only an enclave like this could produce.
If it’s the need to really retreat that lures you to marsh, subtle coastal sounds and shimmering sea, then St. Simons worth a look-see. You can:
- Explore off the beaten path and drink in the sights, sounds and salty smells of stretches of all but inaccessible wilderness along the Georgia coast.
- Learn how to handle a sea kayak and explore the subtle contours of this salt marsh suffused region.
- Bike the shaded, watercolor streets of St. Simons and never want to go home.
- Explore the fabled St. Simons Lighthouse Museum and A.W. Jones Heritage Center. The place is more than an artsy artifact. The lighthouse still serves as a working navigational aid for the area.
- Delve deep into the island’s past. Take a Civil War Diary trip, or perhaps or ghost tour and see what’s not apparent to the modern eye. Don’t blink.
Edgy and effervescent it’s not. As for laid back and lovely? That’s another matter. If this is your kind of island the best place to book your flight is into Savannah. Then, rent a car and take it from there.
Story by Jerry Chandler
(Images: BSC Photography, mattb4rd, donovanhouse)
