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This interactive map of Savannah (United States) brings together 148 hand-picked places: 55 attractions, 45 restaurants, 24 cafés and 24 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
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1.4 mi · 2 h on foot · river to Forsyth Park down Bull Street, square by square, with the cathedral as a detour · 7 stops
1.5 mi · 2 h on foot · cobbles, pralines and container ships, from Plant Riverside to the Waving Girl · 7 stops
1.9 mi · 3 h on foot · Savannah's young neighborhood: bakery, brewery, vinyl and African art · 7 stops
17 mi · half a day by car · Bonaventure, the Wormsloe oak avenue and the Skidaway aquarium · 7 stops
28 mi · one day by car · ⚠️ driving is the only way and the road can flood at morning high tide · 7 stops
Forsyth Park · Historic District
Savannah's green lung: 30 acres of live oaks dripping with Spanish moss, courts, an amphitheater and the most photographed fountain in the South.
Tip: The Forsyth Farmers' Market runs Saturdays 9am-1pm at the south end of the park, 52 weeks a year, rain or shine.
🚇 dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop (free) or a 15-min walk down Bull Street from Chippewa Square.
Featured in: City of Savannah · Forsyth Farmers' Market
Show on mapForsyth Park Fountain · Historic District
The 1858 cast-iron fountain, taken apart piece by piece and restored at an Alabama foundry. It returned to its basin in 2025 and the water is flowing again.
Tip: The job ran up to USD 650,000 and covered the basin, fence, pumphouse and plumbing. Come at sunrise: by mid-morning there's a queue for the photo.
🚇 dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop; the fountain sits at the north end of the park, off Drayton Street.
Featured in: City of Savannah · Landmark Preservation LLC
Show on mapChippewa Square · Historic District
The 1815 square where Tom Hanks told his life story from a bench. Huge live oaks, the Oglethorpe monument in the middle and the Savannah Theatre on one corner.
Tip: Don't look for the bench: it was a prop and the original lives on the Paramount lot in Los Angeles. Savannah has a replica, inside the Savannah History Museum.
🚇 On Bull Street between Perry and Hull; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapMonterey Square · Historic District
Savannah's most elegant square, with the Casimir Pulaski monument at its center and the Mercer-Williams House staring it down.
Tip: Congregation Mickve Israel, one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States, sits on the square's southeast corner.
🚇 On Bull Street between Taylor and Gordon, four blocks north of Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapLafayette Square · Historic District
A central fountain, azaleas and the cathedral's twin spires rising over the live oaks. Flannery O'Connor grew up in the house on the corner.
Tip: This square falls inside the zone where the city's pilot program bans walking tours after 10pm; at night it is surprisingly quiet.
🚇 On Abercorn Street between Harris and Charlton; four blocks east of Bull Street.
Featured in: City of Savannah · WTOC
Show on mapMadison Square · Historic District
The square that opens Forrest Gump: the feather drifts past St. John's Episcopal Church and the Scottish Rite Building before the cut to Chippewa.
Tip: The Green-Meldrim House, where General Sherman set up in 1864, faces this square from Macon Street.
🚇 On Bull Street between Harris and Charlton, two blocks south of Chippewa Square.
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Show on mapWright Square · Historic District
One of the four original squares from 1733. Beneath the grass lies Tomochichi, the Yamacraw chief who received Oglethorpe.
Tip: The granite boulder in the southeast corner is the Tomochichi monument, placed in 1899 because his original grave was covered by another obelisk.
🚇 On Bull Street between State and York; the county courthouse takes the west side.
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Show on mapJohnson Square · Historic District
Savannah's first square, laid out in 1733 and now ringed by banks. Two fountains, the Nathanael Greene obelisk and office workers lunching in the sun.
Tip: It is the square with the most benches and the fewest tourists: a good place to sit at 8am with a coffee from Broughton Street.
🚇 On Bull Street between Bryan and Congress, two blocks south of River Street.
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Show on mapReynolds Square · Historic District
John Wesley's square — the founder of Methodism preached in Savannah in 1736. The Olde Pink House takes up the whole southwest corner.
Tip: The 1921 Lucas Theatre is one block up Abercorn and is a venue of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
🚇 On Abercorn Street between Bryan and Congress; dot Express Shuttle stop half a block away.
Featured in: City of Savannah · SCAD
Show on mapTelfair Square · Historic District
The museum square: the Telfair Academy on one side, the Jepson Center on the other and huge live oaks in between.
Tip: A single Telfair Museums ticket (USD 30 adults) covers the Academy, Jepson and Owens-Thomas, and is good for a whole week.
🚇 On Barnard Street between State and York, one block west of Bull Street.
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Show on mapEllis Square · City Market
The square that came back from the dead: a market, then a parking garage for 50 years, rebuilt in 2010 with ground-level water jets.
Tip: The Ellis Square Visitor Center sits below street level and has free public restrooms: downtown's least glamorous and most useful fact.
🚇 Between Barnard and Whitaker, next to City Market; dot Express Shuttle stop right on the square.
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Show on mapTroup Square · Historic District
The armillary square: an iron astronomical sphere resting on six turtles. Across the way, a low dog fountain that is a neighborhood classic.
Tip: The Unitarian Universalist Church on the corner is where James Pierpont is said to have written Jingle Bells; a plaque tells the story.
