Folkston, Georgia
The Azalea Cottage is a renovated house with 3 bedrooms, 1 full bath, and 1 half bath. The house sleeps up to 6 people (with 3 beds). A washer and dryer is included for your convenience. Relax on the front porch swing. Train watchers are within easy walking distance (2 blocks) of the train watching platform, as well as the Train Museum in downtown Folkston. The Okefenokee Swamp, is a short 8 mile drive where you can enjoy scenic views and see a variety of wildlife (including alligators). Take a guided boat tour of the swamp or rent a boat and tour the swamp at your own pace. You can also enjoy the raised boardwalk through the swamp and climb the tower at the end for an expansive view of the swamp. An informative visitor's center will educate you and your family about the swamp and its wildlife.
Stayed with my son for Winterwatch and it was a great location near the platform
Good stay !
We enjoyed our stay, so close to the Okefenokee!
We enjoyed our stay at this property and highly recommend it. It was the perfect set up for us to use as a home base to explore the Okefenokee Swamp (east park access). The kids also enjoyed walking over to the Folkston Railfan park and exploring the town. It was super easy to walk to restaurants and train viewing platform. It is a lovely, sleepy little town. The house was very clean and comfortable. It is old but you can tell it has been well maintained and loved over the years and has updates where needed. We loved hearing the trains go by at night but expect to get woken up by them or the noise from the road the house sits on occasionally if you are a light sleeper.
Overall our stay was nice. The host is totally upfront about all the train watching opportunities/closeness to the tracks ect... I guess we were naive about the level of noise that happens at all hours. On some multi engine long trains....the house will vibrate and windows rattle. You will hear long air horn blasts from trains. 2 to three go by from 10pm-5am. There are also lots of sirens for a small town and you are on a main road in town with semi trucks. It was not easy sitting/talking outside during weekdays. Again....the host was fine, but this was not the best stay for us but I can see where train lovers would be thrilled here.
We used the house as a base camp for our sightseeing. Spent time in various towns in the area, including Savannah. We enjoyed exploring southern Georgia. We even got used to all the train noise and police sirens which were plentiful in Folkston. The only thing about the house was it could have been cleaner. We left it in better shape than when we arrived.
This was our second stay at this property. We love it! We'll continue to stay there when it's available. Plenty of room!
My family and I enjoyed our stay while being in town for the passing of loved ones. Great country home that even had a beautiful pear tree in the yard. We would definitely book again if needed. Folkston is my childhood town. We were surprised to find a place!
Cozy and bigger than it looked online. It felt like home. Location was amazing. Clean and friendly neighborhood. Close to town, within walking distance,. It was an amazing trip and we can’t wait to go back.
Me, my husband, my sister and her husband stayed at the Azalea Cottage in Folkston, GA for two nights. The cottage is adorable and takes a step back in time. Check-in and check-out were super easy. Loved the updated appliances like the toaster. Quiet location and within great proximity of the Okefenokee Swamp entrance!
This property was great for our family. We were in town to meet our first grandchild . I was able to cook for my kids and comfortably visit with everyone and hold that new baby.
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