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Savannah GA Tourism and Sightseeing
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Where is Savannah Georgia?
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Savannah Georgia
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Savannah Georgia Tourism At a GlanceBest Time to Visit Savannah Georgia
Here, in Savannah, dramatic architecture from centuries ago mingles with trendy boutiques and microbreweries. Here, you can get lost in numerous art galleries or find yourself sipping sweet tea at a sidewalk café with your sweetheart. Whether you’re looking for laid-back luxury or seeing and doing as much as possible, Savannah is just the right speed for singles, couples and families perfect for visiting all year round. Click Here to find hotels in Savannah. If you need additional visitor information for Savannah, Click Here.
Average Savannah Weather
Here's some information that may be helpful in planning and packing:
Yearly Averages
| Month | High | Low |
| January | 63.3 | 37.9 |
| February | 63.1 | 40 |
| March | 69.9 | 46.8 |
| April | 77.8 | 54.1 |
| May | 84.2 | 62.3 |
| June | 88.6 | 68.5 |
| July | 90.8 | 71.5 |
| August | 90.1 | 71.4 |
| September | 85.6 | 67.6 |
| October | 77.8 | 55.9 |
| November | 69.5 | 45.5 |
| December | 62.5 | 39.4 |
Transportation
It's possible and fascinating to spend days simply strolling the nation's largest Landmark Historic District. But with so much more to see, you might opt for other transportation:
Trolley Tours
Savannah offers a variety of Trolley Tours. One of the best ways to learn about the Downtown Historic District’s history is to take one of the many Trolley Tours available. Most Trolley Tours offer the on/off pass, so you are able to explore the city on your own and get back on the trolley as you please!
Horse Drawn Carriage Tours
Taking a Horse Drawn Carriage Tour through Downtown Savannah can be both informative and romantic. Learn about the city as you are taken through the various squares and streets. Bring the whole family or just the two of you, and see Savannah at her very best!
CAT
The fare-free CAT Shuttle connects to most CAT routes serving Savannah and Chatham County. It offers convenient service from downtown hotels, inns and the Savannah Visitor Information Center to Savannah’s historic sites, squares, River Street, Savannah Belles Ferry, houses of worship and many other attractions throughout the year. The fare-free CAT Shuttle is comfortable and climate-controlled for all-weather service and all vehicles are wheelchair accessible.
www.catchacat.org/shuttle.aspx
City Parking
Find information all about the City's Visitor Day Pass, Disability Parking, Smart Cards, Metered Parking and Enforcement by looking through the City Parking Guide. City owned and operated garage locations and details are also available in the guide for your convenience.
http://savannahvisit.com/images/pdf/City_Parking.pdf
The "Dot" is a service of Savannah Mobility Management System – a public-private partnership created to help visitors, residents and commuters get around downtown in an interlinked system designed to enhance the Savannah Experience while reducing traffic and parking congestion.
www.connectonthedot.com
RIVER STREET STREETCAR
- Thursday-Saturday: Noon-8 p.m.
- Authentic 1930s Melbourne, 54-passenger streetcar updated with environmentally-friendly green technology
- Seven stops along Historic River Street between Montgomery Street and the Waving Girl Landing
- Fully ADA-Accessible
EXPRESS SHUTTLE
- New 30-passenger shuttle vehicles
- 20 minutes or less wait between shuttles
- Serving 10 stops around the Historic District
- Connecting to municipal parking facilities, Visitor Centers, Streetcar and Ferry
- Operating 7 days a week, 11 a.m.-9 p.m.
