We don’t need to tell you how hot it is (you see enough screen shots of the forecast on Facebook). But we’ll help you keep your cool through Atlanta’s epic summer, from pool partying to ice cream tasting to becoming a human ice pop. Freeze right there.
W Atlanta – Buckhead’s infinity pool deck channels South Beach vibes with a DJ, deep-end cocktail service, and parade of beautiful people on the weekends.
Every Saturday and Sunday through September 2, $25 for a one-day pass. W Atlanta – Buckhead, 3377 Peachtree Road Northeast, Buckhead (678-500-3190 or watlantabuckhead.com).
Strip down, step into a tube filled with -270-degree nitrogen, and turn into a human ice pop for up to three minutes. The treatment reduces muscle and joint pain, tightens and rejuvenates skin, gets endorphins rushing, and boosts metabolism. We swear.
Icebox Cryotherapy, 3292 Laventure Drive, suite 101 (404-890-7066 or iceboxtherapy.com).
We all scream for bourbon burnt sugar ice cream and limoncello sorbet (among many other temptations) when the manufacturing facility opens for free tours and tastings on Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
High Road Craft Ice Cream & Sorbet, 2241 Perimeter Park Drive, suite 7, Chamblee (678-701-7623 or highroadcraft.com).
Take a raft or paddleboard — or just splash around in the Chattahoochee at the serene locale. Fido can roam the five acres of Georgia’s largest, fenced-in dog pasture.
Riverview Landing, 6271 Riverview Road Southeast, Mableton (riverview-landing.com).
The wintry palace (plush seating, crystal chandeliers, solid ice bar top) with 300 vodkas from around the world brings out your inner ice queen. And the sushi is better than a cold war on a hot day.
Czar Ice Bar, 56 East Andrews Drive Northwest, Buckhead (678-244-3610 or czaricebar.com).
The Georgia Aquarium is the only fish tank outside Asia housing whale sharks (the largest fish in the world). And you get to swim with them (or dive if you’re scuba certified). It might be the coolest thing you do all year. Or ever.
Georgia Aquarium, 225 Baker Street Northwest, Downtown (404-581-4000 or georgiaaquarium.org).
Relive college days with swirling frozen drinks (imbibe the Jet Fuel with caution) in the high-energy tiki bar, complete with palm trees, live music on the weekends, and a breezy deck. You’re forever 21.
Flip Flops, 1140 Crescent Avenue Northeast, Midtown (678-705-3891 or facebook.com).
Let your pup play in the three-acre Piedmont dog park, then delight him or her with a frozen treat. You can mingle with humans and beat the heat with a cold beer or margarita.
Concession stand, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 4-7 p.m.; Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Piedmont Park, 1071 Piedmont Avenue Northeast, Midtown (404-875-7275 or piedmontpark.org).
Sink your spoon into the Southern restaurant’s granita — an icy Italian treat with fresh, seasonal fruit in flavors like blueberry lavender and cantaloupe ginger. You can even get it booze infused.
Wisteria, 471 North Highland Avenue Northeast, Inman Park (404-525-3363 or wisteria-atlanta.com).
Dark, air-conditioned movie theaters were made for scorching days. Screen new releases in style with leather seating, refreshing cocktails (try the Sin City sangria), beachy entrees like Florida rock shrimp risotto, and the blueberry and coconut tart (with ice cream, duh) for dessert.
CineBistro, 1004 Town Boulevard, suite 1070, Brookhaven (404-333-0740 or cobbcinebistro.com).
The world’s largest man-made beach is just 90 minutes from Atlanta (we’ll take it!). White sand stretches a mile around the 65-acre lake at Callaway Gardens where you can swim, sunbathe, wakeboard/ski/kayak, and pretend you’re at the coast.
Robin Lake Beach, in Callaway Gardens, 17800 U.S. Highway 27, Pine Mountain (706-663-2281 or callawaygardens.com).
What the chill, subterranean bar is lacking in windows (read: those things that heat up a place), it makes up for in shuffleboard, pool, darts, board games, a photo booth, and a bocce court. Game on.
Ormsby’s, 1170 Howell Mill Road, Westside (404-968-2033 or ormsbysatlanta.com).
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