🚇 Between Habersham and Lincoln on Macon Street; eight blocks east of Bull Street.
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Show on mapWhitefield Square · Historic District
The last square laid out, in 1851, and the only one with a white gazebo at its center: that makes it the wedding square.
Tip: If you want the gazebo empty in your photo, come before 10am: from noon on, ceremonies run back to back.
🚇 Between Habersham and Price on Taylor Street; five blocks northeast of Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapFranklin Square · City Market
The west edge of City Market, with the monument to the Haitian Volunteers who fought in the 1779 siege of Savannah.
Tip: First African Baptist Church, on the square, is one of the oldest Black congregations in the country and still has, in its floor, the air holes of the clandestine network that helped the enslaved escape.
🚇 On Montgomery Street between Bryan and Congress; dot Express Shuttle stop at City Market.
Featured in: City of Savannah
Show on mapTelfair Academy · Historic District
An 1819 mansion turned in 1886 into the first public art museum in the South. American and European painting under original mouldings.
Tip: Open 10am-5pm. The USD 30 ticket covers all three Telfair sites and is valid a week: do the Academy and Jepson on the same day.
🚇 121 Barnard Street, on Telfair Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapJepson Center for the Arts · Historic District
Moshe Safdie's building, all glass and white stone, deliberately breaking the historic grid. This is where the Bird Girl statue lives.
Tip: The Bird Girl from the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil cover is here: she left Bonaventure in 1997 because visitors were wrecking the grave.
🚇 207 W. York Street, on Telfair Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapOwens-Thomas House · Historic District
An 1819 English Regency house with the best-preserved urban slave quarters in the South, and a tour that does not look away.
Tip: Visits are guided and timed, 10am-4pm; book your slot when you buy the combined Telfair ticket.
🚇 124 Abercorn Street, on Oglethorpe Square; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks away.
Featured in: Telfair Museums
Show on mapSCAD Museum of Art · Historic District
An 1853 railway depot turned into a contemporary art museum by SCAD, with a glass wall and African and African American art.
Tip: This week the museum is one of the venues of the 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival, running October 24-31.
🚇 601 Turner Blvd on the SCAD campus; SCAD Turner campus shuttle stop, or a 15-min walk from City Market.
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Show on mapDavenport House Museum · Historic District
The 1820 Federal house slated for demolition in 1955 that seven Savannah women saved by buying it: that is where the city's preservation movement began.
Tip: On November 7 the house runs its Fall Arts Festival: artisan fair, hands-on art and live music, free and family friendly.
🚇 324 East State Street, on Columbia Square; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks away.
Featured in: Historic Savannah Foundation
Show on mapPin Point Heritage Museum · Pin Point
The old A.S. Varn & Son oyster and crab factory, now the museum of the Gullah Geechee community that lived off this marsh for a century.
Tip: Pin Point sits inside the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, created by Act of Congress: this is where red rice and the Lowcountry boil come from.
🚇 9924 Pin Point Avenue; reachable by car or taxi, 25 min from downtown. No regular bus service to the door.
Featured in: Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission · NPS
Show on mapShips of the Sea Maritime Museum · Historic District
Cotton-era ship models inside the 1819 Scarbrough House, with the largest private garden in the historic district.
Tip: On November 5 and 6 the garden hosts Celestial Seafarers, a light and sound installation by eleven local artists.
🚇 41 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks from City Market.
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Show on mapRalph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum · MLK Blvd
Three floors on the civil rights struggle in Savannah, inside what was Georgia's first Black-owned bank building.
Tip: Savannah desegregated in 1963, ahead of most Southern cities, thanks to the business boycott told on the second floor.
🚇 460 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd; dot Express Shuttle stop on MLK, five blocks from City Market.
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Show on mapBeach Institute African-American Cultural Center · Eastside
Savannah's first school for free Black people, opened in 1867, now a cultural center holding the Ulysses Davis wood carvings.
Tip: Ulysses Davis was a barber who carved busts of all the presidents in his shop; they are all here. Check hours first, it is a small center.
🚇 502 East Harris Street; eight blocks east of Bull Street, steps from Troup Square.
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Show on mapGeorgia State Railroad Museum · Tricentennial Park
The most complete surviving 1855 railroad complex in the country: roundhouse, water tower, smithy and steam locomotives that still move.
Tip: It shares grounds and parking with the Savannah Children's Museum and the Savannah History Museum: three separate tickets, one trip.
🚇 655 Louisville Road; a 12-min walk from City Market via West Boundary, or by car along MLK Blvd.
Featured in: Coastal Heritage Society
Show on mapAmerican Prohibition Museum · City Market
The country's only museum devoted to Prohibition, with costumed actors, bootlegger cars and a working speakeasy at the end of the tour.
Tip: Savannah was famous for ignoring Prohibition: the city voted against the state ban and boats unloaded rum on the river at night.
🚇 209 West St. Julian Street, inside City Market; dot Express Shuttle stop on the square.
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Show on mapJuliette Gordon Low Birthplace · Historic District
The 1821 house where the founder of the Girl Scouts was born: Savannah's first National Historic Landmark and a scouting pilgrimage site.
Tip: In high season guided tours fill with scout troops: buy online or come first thing in the morning.
