Driving from DC to Savannah - suggestions for a place to stay in the Raleigh area?

[Anonymous]

I'll be driving from DC to Savannah the weekend before Thanksgiving and would like to break the drive up. It looks like the Raleigh-Durham area is about halfway. Can anyone recommend a nice place to stay, preferably in an area where we (me & DH) can stroll around, find a good restaurant, etc?

Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Go South on 85 and exit at Chapel Hill. Great restaurants (Lantern is awesome), great strolling around, and there are some nice hotels.

[Anonymous]

You will not really hit Raleigh on that drive, unless you go off 95 which is out of the way. We do this drive every year, except go a little further south to St. Simons Island, GA, and we usually stay in Fayetteville, NC or Florence, SC. Wilson, NC is also about 4 hours from here.

[Anonymous]

Raleigh is not on the way

[Anonymous]

We usually stay south of Petersburg. With traffic in the summer on Friday afternoons, its about half way. There really isn't that much in North/South Carolina on 95.

[Anonymous]

If you want to detour into the Raleigh/Chapel Hill area, stay at The Carolina Inn! It's lovely, and a short walk to restaurants near UNC-CH.