Historic Madison,Georgia is often referred to as the town Sherman refused to burn. Located 60 miles east of Atlanta, five minutes off Interstate 20, it is a town uniquely filled with antebellum mansions, Victorian period cottages and craftsman style homes. Shady streets, a traditional small town square, horse drawn carriages, and genuinely friendly people evoke a time past. Architectural and historic venues abound. Walking tours, home tours and historic society homes offer a glimpse of yesterday to today's travellers. Interesting and unique shops offer everything from fine antiques to specialty cookware, hand-made chocolates to local farmer's markets produce. A wide variety of restaurants offer choices for dining with intimate, settings in renovated buildings to airy open atriums with expansive views. Madison area events are often featured in Southern Living magazine; the town hosts the Atlanta symphony, chamber music and bluegrass festivals, as ewll as historic home tours. For sports enthusiasts, golf courses, swimming, boating, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding are all nearby as well as both Hard Labor Creek State Park and Lake Oconee.