🚇 10 East Oglethorpe Avenue, one block from Wright Square; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks away.
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Show on mapGreen-Meldrim House · Madison Square
The 1853 Gothic Revival house where General Sherman set up in December 1864 and from which he gifted Savannah to Lincoln for Christmas.
Tip: It is still the parish house of St. John's Episcopal: it opens a few days a week and closes whenever the church needs it.
🚇 14 West Macon Street, on Madison Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away on Bull Street.
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Show on mapSorrel–Weed House · Madison Square
An 1840 Greek Revival mansion famous for its basement ghost tours and for appearing in the opening minutes of Forrest Gump.
Tip: The house sits south of Liberty Street, where the city's pilot program bans walking tours after 10pm. Night tours end earlier here.
🚇 6 West Harris Street, on Madison Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away on Bull Street.
Featured in: City of Savannah · WTOC
Show on mapAndrew Low House Museum · Lafayette Square
The 1848 home of cotton merchant Andrew Low, father-in-law of Juliette Gordon Low, with original furnishings and a corner garden.
Tip: The first Girl Scout troop was founded in 1912 in the carriage house out back: it is a separate building, included with the same ticket.
🚇 329 Abercorn Street, on Lafayette Square; four blocks east of Bull Street.
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Show on mapMassie Heritage Center · Calhoun Square
Georgia's first public school, from 1856, now the interpretation center for Oglethorpe's plan: the best explanation of why Savannah looks the way it does.
Tip: The model of the original plan is on the ground floor: half an hour here and you will read the whole city differently for the rest of the trip.
🚇 207 East Gordon Street, on Calhoun Square; six blocks south of Chippewa Square.
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Show on mapMercer Williams House · Monterey Square
The red-brick house on Monterey Square where Jim Williams shot Danny Hansford, the case Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil turned into legend.
Tip: You do not see all of it: the second floor is not part of the tour. 35 guided minutes, USD 14.95, first come first served, daily 10am-5pm (Sunday from 11.30am). No Mercer ever lived here.
🚇 429 Bull Street; the entrance and ticket desk are BEHIND, at 430 Whitaker Street. dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
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Show on mapGraveface Museum · Factors Walk
A private museum of the macabre: sideshow, occult, serial killers and pinball, built by the owner of the Graveface record label.
Tip: The pinball machines at the back are included with admission and play free. It is the Halloween plan that needs no booking.
🚇 410 East Lower Factors Walk, on the lower river level; steep stairs down from Bay Street.
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Show on mapSavannah African Art Museum · Thomas Square
Over a thousand ritual art pieces from West and Central Africa in two Victorian houses, with guided tours and free admission.
Tip: Admission is free but guided tours are by appointment: book online, Saturdays sell out.
🚇 201 East 37th Street, Thomas Square; CAT route 14 Abercorn, or a 20-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapCathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist · Lafayette Square
The twin white spires visible from everywhere downtown. Inside, 1904 Austrian stained glass and a sky-blue ceiling that looks painted yesterday.
Tip: Entry is free but it closes for Mass and weddings: a board at the door lists the day's times.
🚇 222 East Harris Street, on Lafayette Square; four blocks east of Bull Street.
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Show on mapFirst African Baptist Church · Franklin Square
One of the oldest Black congregations in the United States, founded in 1773, in a sanctuary built by its own enslaved members.
Tip: The holes in the ground-floor boards ventilated the hiding place where freedom seekers waited: the guided tour shows them and is worth it.
🚇 23 Montgomery Street, on Franklin Square; dot Express Shuttle stop at City Market.
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Show on mapSecond African Baptist Church · Greene Square
The 1802 church where Sherman read the forty-acres-and-a-mule order in 1865, and where Martin Luther King rehearsed I Have a Dream.
Tip: It is a working church, not a museum: enter quietly and ask at the office whether you may look around.
🚇 123 Houston Street, on Greene Square; ten blocks east of Bull Street.
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Show on mapCongregation Mickve Israel · Monterey Square
The only Gothic synagogue in the United States, founded in 1733 by Sephardic Jews who landed five months after Oglethorpe.
Tip: The museum keeps the 1733 Torah they brought on the ship. On November 8 they run the Shalom Y'all Jewish Food Festival in Forsyth Park.
🚇 20 East Gordon Street, on Monterey Square; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
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Show on mapIndependent Presbyterian Church · Chippewa Square
The 1819 white steeple the feather drifts past in the opening scene of Forrest Gump. Woodrow Wilson was married here.
Tip: It burned down entirely in 1889 and was rebuilt identically: what you see is an exact 1891 copy of the 1819 original.
🚇 207 Bull Street at Oglethorpe, beside Chippewa Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapColonial Park Cemetery · Historic District
The 1750 colonial burial ground, closed to new burials since 1853. Tilted headstones, huge live oaks and the mass grave from the 1820 yellow fever epidemic.
Tip: The headstones stacked against the east wall were moved by Union soldiers in 1864: many inscriptions were altered and match no one.
🚇 200 Abercorn Street between Oglethorpe and Perry; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks away.
Featured in: City of Savannah
Show on mapBonaventure Cemetery · Thunderbolt
The Victorian cemetery above the Wilmington River: moss-hung oak avenues, marble angels and the graves of Johnny Mercer and Conrad Aiken.
