Savannah, under the live oaks.
Lantern-lit ghost walks, riverboats on the water, Bonaventure’s mossy angels and a Southern table worth loosening your belt for. What each tour is really like, what it costs, and where to book.
The seven Savannah swears by.
First trip or fifth, these carry a Savannah itinerary: the hop-on trolley that untangles the grid of squares, a candlelit ghost walk past the old mansions, the riverboat that reads you the cotton-era waterfront from the water.
Savannah Hop-On Hop-Off Trolley Tour
A narrated Savannah hop-on hop-off trolley with easy stops at River Street, City Market, Forsyth Park, and more, for flexible sightseeing.
From $44 per person
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Twenty-two squares, best seen on foot.
Savannah was laid out around its squares, and the walk between them is the tour. Live oaks and Spanish moss, cast-iron balconies, the fountain in Forsyth Park, a plaque and a ghost story on every corner. The guides who know which door hides which tale are the ones worth booking.
Which kind of haunted are you after?
Savannah calls itself the most haunted city in America, and there is a tour for every nerve. Three honest ways to meet its ghosts. Pick the one that sounds like your night; every option behind it is already reviewed and priced.
On foot, by lantern
The ghost walk
1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $39 · 3,235 reviews
Small groups, a guide with a lantern, a slow loop through the squares where the stories happened: the duelling ground, the yellow-fever houses, the mansion no owner keeps for long. Told for the history as much as the scare. The gentlest way in, and the one families pick.
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A drink in hand
The haunted pub crawl
3 hours (approx.) · from $60 · 1,623 reviews
Savannah lets you carry your cup, and these crawls keep one filled between haunted taverns and cellar bars in the historic district. Part bar tour, part ghost story, louder as the night goes on, for a group that wants the legends and a good time in equal measure.
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Among the stones
The cemetery hours
1 hour 15 minutes (approx.) · from $39 · 2,723 reviews
Bonaventure and the old burial grounds by day, when the Spanish moss and marble angels do the haunting on their own. Headstone symbolism, the graves behind “Midnight in the Garden”, the hush only a cemetery keeps. Book this one if you came for the atmosphere, not the jump.
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Savannah saves a side for after dark.
The gas lamps come up over the squares, River Street fills along the water, and a to-go cup is perfectly legal in the historic district. Ride a dinner cruise past the lit waterfront, crawl the old taverns, or just walk the cobblestones with the crowd. The night is half the reason people come.
Nobody leaves Savannah hungry.
Shrimp and grits, fried green tomatoes, pralines still warm from the copper kettle, biscuits at a table you would never find alone. These food walks pair the plates with the history of the squares they cross, so come with an appetite and loose plans for dinner.
The coast is a half-hour away.
Savannah sits just up the river from the Atlantic, and the boats know it. Dolphin cruises off Tybee Island, a beach day under the lighthouse, an eco tour through the salt marsh. Trade the cobblestones for the coast without giving up the whole afternoon.
Bonaventure keeps the city’s stories.
A little way out of town, Savannah’s history rests under the oaks at Bonaventure: marble angels, poets and songwriters, the graves a book and a film made famous. Guides read the symbolism on the stones and the lives behind them. Handled with care, it is the most moving morning on any itinerary.
Where a Savannah day can go.
Savannah rewards wandering. Chase the squares by daylight, the ghosts by lantern, River Street once the boats light up, and the marsh when you need the water. Each corner is its own afternoon.
However you’d rather explore.
A dozen ways to spend a Savannah afternoon, from a slow walk through the squares to a fast lap on a Segway. Pick the format that fits your group and every option behind it is already reviewed and priced.
The history Savannah doesn’t hide.
Savannah’s past runs deeper than the ghost stories. Guides walk you through the city’s Civil War years, its African American and Gullah Geechee heritage, the grand old homes, and the real story behind the book everyone knows. These are the serious hours that stay with you longest.
How to spend a first weekend.
You can’t see all of Savannah in one trip, but a long weekend covers the essentials in the right order. This is the sequence we’d hand a friend checking into an inn on Bull Street tomorrow.
Day 1
Learn the squares on foot
Start where Savannah starts: a morning walking the historic district, square to square, oak to oak, with the fountain in Forsyth Park as your turnaround. Get the map in your legs before anything else.
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Day 2
Down to the river and the coast
River Street and a harbor cruise in the morning, then out to Tybee for the afternoon if the weather holds. Back for dinner on the water and a slow walk home along the cobblestones.
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Day 3
Bonaventure by day, ghosts by night
Spend the morning under the moss at Bonaventure, the afternoon on a food or heritage walk, and save the dark for a lantern-lit ghost tour through the squares you now know by name.
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