Push Menu Right Blog Alpine-Helen, GA: Where the South Goes to Have Winter Nov 19, 2021 Where does the South go to find the warmth of winter’s most time-honored traditions? In this part of the country, a region that’s notorious for hot hot summers and especially abbreviated transitional season, it can be difficult to capture the magic of a season that has been represented by misty...More Helen’s 50th Oktoberfest: Beer Brings Us Back Together Oct 14, 2021 When you have good bier and a tight knit community (from all over), festivals just invent themselves. That’s what happened with Oktoberfest in 1810. Can you believe Helen, Georgia, the town that invented itself in the image of Bavaria, has been celebrating Oktoberfest for 50 years? It’s evidence that the...More Tantrum Brewery Expands Helen, GA's Beer Appeal with Home Grown Hops, Family-Friendly Taproom Sep 21, 2021 As with many crafts over the years, locals are finding out they can do them in Helen, too. Brewing is a longstanding tradition in Germany and a lynchpin of Oktoberfest. As the unofficial Georgia Oktoberfest headquarters, regulars to Helen taste a lot of seasonal brews from Deutschland. The palates of...More Familiar Sports, Faraway Feeling: A Guys’ Weekend in Helen, GA to Enjoy Fall Sep 14, 2021 Sometimes you want to do the same things somewhere new. A relaxing experience relies on some predictability, but also adds intrigue—mountains, river, special food. . . not being home. Making time to just hang out is harder for us guys when we grow up. Alpine Helen is an easy getaway...More Tour Georgia's Wine Country in a Weekend Apr 08, 2021 You can drink wine anywhere, yet one of the most popular escapes connoisseurs and novices alike seek is a trip to “wine country.” Perhaps it's a unique way to connect your senses to a timeless natural process in beautiful surroundings that produce a complex product; maybe it’s getting to learn...More Who Wrote Your Favorite Songs? Find Out at the Alpine Helen Songwriters Festival Mar 08, 2021 You’ve got shady oak trees; cool mountain breezes; gently rolling streams giving way to waterfalls; gazing at the stars in the clear spring sky over dinner and a glass of wine. . . but still something is missing: music.Music has always thrived in Appalachia, and the city of Helen does...More Get the Most From Helen, GA's Waterfalls Right Now Feb 25, 2021 Close your eyes and imagine a waterfall. How do you feel? A handful of natural memories are so overwhelming to the senses that they never fade. An Appalachian waterfall has a subtle earthy smell from the rocks and vegetation being disturbed; it produces a cool breeze felt through the humid...More Making camping simple for beginners in Helen, GA Jul 01, 2020 Camping is supposed to be simple: lazing about quietly in nature, cooking over an open fire, and sleeping almost under the stars and almost on the ground. What stands in the way of the stress-melting fantasy for you? Is it the stress of travelling to a remote location after hours...More You need a hike: starter hikes near Helen, GA for people who need to get away Jul 01, 2020 Hiking is what we need more of right now: as a refreshing activity it can range from meditative to heart-pounding, from effortless to grueling, and it is as varied an aesthetic experience as the terrains upon which it occurs. In the Blue Ridge foothills surrounding Helen, you can do it...More The Fresh Air is Never Far Away: Helen is Georgia’s Outdoor Escape May 19, 2020 Being indoors can be necessary, even restorative from time to time, but we need open space to be our best selves. The Blue Ridge Mountains and a storybook town getaway, Helen, Georgia, beckons city dwellers and suburbanites when they need to be somewhere else physically. . . and mentally. You...More Next Page It’s the charm of Bavaria, in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains. 726 Bruckenstrasse Helen, GA 30545 P.O. Box 730 Helen, GA 30545 800-858-8027 706-878-2181 Copyright © 2010-2018 Alpine Helen/White County CVB, all rights reserved