ATL · Layover Guide
Atlanta
Stop in Atlanta.
Best layover: 4–24h
LayoverScore™
Base city score. Your route score varies by savings and timing.
Exit realism
Comfortable window
Enough room in Atlanta for a real stop. Keep the buffer at the end anyway.
Landside playbook
If time slips
- Drop the last stop. Go straight to the train, taxi rank, or ride pickup you already chose.
- Add 15 minutes to map ETAs for the return leg at rush hour.
- One ticket for the whole trip protects you when the inbound is late. Separate tickets do not.
Worth knowing
- Do not stack three stops. One solid block in the city beats a rushed loop.
- Do not treat one map time as gospel for immigration lines. Pad on your first pass through this hub.
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Places to stay
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Score 78 · Discover 53 · Ease 20
Why Atlanta scores 78
Getting there
MARTA Red / Gold Line $2.5 · Uber / Lyft $25
min to center
metro- 01MARTA Red/Gold Line — airport station directly under Domestic Terminal, $2.50, 20 min to Five Points
- 02Uber/Lyft — $22–28 one-way to Midtown or Ponce City Market area
- 03MARTA 1-day pass — $9, covers all rail and bus lines
68 min by Riverdale / ATL Intl Terminal
- 01BeltLine Eastside Trail — 2.25 miles of art, green space, and the city's best people-watching
- 02Ponce City Market — food hall, rooftop, and a renovated Sears warehouse that defines the neighbourhood
- 03Krog Street Market — 30 restaurants under one roof, 20 min from the airport
- 04Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site — birth home, church, and memorial in Sweet Auburn
- 05High Museum of Art — Renzo Piano building, world-class collection, free on first Sundays
Experiences in Atlanta
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- Zocalo Restaurant~60 min1 min walk
- Atlanta Airport Concourse B Food Court~60 min1 min walk
- Universoul Circus~75 min3 min walk
- Opium~75 min4 min walk
- Georgia Capitol Museum~90 min1 min walk
- Vic's All Purpose~90 min1 min walk
- Georgia Aquarium4.7
- World of Coca-Cola4.4
- Atlanta Botanical Garden4.7
- Piedmont Park4.8
- Fox Theatre4.7
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Where to stay →Drop your luggage. Don't drag it around the city.
ATL Airport Hotel (Day Use)
1 min from Terminal S via covered walkway
$45/day
2 min walk
Westin Atlanta Airport
Connected to domestic terminal via skywalk
$55/day
5 min walk
Airport Luggage Storage (Terminal S)
Arrivals level, next to baggage claim
$8/bag
1 min walk
From the terminal to the good part.
MARTA Red / Gold Line
Five Points, Downtown, Midtown
Departs every 8-10 min. Airport station is under the domestic terminal — follow 'MARTA' signs from baggage claim.
20 min
$2.50
Uber / Lyft
Ponce City Market, BeltLine, Midtown
Rideshare pickup on the Arrival Drive. Surge pricing applies during peak hours (7-9am, 5-7pm).
18 min
$25.00
MARTA 1-Day Breeze Card
Unlimited MARTA rail and bus — covers airport to BeltLine to Downtown and back
Buy at any Breeze Card vending machine in the airport station. Tap in, tap out.
$9
per day
Getting there
Get an Uber from the airportAt the airport
- 0114 airport lounges across both terminals — highest lounge count in North America
- 02Plane Train connecting all concourses — no transfers needed
- 03Hartsfield-Jackson ATL ranks #1 busiest airport in the world — well-signposted and easy to navigate
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