Tip: Don't look for the Bird Girl: she moved to the Jepson Center in 1997. Commercial tours are allowed only 6am-8pm; the Bonaventure Historical Society runs free tours on the weekend of the second Sunday each month.
🚇 330 Bonaventure Road, Thunderbolt; 15 min by car from downtown. There is no bus stop at the gate.
Featured in: City of Savannah · Bonaventure Historical Society
Show on mapLaurel Grove South Cemetery · Westside
The cemetery where Savannah's free and enslaved Black community was buried from 1853, with the graves of the founders of the first African churches.
Tip: Laurel Grove is two cemeteries split by a road: the South is the African American one and holds the history Bonaventure never tells.
🚇 2101 Kollock Street; CAT route 3B Augusta Ave to West Anderson, then a 10-min walk.
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Show on mapWormsloe State Historic Site · Isle of Hope
A 1.5-mile avenue of 400 live oaks ending at the tabby ruins of Noble Jones's 1740 fortified house: the oldest standing structure in Savannah.
Tip: It is not a mansion: you see the avenue, the tabby ruins, the museum and a marsh trail. Open daily 9am-4.45pm, USD 12 adults, USD 5.75 ages 6-17.
🚇 7601 Skidaway Road, Isle of Hope; CAT route 31 Skidaway Sandfly to Skidaway Road, then a long walk. Easier by car.
Featured in: Georgia State Parks
Show on mapFort Pulaski National Monument · Cockspur Island
The brick fort thought impregnable in 1862, holed by Union rifled artillery in 30 hours: the day brick fortification became obsolete worldwide.
Tip: Admission is USD 10 per person and the park does NOT take cash: bring a card. You get there on US-80, the same road morning high tides can cover.
🚇 Cockspur Island, off US-80 on the way to Tybee; car only. No public transport reaches the fort.
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Show on mapOld Fort Jackson · Islands Expressway
Georgia's oldest standing brick fort, from 1808, right on the river. They fire a cannon over the water while container ships slide past behind it.
Tip: It is the best spot in town to see Port of Savannah ships up close: they pass just beyond the parapet heading to Garden City Terminal.
🚇 1 Fort Jackson Road, off Islands Expressway; 10 min by car from downtown, no regular bus service.
Featured in: Coastal Heritage Society
Show on mapHistoric Tybee Island Light Station · Tybee Island
Georgia's oldest lighthouse: 178 steps, black and white bands, and the full view of the mouth of the Savannah River from the top.
Tip: US-80 is the only way in and can become impassable at morning high tides. Leave after midday and check the tide table before setting off.
🚇 30 Meddin Drive, Tybee Island. Car only via US-80: there is no CAT bus to Tybee.
Featured in: Tybee Island Historical Society · WTOC
Show on mapTybee Island Pier & Pavilion · Tybee Island
The South Beach wooden pier, anglers by day, music in the pavilion some nights and the best Atlantic sunrise view around.
Tip: Tybee parking is paid by app all year and the wardens do not forgive: load the app before you get out of the car.
🚇 16th Street at Strand Avenue, Tybee Island; car only via US-80. Island parking is paid every day.
Featured in: City of Tybee Island
Show on mapUGA Aquarium / Marine Education Center · Skidaway Island
The University of Georgia aquarium on Skidaway Island: 16 tanks of Lowcountry wildlife, a maritime forest trail and a view over Skidaway Narrows.
Tip: The same campus holds the state's first oyster hatchery: it supplies the farmed oysters still served when the wild harvest is closed.
🚇 30 Ocean Science Circle, Skidaway Island; CAT route 20 Skidaway Island / Coffee Bluff then a walk, or by car.
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Show on mapFactors Walk · Historic District
The iron bridges and ballast-stone cobbles between Bay Street and the river, where cotton factors graded the bales from the walkways.
Tip: The cobbles are uneven and slick when damp: wear trainers, not sandals. There is a public lift inside the Hyatt if you want to skip the stairs.
🚇 Between Bay Street and River Street; public lift at the Hyatt and steep stairs on every block.
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Show on mapCity Market · Historic District
Four pedestrian blocks of galleries, bars and live music on the site of the city's public market since 1755.
Tip: The to-go cup ordinance applies here: you may walk with alcohol in a plastic or aluminium cup up to 16 ounces, never in a bottle or can.
🚇 Between Ellis and Franklin Square on West St. Julian Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on the square.
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Show on mapPlant Riverside District · River Street
The 1912 power plant turned into a district of hotels, bars and museums, with a gilded dinosaur skeleton in the atrium.
Tip: On Saturday October 31 at 11am the Savannah Wiener Dog Races run after a rain postponement: costume parade and dachshund racing, free.
🚇 400 West River Street, at the west end of River Street; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks up on Bay Street.
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Show on mapThe Waving Girl · Morrell Park
The statue of Florence Martus, who for 44 years waved a handkerchief at every ship entering or leaving the Savannah River.
Tip: Sit on the bench opposite and wait: the Port of Savannah is one of the busiest in the United States and container ships pass close to the bank.
🚇 Morrell Park, east end of River Street; a 10-min walk from City Market along the riverwalk.
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Show on mapLucas Theatre · Reynolds Square
The 1921 movie palace that nearly met the wrecking ball and is now the main hall of the SCAD Savannah Film Festival.
