Explore the timeless beauty of Savannah’s Historic District on a walking tour with a live guide, enhanced with professionally recorded stories. Your guide leads you to some of the best-loved places in the city, plus some spots you may have never found on your own. Enjoy this story-telling experience while strolling the historic streets of Georgia’s oldest city.
- Learn the long history of Savannah on this walking tour
- Your tour is enhanced with an audio guide based on historic letters
- Audio devices allow you to hear your guide clearly without distraction
- Choose from morning or afternoon departures to suit your schedule
What To Expect
Genteel & Bard Savannah
Our History Walk together will be a full submersion into Savannah’s rich history from 1733 – today.
You will hear, see, and connect with the Hostess City through it’s stories, locals, music, architecture, war times, culture, movies, and history.
2 hours • Admission Ticket Free
Chippewa Square
—Forrest Gump and it’s significance to Savannah’s History and present day.
—Discover Savannah’s origin’s, the planned city, purpose behind it’s squares, James Oglethorpe (Founder of Georgia), Mary Musgrove, Chief Tomochichi and Yamacraw Native Americans.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Madison Square
—Learn About Savannah’s role in the Civil War and how our city shaped the United State’s future with one of the most important events in world History.
—Green-Meldrim House
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Mercer Williams House Museum
You’ll discover the beauty and elegance of Monterrey Square, including the Mercer Williams House, Casmir Pulaski’s monument, and The Temple Mickve Israel.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Savannah Historic District
Take part in Savannah’s architectural history and Jones Street. It was once called America’s most beautiful street and the live oak brick street is the center of Savannah’s exquisite homes, architecture, and cultural history.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Lafayette Square
—Juliette Gordon Low & the Girl Scouts
—Hamilton Turner Inn, the first house with electricity in Savannah
—The Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and Savannah’s Irish Heritage.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Highlight
Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Transportation is wheelchair accessible
Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
Include
Headsets to hear the guide clearly
Professional Local Guide
Tour escort/host
Exclude
Gratuities
Max group – 2