- Fully ADA-Accessible
SAVANNAH BELLES FERRY
- Modern passenger-only ferries, reminiscent of vessels seen in the harbor a century ago
- Named for Savannah’s “Belles”— strong women who shaped the city’s history
- Connecting downtown with Hutchinson Island and the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center
- Operating 7 days a week, from 7 a.m. to Midnight from the Savannah International Trade & Convention Center Landing (on Hutchinson Island adjacent to the Westin Savannah Harbor Golf Resort & Spa) to City Hall Landing below City Hall adjacent to Hyatt Regency Savannah Hotel
- Waving Girl Landing in Morrell Park adjacent to the Savannah Marriott Riverfront Hotel
In-Season Costs
Savannah offers everything from gracious historic inns to charming beach houses that range from practical affordability to grand luxury. Whether you’re looking for a historic bed & breakfast, a chic, trendsetting hotel, or an affordable chain with all the comforts of home, Savannah has just the right accommodations for you. Georgia Tourism - Savannah Attractions, Activities and Day Trips
Savannah has more than 40 cultural attractions and amusements to keep the inquisitive traveler busy. Savannah’s past is told in the many house museums and cultural centers that populate the Savannah area.
- The Andrew Low House
- The Coastal Heritage Society
- City Market
- Davenport House Museum
- Factors Walk and River Street
- The Georgia Historical Society
- Green-Meldrim House
- Jepson Center for the Arts
Location: 207 W. York St.
- Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace
- Massie Heritage Interpretation Center
- The Mercer-Williams House Museum
- Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home<
- The Oatland Island Education Center
- Owens-Thomas House
- River Street
- The Roundhouse Railroad Museum
- Savannah History Museum
- Savannah Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center
- The Savannah Theater
- The Ships of the Sea Museum
- Tybee Lighthouse and Museum
- Tybee Island Marine Science Center
- Telfair Museum of Art
- Wormsloe State Historic Site
- Savannah’s Surrounding Communities
- Liberty County Georgia
- Richmond Hill
- Beaufort, South Carolina
- Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Click Here to find things to do in Savannah. Click Here to view a list of attractions in Savannah. Click Here to find restaurants in Savannah. Click Here to find local events in Savannah.
Things to do in Savannah GA, Sightseeing and Savannah GA Tourism Savannah GA Tourism - Planning a Savannah GA Vacation Below is a list of Savannah GA tourist attractions, activities, events, hotels, restaurants and visitor information entries to help you plan a Savannah GA Vacation! Find detailed information on the Savannah GA tourism entries by clicking on their links. Narrow your search by selecting from a specific Savannah GA travel category on the left hand menu.
Explore All Of Georgia's Regions You can find Georgia tourist attractions and activities in all of Georgia's regions: Albany, Alpharetta, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Brunswick, Cartersville, Cobb County, College Park, Columbus, Dalton, Duluth, Kennesaw, Macon, Marietta, McDonough, Norcross, Perry, Savannah, St. Simons Island, Stockbridge, Valdosta and Other.
Fun Things to do during your Savannah GA Vacation - Top Savannah GA Tourist Attractions and Activities Some of the most popular Savannah GA tourist attractions that list on our site include Ghosts & Gravestones of Savannah , Old Town Trolley Tours of Savannah and River Street Riverboat Company.
Fun activities in Savannah GA include Regal Savannah 10, Liberty Stadium Cinemas and Victory Square Stadium 9.
Create an online Savannah GA vacation itinerary You can use WeGoPlaces.com to plan your Savannah GA vacation itinerary! To begin, select from our list of Savannah GA tourist attractions, activities, accommodations, events, restaurants or Savannah GA vacation & visitor information entries. Click the "Add" button to add individual entries to your online Savannah GA vacation itinerary.
Featured Georgia Tourist Attractions and Activities Please visit our Georgia featured listings - Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Atlanta Falcons at Georgia Dome, Monster Jam at Georgia Dome, Monster Jam at Macon Centreplex and Masters Packages at Augusta National Golf Course.
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Old Town Trolley Tours of Savannah Historic Tours featuring ON/OFF privileges at 15 stops!
Category: Savannah Tour in Georgia
Description of this Savannah Attraction: Known for its impressive 18th and 19th century architecture, Savannah boasts over 1,700 restored buildings, each with its own story to tell. Travel back to the Civil War era as you visit the Green-Meldrim House, a Gothic revival style building which once served as General Sherman’s headquarters. Nearby is the beautiful Mercer-Williams House, where the controversial events described in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil played out. A few blocks further are the Andrew Low House, home to the founder of Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low, and the Flannery O’Connor House.