Tip: The 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival runs this week, October 24-31: single tickets and passes, premieres and talks with actors.
🚇 32 Abercorn Street, on Reynolds Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapTrustees Theatre · Broughton Street
The old art deco hall on Broughton Street, restored by SCAD, and one of the film festival's three main venues.
Tip: The festival venues are this hall, the Lucas Theatre and the SCAD Museum of Art; tickets are sold per event through the SCAD Box Office.
🚇 216 East Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapSavannah Theatre · Chippewa Square
One of the longest continuously operating theatres in the United States, on Chippewa Square since 1818, running musicals year round.
Tip: Mamma Mia runs through November 7. It is a small house: Saturday shows sell out days ahead.
🚇 222 Bull Street, on Chippewa Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapTybee Post Theater · Fort Screven
The 1930 cinema of the old Fort Screven army post, rescued by neighbors and now the island's concert and film hall.
Tip: The Tybee Post Music Festival is on November 6 and 7, with live music and food trucks on the lawn.
🚇 10 Van Horne Avenue, Tybee Island; car only via US-80.
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Show on mapThe Grey · Historic District
The restored 1938 art deco Greyhound terminal where Mashama Bailey cooks what she calls Port City Southern.
Tip: If the dining room is booked, take a seat at the Diner Bar up front: same kitchen, oysters and small plates, no reservation.
🚇 109 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapHusk Savannah · Historic District
Lowcountry cooking in a historic mansion, where everything that enters the kitchen is grown or caught in the South. Still open and on form.
Tip: Dinner daily 5-10pm and brunch Saturday and Sunday 10am-2pm. The Husk cheeseburger and the Cheerwine pancake are the house orders.
🚇 12 West Oglethorpe Avenue; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks away on Bull Street.
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Show on mapThe Olde Pink House · Reynolds Square
The 1771 pink mansion on Reynolds Square: fireplace dining rooms upstairs and the brick-and-piano Planters Tavern below.
Tip: Dining room reservations vanish weeks ahead, but the basement Planters Tavern takes none: arrive at 5pm and the wait is short.
🚇 23 Abercorn Street, on Reynolds Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapMrs. Wilkes' Dining Room · Jones Street
Tables for ten shared with strangers and platters of fried chicken, red rice, okra and biscuits that keep on coming.
Tip: Monday to Friday only, 11am-2pm. USD 35 per person tax included, USD 17.50 under 13. They do NOT take cards: cash or check, there is an ATM inside. Dine-in only, no takeout.
🚇 107 West Jones Street; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop, get off at Jones Street.
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Show on mapPirate's House Restaurant · Washington Square
A 1753 seamen's tavern with fifteen rooms, a bricked-up tunnel toward the river and the legend that drunks were shanghaied from here.
Tip: The midday buffet is far cheaper than the evening menu and still lets you wander all fifteen rooms.
🚇 20 East Broad Street; twelve blocks east of City Market, steps from Washington Square.
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Show on mapCrystal Beer Parlor · Historic District
A neighborhood bar opened in 1933, the day Prohibition ended, with wooden booths, burgers and cheap draft beer.
Tip: Order the pimiento cheese burger and the crab stew: the two dishes the house has made since the thirties.
🚇 301 West Jones Street; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop, get off at Jones Street.
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Show on mapElizabeth at 37th · Thomas Square
A 1900 mansion turned into the restaurant that put Lowcountry cooking on the national map in the eighties.
Tip: Dinner only and worth booking. The menu changes by season and the garden out back supplies much of the herbs.
🚇 105 East 37th Street, Thomas Square; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 20-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapVics on the River · Bay Street
An 1858 cotton warehouse with river views, nightly piano and a battle map drawn on the wall by Union soldiers in 1864.
Tip: Ask for a second-floor window table: from there you watch the port's container ships slide past during dinner.
🚇 15 East River Street, also entered from 26 East Bay Street; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
Featured in: Vic's on the River
Show on mapClary's Cafe · Historic District
The 1903 neighborhood diner that appears in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: huge breakfasts and a formica counter.
Tip: It is the earliest and cheapest breakfast downtown. By 9am on a Saturday there is a line on the sidewalk.
🚇 404 Abercorn Street at Jones; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
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Show on map17Hundred90 Inn and Restaurant · Historic District
A 1790 inn and tavern with a brick cellar, a lit fireplace and the reputation of being the most haunted lodging in town.
Tip: The cellar tavern opens afternoons and evenings and needs no booking; the dining room upstairs does.
🚇 307 East President Street; five blocks east of Bull Street, near Columbia Square.
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Show on mapLocal 11ten · Victorian District
An old bank turned farm-driven restaurant, with the Perch rooftop upstairs for a drink over the neighborhood rooftops.
Tip: Go up to Perch before dinner: one of the few Savannah rooftops not inside a hotel, and it faces the park.
🚇 1110 Bull Street, facing Forsyth Park; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
Featured in: Local 11ten
Show on mapCha Bella · Historic District
An organic courtyard restaurant with a grill at the east end of downtown, with its own kitchen garden and a short seasonal menu.
Tip: The courtyard is the best part and cannot be reserved by name: ask on arrival and bring a layer, there are no heaters.
