City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 9 East River St.
32. Old Town Trolley Tours Of Savannah
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 233-0083, (888) 910-8687
Address: 234 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Description: It’s exciting to tour the city in an open-air vehicle, and Old Town Trolley Tours of Savannah offers colorful and comfortable trolley-style vehicles. This 90-minute tour offers re-boarding options throughout the Historic Downtown on orange and green trolley-style vehicles. A one day ticket costs $25 for adults and $10 for children. Most popular is the Paula Deen Tour where adults pay $49 and children, $25. The tour company also operates a gift shop downtown. It also offers a ghost tour on a trolley, Ghosts and Gravestones, for $25 for adults and $10 for children.
33. Oglethorpe Trolley Tours
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 233-8380
Address: 215 West Boundary Rd.
Description: This group offers a 90-minute narrated, on-off trolley tour of Historic Savannah for $15 for adults and $10 for children. They also offer a Land and Sea Savannah Package, which includes a one-hour narrated Sightseeing Riverboat Cruise along the Savannah River. Historic Savannah Haunted Trolley Tour and a Haunted Savannah Package are also available. Tickets for these are from $15 to $29 for adults and $18 to $39 for children.
34. Carriage Tours Of Savannah
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 236-6756
Description: Narrated tours are about an hour in length. Options include a daytime historic tour ($20 for adults, $10 for those ages 5 to 11), evening historic or ghost story tours ($20 for adults, $10 for children), and private carriage tours for couples (call for pricing). Tours depart from City Market.
35. Historic Savannah Carriage Tours
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 443-9333
Address: 100 Aberdeen St.
Description: Pickup service can be arranged at hotels or at downtown locations. Fees are $20 for adults and $9 for children. Variations include private romance (Wine and Roses Tour) and Champagne Proposal tours. Departure is from the Hampton Inn at Bay and Abercorn Streets, or for private tours, by arrangement in the Historic District.
36. Magnolia Carriage Company
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 232-7727
Address: 802 Wheaton St.
Description: This company specializes in private tours including weddings, and romance is their specialty. All public tours are $20 per person and depart from City Market. Call for reservations.
37. Freedom Trail Tour
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 398-2785
Description: This tour is available seven days a week, with two tours daily in the winter and an extended schedule during other months. Prices are $20 for adults and $12 for children, with discounts for seniors. The tour lasts about two hours and visits historic churches, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, slave burial grounds, and sites of particular importance to African Americans. Departures are from the Visitors Information Center, 301 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
38. Ghost Talk, Ghost Walk
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 233-3896, (800) 563-3896
Address: 4401 Montgomery St.
Description: The ghost tour is the mainstay (there are actually two different versions). They depart from Reynolds Square, beside the statue of John Wesley (one wonders what the famous preacher would have thought of it). Tours depart at dusk, varying according to the time of year, so call for information. Fees are $10 for adults and $5 for those younger than age 12. Other available tours include a Civil War version, a botanical tour, a historic architecture walk, and a literary walking tour. Rates vary; check when you make reservations.
39. The Savannah Walks
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 238-9255, (888) 728-9255
Address: 37 Abercorn St.
Description: This walking-tour firm offers a varied menu with different meeting points. Be sure to check on these things when you make your reservations. Fees are $15 for adults and $7 for children ages 6 to 16. Options include general tours, a Midnight tour, a ghost tour, a Civil War walk, and one featuring gardens. The historic homes walk is slightly higher ($22 adults, $14 children) because it includes admission to one of the city’s house museums.
40. Sixth Sense Savannah
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (866) 666-3323
Description: Lots of companies offer Savannah tours on a ghostly theme. This walking-tour company does it with a mixture of deadpan seriousness and arch humor (like the phone number, which spells out 666-DEAD). This company does not adopt the “all in fun” approach of many other ghost tours: These folks profess to believe and even offer metaphysical readings on premises. The tour host is Shannon Scott, who has hosted some cable network TV programs on hauntings. Scott helped convince the American Institute of the Paranormal to hold its annual convention in Savannah in 2002, and the group went on to bestow its “America’s Most Haunted City” title on us. Tours start at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Prices start at $20 for adults and $12 for children 12 and under.
41. Tootsy Tours
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 898-3111
Address: 140 Johnny Mercer Blvd., Suite 12
Description: The company offers specialty tours for Girl Scouts and for those with specific interests, such as black heritage, Jewish history, and natural history. They’ll tailor a tour to fit your business meeting’s downtime schedule, too. They also do regional tour work. Prices differ with the degree of customization.
42. Beach Institute
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 234-8000
Address: 502 East Harris St.
Description: The Beach Institute was established in 1865 by the American Missionary Association to educate newly freed slaves. Built in 1867, it was the first school in Savannah for African Americans and became a public school in 1919. The institute is an African-American cultural center and houses art, sculpture, and artifacts relating to the cultural contributions of black Americans. The star of its exhibits is the 238-piece collection of wood carvings by the late Ulysses Davis, a Savannah folk artist. Stay tuned to an updated schedule for lectures and other fascinating programs via the website. The Beach Institute is open from noon to 5 p.m. Tues through Sat. Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for children.
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 23 Montgomery St.
44. King-Tisdell Cottage
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (912) 234-8000
Address: 514 East Huntingdon St.
Description: Built in 1869 by W. W. Aimar, this cottage, with its original gingerbread ornamentation, is in the Beach Institute neighborhood of the Historic Downtown and serves as a museum dedicated to preserving the African-American history of Savannah and the sea islands. Inside the small home you will find art objects, documents, and furniture of the 1890s. It is open from noon to 5 p.m. Tues through Sat. Admission is $3.50.
City: Savannah, GA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Address: 460 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.