For famous Southern cuisine head to Mrs. Wilkes, a boarding house turned family-style restaurant off of Monterey Square. If you’re interested in doing some shopping, City Market and the Bay Street area are known for their quaint shops and galleries. You’ll appreciate the Southern charm and hospitality at every place that you visit. Be sure to stroll through a few of Savannah’s 21 squares, laid out by James Oglethorpe in 1733 and filled with statues, fountains, and lush vegetation.
There’s no better way to see Savannah than with Old Town Trolley Tours.
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University of Georgia's Marine Education Center and Aquarium Georgia's original saltwater aquarium featuring 14 aquaria,
Category: Savannah Aquarium in Georgia
Description of this Savannah Attraction: Our exhibits display organisms typical of the various habitats that are found along the coast: the tidal creeks of the salt marshes, the ocean beaches, and the open waters of the continental shelf including "live bottom" areas such as Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary. Fourteen exhibit tanks hold 200 live animals that represent approximately 50 species of fish, turtles, and invertebrates found along the Georgia coast.
The aquarium and museum exhibit areas were completely renovated in the fall of 2007 with support from the (NOAA) Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary Program and the UGA Marine Extension Service.
Museum display cases on the upper level exhibit fossils of sharks, giant armadillos, whales, mastodons, wooly mammoths dredged from the Skidaway River. Native American artifacts dating back to the "Guale" era of Georgia's prehistory are also on exhibit, as are sea island grass baskets crafted by the Gullah residents of Sapelo Island. This area is occasionally used as an exhibit area to display photographs and paintings by local artists.
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Educational Sleepover at the Aquarium, Jan 23, 2010 to Nov 24, 2010 Sleepover at Aquarium
Category: Savannah Children event in Georgia
Description of this Savannah Event: The sleepover’s activities will focus coastal development. All activities will be hands on and exciting. There will also be a mini fishing clinic this evening. Program includes snack and continental breakfast. Please bring the following items: sleeping bag, pillow, hand towel, pajamas, bug spray, toothbrush and paste, flashlight, fishing pole, camera, and change of clothes.
Time 6pm - 8am
Cost: $25/person all children must be accompanied by an adult
Advanced registration required
Maximum of 25 participants
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Mommy and Me, Nov 03, 2009 to Dec 21, 2010 Bring your toddler in for 45 minutes of fun
Category: Savannah Children event in Georgia
Description of this Savannah Event: Beginning in November 2009 the aquarium will be offering Mommy and Me programs for toddlers ages 1-4 years old. These programs will encompass a variety of learning techniques that allow for the development of motor skills, understanding of different sizes, shapes, weights, and movements among a variety of marine animals native to Georgia waterways and the ability to identify the difference between fish, crabs, turtles, and invertebrates. The programs will include hands-on experiences with different animals, arts and crafts, a story time, and a game.
These programs will take place every Tuesday from 8:30-9:15 through December 2009. In January of 2010 the program will be provided on both Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8:30-9:15. The programs will cost $6/child ($4/child for season pass holders). Parents or guardians must be present and will get in for free with paid child. These program have a limit of 15 participants/program and advance registration is required.
To reserve a spot for your toddler today please call (912) 598-2496 or email fish@uga.edu.
Dates:
November 3, 10, & 17, 2009 and December 1, 8,15,& 22, 2009
January 5, 12, 19, &26, 2010 & Thursday January 7, 14,21,& 28, 2010
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Jepson Center For The Arts Jepson Center For The Arts in Savannah, GA
Category: Savannah Recreation in Georgia
Description of this Savannah Activity: Jepson Center for the Arts features two large galleries for major traveling exhibitions; galleries for African American art, Southern art, photography and works-on-paper; a community gallery; a 3,500-sq. ft. hands-on gallery for young people; two outdoor sculpture terraces, education studios, a 200-seat auditorium, cafT, and store. Covered with glistening white Portuguese stone and consisting of two separate structures connected by glass bridges over a protected lane that is part of Savannah's town plan originally conceived in 1733 by Georgia's founder General James Oglethorpe, the building has a soaring, light-filled atrium and sweeping, three-level staircase that provides access to its expansive galleries.
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