🚇 102 East Broad Street; twelve blocks east of Bull Street, near the Pirates' House.
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Show on mapPacci Italian Kitchen · Bay Street
Southern Italian cooking with Georgia produce inside the Kimpton Brice, with house-made pasta and wood-fired pizza.
Tip: The bar happy hour has farmed oysters at bar prices: Georgia's wild oyster harvest is still closed, the farmed one is not.
🚇 601 East Bay Street; eight blocks east of City Market along Bay.
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Show on mapRhett · Plant Riverside
Modern Southern cooking on the river in the Plant Riverside district, with an open fire and a long cocktail list.
Tip: Book early on Plant Riverside event Saturdays: with the wiener dog races on the 31st the district fills from midday.
🚇 400 West River Street, inside Plant Riverside; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks up on Bay Street.
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Show on mapThe Public Kitchen & Bar · Liberty Street
A glassed corner at Liberty and Bull with American bar cooking: mussels, a good burger and a long whisky list.
Tip: The window tables on Bull Street are the best people-watching downtown and cannot be booked: get there before 6pm.
🚇 1 West Liberty Street at Bull; dot Express Shuttle stop on Bull Street.
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Show on mapTreylor Park · Bay Street
Southern comfort food with a weird twist — apple pie grilled cheese, chicken-and-waffle nachos — and a huge back patio.
Tip: No reservations, and the Saturday night wait runs over an hour: put your name down and go for a drink at City Market.
🚇 115 East Bay Street; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapKayak Kafe · Broughton Street
Fish tacos, bowls and big salads right on Broughton: the light-lunch stop the historic district otherwise lacks.
Tip: It marks vegan and gluten-free options on the menu, a rarity in Savannah's historic district.
🚇 1 East Broughton Street at Bull; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapFlying Monk Noodle Bar · Broughton Street
Southeast Asian noodle soups in a narrow Broughton storefront, with pho, laksa and pad thai at neighborhood prices.
Tip: The room is narrow and fills at 12.30pm: come at 11.30am or after 2pm if you would rather not stand.
🚇 5 West Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapZunzibar · Historic District
A South African patio with Conquistador sandwiches, peri-peri chicken and pitchers of sangria, sibling of Savannah's classic Zunzi's.
Tip: The Conquistador is the sandwich that made Zunzi's famous: order a whole one only if you are genuinely hungry.
🚇 236 Drayton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks away on Bull Street.
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Show on mapChive · Broughton Street
A below-street seafood bar off Broughton, with oysters, crudo and cocktails in a dark narrow room.
Tip: Ask where the oysters come from: Georgia's wild harvest is still closed because of warm water and what is served is farmed.
🚇 4 West Broughton Street, down the stairs; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapSix Pence Pub · Bull Street
A dark-wood British pub on Bull Street, with shepherd's pie, fish and chips and a red phone box out front.
Tip: One of the few downtown kitchens open mid-afternoon: it saves the day if you missed lunch.
🚇 245 Bull Street, facing Chippewa Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapThe Ordinary Pub · Broughton Lane
A brick basement in a Broughton lane, famous for its weekend brunch and for putting bourbon even in dessert.
Tip: Brunch is Saturday and Sunday and it fills: arrive at 10am or put your name down and wait in the lane with a Broughton coffee.
🚇 217 1/2 West Broughton Lane, down the stairs; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapBelford's Savannah · City Market
A 1902 food warehouse in City Market turned seafood house, with tables on the pedestrian street and textbook shrimp and grits.
Tip: The outdoor tables face the pedestrian street where the bands play: ask for inside to talk, outside for atmosphere.
🚇 315 West St. Julian Street in City Market; dot Express Shuttle stop on the square.
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Show on mapOlympia Cafe · River Street
A Greek taverna on River Street, opened by a family from Kalamata, with moussaka, flaming saganaki and a river view.
Tip: The Savannah Greek Festival the community runs is in October: if you catch it, the food is the same and half the price.
🚇 5 East River Street; stairs down from Bay Street or the public lift at the Hyatt.
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Show on mapVinnie Van Gogog's · City Market
Giant pizza slices, dough worked in full view and plastic tables on the City Market sidewalk since 1991.
Tip: No cards, no reservations and afternoons and evenings only: bring cash and order by the slice, which is enormous.
🚇 317 West Bryan Street in City Market; dot Express Shuttle stop on the square.
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Show on mapÓrale Tacos + Tequila · City Market
Tacos and mezcal on a City Market corner, with the longest agave list downtown and tamarind margaritas.
Tip: Inside the 16-ounce to-go cup zone: you can step out with the margarita if they pour it into plastic.
🚇 254 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd beside City Market; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapSavoy Society · Bull Street
A wine bar with sourdough pizza on Bull Street, natural bottles and a small counter that fills early.
Tip: It is small and takes no group bookings: if you are more than four, go before 6pm or wait on the sidewalk.
🚇 123 East Liberty Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Bull Street, one block away.
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Show on mapWall's BBQ · Historic District
A converted garage in a downtown lane, open since 1963 by a Savannah family: ribs, pulled pork and deviled crab.
Tip: It opens only a few days a week for a few hours: check before walking to the lane. The deviled crab is the local recipe almost nobody still serves.
🚇 515 East York Lane, in the alley behind York Street; eight blocks east of Bull Street.
