Arriving at Brunswick Golden Islands Airport in Brunswick means nearby cities such as Savannah, Jacksonville, and St. Marys are all an easy drive away. Brunswick is the mainland port town that anchors Georgia's Golden Isles, with shrimp boats on the docks, live oaks draped in Spanish moss, and a slow, salty rhythm. Cross the causeways and you are on St. Simons Island or Jekyll Island within fifteen minutes.

Things worth your time around Brunswick: - Walk Driftwood Beach on Jekyll Island at low tide for its sun-bleached tangle of fallen oaks - Visit the Georgia Sea Turtle Center and watch rehab patients in the hospital wing - Climb the St. Simons Island Lighthouse for a view across the marshes and sound - Explore the ruins of Fort Frederica, a 1730s British outpost - Bike the flat, shady paths of Jekyll Island and the old millionaires' club district - Eat wild Georgia shrimp and a bowl of Brunswick stew in Old Town Brunswick - Kayak the tidal creeks of the Marshes of Glynn at sunset

Brunswick also makes a good base for the whole coast. Savannah and its squares are about 75 minutes north, Jacksonville is a little over an hour south, and the tiny river town of Darien with its shrimp docks is 20 minutes up US 17. St. Marys, the ferry port for wild, horse-roamed Cumberland Island, is about 45 minutes away, and the blackwater swamps of the Okefenokee are roughly an hour inland. Locals will argue about who invented Brunswick stew, but they agree it belongs beside a plate of fried shrimp. Come in spring or fall when the air is soft and the marsh grass turns gold.