Savannah, Ga

[AAM2012]

Going there next month for 4 nights. Tell me what DH and I should do?

We already have reservations at Olde Pink House and Vics on the River.

[christy082]

When we went we only stayed 2 nights, and we got there after 7pm the first night, so all we did that night was order pizza from Vinnie Van Go Go's. They delivered to our hotel, which was great after our 11 hour drive to get there.  

On the next day, our only full day there, we took a hop-on, hop-off trolley tour, which was interesting and fun. We had lunch at Soho South Cafe (yum). Crap, I just realized that link doesn't work- per their facebook page looks like they closed but might be opening sometime soon with new owner. 

During the day we also checked out River street and the boardwalk to watch the boats.

I don't remember where we had dinner. After dinner we took a walking ghost tour- the guide was great and this tour wasn't hokey at all.

I loved Savannah. Hope to go back some day. 

[dearprudence]

I love Savannah and Christy's suggestions are some I usually give. I love walking around River Street and I love the ghost tours. We do a different one each time we go and I love them all. (But I like the cheesy ones, the historic ones, the spooky ones, the fun ones...)

Some other favorite things:
*City Market Art Center
*Tybee Island
*Shopping on Broughton St.
*Pralines at Savannah Candy Kitchen on River St.
*Pecan Pie from The River House on River St.

[wanderlustfoodie]

We're going there next month, too. Based on recs, we're having dinner at Local Ten11, Elizabeth's, and Alligator Soul.

We're going to do a tour of the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil sights, including Bonaventure Cemetery. We also plan to check out City Market. That leaves us with one free day: depending on weather we might do a river tour or visit Oatland Island Wildlife Center.

[PinkSquirrel]

I was there for a weekend in September and it's such a cute city. I don't have a ton of recommendations, but if you do a ghost tour www.afterlifetours.net was really great. A lot of the tours go around with piles of people and are more focused on history. Afterlife tours are ghost hunters so they had fun recordings that they've recorded and played them at each of the spots. They also seem to have done a bit more research and we're able to say yeah, this story all the other tours tell can't possibly be true because of xyz.

Also, the statue from Midnight in the Garden of good and Evil is no longer at the Bonaventur Cemetery, it's been moved to a museum. We didn't find this out until we went to the cemetery to see it.

[bullsgirl]

We really enjoyed the Walking Haunted Pub Tour. Also, for restaurants I really liked Crystal Beer Parlor (good, cheap eats and beer) and I also liked Isaacs. We were there on Thanksgiving last year and a lot of things were closed. I really enjoyed just walking around and seeing everything. I was dealing with a bum knee at the time and still found the historic area really walkable, and we stayed at the Hilton which is proably a mile from the river.

[flatlan]

Oct 27, 2013 18:07:11 GMT -5 bullsgirl said:

We really enjoyed the Walking Haunted Pub Tour. Also, for restaurants I really liked Crystal Beer Parlor (good, cheap eats and beer) and I also liked Isaacs. We were there on Thanksgiving last year and a lot of things were closed. I really enjoyed just walking around and seeing everything. I was dealing with a bum knee at the time and still found the historic area really walkable, and we stayed at the Hilton which is proably a mile from the river.

I second both of these!