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Show on mapWileys Championship BBQ · Whitemarsh Island
A strip-mall joint on the road to Tybee that wins barbecue championships: brisket, competition ribs and Carolina sauce.
Tip: They close when the meat runs out, often before the posted hour. If you are heading to Tybee, stop on the way out, not back.
🚇 4700 US Highway 80 East, Whitemarsh Island; by car on US-80, the same road to Tybee.
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Show on mapSandfly BBQ · Sandfly
Neighborhood barbecue in Sandfly, halfway between downtown and Wormsloe, with house mac and cheese and banana pudding.
Tip: It is five minutes from Wormsloe: pair the oak avenue at midday with lunch here.
🚇 8413 Ferguson Avenue, Sandfly; CAT route 31 Skidaway Sandfly or by car on the way to Isle of Hope.
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Show on mapGreen Truck Neighborhood Pub · Thomas Square
A neighborhood pub with burgers from Georgia grass-fed beef, house-made ketchup and a blackboard of local craft beer.
Tip: No reservations and by 7pm there is a wait: put your name down, go for a drink nearby and come back.
🚇 2430 Habersham Street, Thomas Square; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 20-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapRancho Alegre · MLK Blvd
Cuban cooking with live music on MLK: ropa vieja, roast pork, tostones and mojitos with a band on Fridays.
Tip: Friday nights bring a live band and the room turns into a dance floor: book if you want a quiet dinner.
🚇 402 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd; dot Express Shuttle stop on MLK.
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Show on mapB&D Burgers Bar and Grill · City Market
A local burger joint with a patio and screens, the reliable City Market option with kids in tow or at 11pm.
Tip: One of the few downtown kitchens open after 10pm: handy coming out of a Lucas Theatre screening.
🚇 209 West Congress Street beside City Market; dot Express Shuttle stop on the square.
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Show on mapSpecials Pizza · Starland
A new pizzeria hidden in a Starland lane, from the Late Air team, open only weeks and already the talk of the city.
Tip: It is in the lane, not on the street: look for the back door of the Bull and 41st buildings. Evenings only.
🚇 In the lane behind Bull Street and 41st, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapPizzeria Vittoria Napoletana · Starland Yard
The pizzeria at the Starland food truck yard, which swapped Neapolitan for New York slices this summer.
Tip: If you came for the Neapolitan, it now lives at Lucia Pasta Bar on Bull Street. Here it is the big New York slice.
🚇 2411 De Soto Avenue inside Starland Yard; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapTwo Tides Brewing Company · Starland
A family brewery in a Starland Victorian, with a yard, fruited sours and a different can design every week.
Tip: There is no kitchen: you may bring food from the Starland Yard stalls two blocks away and eat it in the yard.
🚇 12 West 41st Street, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapService Brewing Company · Indian Street
A veteran-founded brewery in a warehouse near the river, with a taproom, games and weekend guided tours.
Tip: On November 6 they hold an oyster roast: one of the few dates you get fire-roasted oysters in town.
🚇 574 Indian Street; a 10-min walk from City Market along West Bay Street.
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Show on mapTubby's Seafood · River Street
A River Street seafood house with a balcony over the water, Lowcountry boil by the bucket and cold beer for ship-watching.
Tip: The Lowcountry boil — shrimp, sausage, corn and potato in one pot — is the Gullah Geechee dish that defines this coast's table.
🚇 115 East River Street; stairs from Bay Street or the public lift at the Hyatt.
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Show on mapThe Wyld · Bona Bella
A dock bar out on the marsh, with hammocks, picnic tables and boats tied up: the prettiest sunset in the county.
Tip: They take no cash and no reservations: card only, first come first served. Their annual oyster roast is on November 15.
🚇 2740 Livingston Avenue; 15 min by car from downtown. No bus stop at the door.
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Show on mapDespositos · Thunderbolt
A wooden-table shed in Thunderbolt where crabs arrive on newspaper and you eat them with a mallet.
Tip: Cash, paper napkins and no elaborate menu: it is a steamed crab and beer place, nothing more.
🚇 3501 Macceo Drive, Thunderbolt; 12 min by car from downtown via Victory Drive.
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Show on mapA-J's Dockside Restaurant · Tybee Island
A deck over Tybee's back river, the only spot on the island where the sun sets over the water instead of rising.
Tip: The sunset deck fills an hour ahead: come early and check the tide, as US-80 can be cut off in the morning.
🚇 1315 Chatham Avenue, Tybee Island; car only via US-80.
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Show on mapThe Crab Shack · Tybee Island
A plank seafood shack on Chimney Creek, with buckets of Lowcountry boil, tables with a shell hole and an alligator pond.
Tip: The alligator pond is free and sits before the till: great with kids even if you do not stay to eat.
🚇 40 Estill Hammock Road, Tybee Island; car only via US-80.
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Show on mapNorth Beach Bar & Grill · Tybee Island
A Caribbean shack beside the Tybee lighthouse, tables under the palms, fried fish and live music on weekends.
Tip: Pair it with climbing the lighthouse: they are steps apart and the North Beach parking serves both, but it is paid by app.
🚇 33 Meddin Avenue, Tybee Island, beside the lighthouse; car only via US-80.
