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As one of America’s first planned walking cities, Savannah is a beautiful place to visit. It is designed to navigate easily, all while enjoying many beautiful city squares, history, art and culture. There is so much to experience within about a 1.5-mile radius of the heart of the city, with more adventure within an hour's drive. The historical city allows you to experience the unique while there and provides memories and photos to take home.
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Day 1: Walking tour, Telfair Museums & Lafayette Square
Breakfast: Collins Quarter's downtown location has best French toast!
Continue the day with a walking tour. You can take a public or private walking tour and choose your subject matter with Noble Jones Tours or Savannah Architectural Tours. You can dive into Savannah’s many architectural influences or take a general city walking tour. Both options usually last about 90 minutes to two hours, and you will start to understand the city with these experts. Mornings are recommended because some afternoons have heat advisories in this coastal city. If there is a specific topic you would like covered, your Fora Advisor works with many guides that offer walking tour specialties
After the tour, walk down Broughton Street for lunch and shopping. There are many boutiques and mainstream shopping options on one of America’s most historic main streets.
For the afternoon, visit the Telfair Museums located in Telfair Square. It has statues of many famous artists outside, making it hard to miss. The Telfair Museums include three sites: the Telfair Academy, the Jepson Center and the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters. One of the most popular exhibits is the statue from the famous book and movie “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” The museum tour takes about 45 minutes. The Jepson Center, featuring more modern works, displays interactive exhibits and is included with the Telfair ticket.
Lunch: Chive Sea Bar and Lounge has the best seafood I have eaten in Savannah. Great for lunch or dinner!
Additional options include the Massie Heritage Center, the SCAD Museum of Art or the First African Baptist Church, all located in the Downtown Historic District.
Walk to Lafayette Square to see the stunning Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. Enjoy a wonderful dinner and experience one of Savannah’s fantastic rooftop bars or speakeasies.
Dinner: Husk is in a beautiful old house, perfect for upscale dining. The upstairs bar is actually the best place to eat. They create the daily menu based on what local producers delivered that day. It is a culinary delight!
Bar Julian at the Thompson Hotel has an amazing cocktail program, views of the skyline and the waterfront.
Day 2: Boat tour, Bull Street & Forsyth Park
Breakfast: At the hotel.
A popular option is to see the area by boat with Outside Savannah. My two favorite tours are the eco-friendly two-hour tour — where you usually see dolphins and learn all about the low country — and the amazing backstage port tour explaining the ins and outs of how this major port city operates. They also offer private charters and other adventures, great for kayaking and visiting private beaches if you have an entire day.
After the tour, walk along the riverfront. Check out the history, the waterfront monuments, shopping and more. Don’t miss the Waving Girl statue, River Street Sweets to try a bite of fudge, the African-American Monument and more! On the riverfront, you can enjoy lunch and find any touristy item you could ever think of.
In the afternoon, walk down Bull Street to Chippewa Square, the center of the historic district. Stop and take a photo of the area where Forrest Gump famously said, “Life is like a box of chocolates.” The bench isn’t there, but the history is. You will also pass the Juliette Gordon Low House, where the founder of the Girl Scouts was born. Tours are available.
Lunch: The Public Kitchen & Bar is one of my favorites in Savannah. Everything on the menu is fantastic. I have this place on repeat Alternatively, Treylor Park has two locations in Savannah with a fun, trailer park-themed vibe. The menu sounds a little different, but everything tastes delicious!
Continue walking down Bull Street. Stop at SCADstory. Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) was founded in Savannah in the late 1970s. SCADstory is free, takes about 30 to 45 minutes and is a great interactive, “Disney-esque” experience to understand a large part of Savannah’s culture.
Continue walking on Bull Street and take a right on Jones Street. Jones Street has beautiful homes and is known as one of the prettiest residential streets in America. After two blocks or so, take a left on Whitaker Street to enjoy most of Savannah’s best boutique shopping! This is only two blocks, and the spaces are independently owned.
You will walk into Forsyth Park, which is designed like Central Park in New York and has a very famous fountain ordered from a catalog. On Saturdays during warmer months, the farmers market is a great spot to check out. (Total walking is under two miles for day 2, but if that is too much, there are trolley tours and rickshaws to get you back to where you need to go.) Now, it is time to get ready for dinner!
Dinner: 17Hundred90 is a great option for a celebration. It is located in a historic, haunted inn. You can find locals drinking in the basement, and I loved everything I ate here! Or, try Cotton & Rye.
After dinner, consider a ghost tour. Savannah is known as one of the most haunted US cities. Tours with Ghosts and Gravestones offer a 90-minute trolley ride with ghost stories, and you go into a historic home, like the Andrew Low House, to hear a ghost story, making it like two attractions in one.
Cocktails: Peacock Lounge has high-end cocktails, but you need to ask for directions. Pinkie Masters is a dive bar, not a cocktail bar — go where the locals go and enjoy the history this place holds.
Day 3: Bonaventure Cemetery & Wormsloe Historic Site
Grab coffee and breakfast bites at Franklin's. It is some of the best coffee in town!
Adventure outside the historic district to see Bonaventure Cemetery and Wormsloe Historic Site. This includes a famous cemetery with lots of Savannah history, ghost stories and beautiful scenery. Wormsloe is an outdoor attraction and former plantation. Visitors are allowed to explore the grounds and take pictures of the iconic drive leading up to the grounds. Lunch is provided on the tour when you book with your travel advisor.
Dinner: Common Thread serves innovative cuisine in a beautiful old renovated house. Or, enjoy the rooftop bar or dinner at Local 11ten!
Cocktails: Wayward at Perry Lane Hotel for a late-night creative cocktail, small arcade and popcorn. Plus, the motorcycle in the space hanging from the ceiling makes for a great photo!
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This itinerary is a part of our ongoing series on travel to Savannah. For more travel tips, check out Fora Advisor Holly Lacombe's guide, A Food-focused Weekend Guide to Savannah.