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Show on mapSundae Cafe · Tybee Island
A former ice cream parlor turned Tybee's best restaurant: shrimp and grits, seared tuna and a serious wine list in a tiny room.
Tip: It is small and fills every night: book days ahead and save room for the shrimp and grits, the house dish.
🚇 304 First Street, Tybee Island; car only via US-80.
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Show on mapDriftaway Cafe · Sandfly
A seafood restaurant on the marsh on the way to Skidaway, with an outdoor deck and everything that comes out of local water.
Tip: Ask for the catch of the day before you open the menu: it changes with what the Thunderbolt boats land.
🚇 7400 Skidaway Road, Sandfly; CAT route 31 Skidaway Sandfly or by car toward Skidaway Island.
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Show on mapLeopold's Ice Cream · Broughton Street
The ice cream parlor a Greek family opened in Savannah in 1919, now run by a Hollywood producer: tutti frutti, a marble counter and a line on the sidewalk.
Tip: The Broughton line can run half an hour. There is a new Starland branch — that one is cashless — and two at the airport.
🚇 212 East Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapByrd's Famous Cookies · River Street
The cookie company the Byrd family opened in 1924: sesame benne wafers, key lime cookies and free tasting at the counter.
Tip: Benne is African sesame brought over by the enslaved: Byrd's sesame wafer is the easiest Gullah Geechee bite to take home.
🚇 300 West River Street at Plant Riverside; stairs from Bay Street or the public lift at the Hyatt.
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Show on mapBack In The Day Bakery · Starland
The bakery that put Starland on the map: vanilla cupcakes, pecan pies and hand-made bread behind a pale blue counter.
Tip: They open in the morning and close when the baking runs out: by 2pm on a Saturday there may be nothing left.
🚇 2403 Bull Street, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapSavannah's Candy Kitchen · River Street
A River Street candy shop where saltwater taffy is pulled on a 1920s machine and warm pralines are handed out at the door.
Tip: The pecan praline they offer on the sidewalk is free and fresh: downtown's best free taste.
🚇 225 East River Street; stairs from Bay Street or the public lift at the Hyatt.
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Show on mapRiver Street Sweets · River Street
The shop that invented Savannah's pecan praline in 1973, with copper pots in plain sight and giant caramel bears.
Tip: If you pass while they are pouring the pot, you get a hot praline free: the kitchen faces the sidewalk on purpose.
🚇 13 East River Street; stairs from Bay Street or the public lift at the Hyatt.
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Show on mapChocolat by Adam Turoni · Bull Street
An artisan chocolate shop in a Bull Street house, with bookshelves made of chocolate and honey-lavender bonbons.
Tip: The chocolate bookshelf is at the back and can be photographed without buying: ask at the counter.
🚇 236 Bull Street beside Chippewa Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapLulu's Chocolate Bar · MLK Blvd
Signature desserts and cocktails until late: huge cakes in the case, chocolate martinis and sofas to sink into.
Tip: One of the few downtown spots serving dessert past midnight: perfect after the theatre.
🚇 42 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd; dot Express Shuttle stop on MLK beside City Market.
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Show on mapAuspicious Bakery · Sandfly
A sourdough bakery in Sandfly, with hand-laminated croissants, country loaves and locally roasted coffee.
Tip: Come early in the morning: by 11am the croissants are gone almost every day.
🚇 7360 Skidaway Road, Sandfly; CAT route 31 Skidaway Sandfly or by car on the way to Wormsloe.
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Show on mapThe Collins Quarter · Bull Street
An Australian cafe on Bull Street that brought the flat white and Melbourne brunch to Savannah, and the city adopted wholesale.
Tip: Weekend brunch has a wait over an hour: the Forsyth Park branch, bigger and with a courtyard, almost never does.
🚇 151 Bull Street beside Wright Square; dot Express Shuttle stop on Bull Street.
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Show on mapCollins Quarter Restaurant Forsyth · Forsyth Park
The Forsyth Park branch, in the old fort building, with tables under the live oaks and a view of the fountain.
Tip: It is the only cafe inside the park and the outdoor tables face the fountain: come at 8am and it is nearly yours alone.
🚇 621 Drayton Street inside Forsyth Park; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
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Show on mapFoxy Loxy Cafe · Starland
A Victorian house turned cafe with a back patio, breakfast tacos, house-roasted coffee and SCAD students at every table.
Tip: The back patio has fire pits going when it cools down and is the best place in town to work on a laptop.
🚇 1919 Bull Street, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 20-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapThe Coffee Fox · Broughton Street
The Broughton cafe from the Foxy Loxy group: a long bar, local roast, pastries and wifi that actually works.
Tip: It opens early and is one of the few downtown cafes with visible power sockets: the stop before walking the squares.
🚇 102 West Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapGallery Expresso · Chippewa Square
Savannah's oldest coffeehouse, from 1990, facing Chippewa Square: sagging armchairs, local artists on the walls and tea by the pot.
Tip: The paintings on the walls rotate monthly and are all for sale: it is the cheapest gallery in town.
🚇 234 Bull Street, facing Chippewa Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapThe Sentient Bean · Forsyth Park
A vegetarian cafe at the south tip of Forsyth Park, with indie film nights, band posters and home-made meat-free food.
Tip: It is the natural stop coming out of the Saturday Forsyth Farmers' Market: it sits on the market's corner.
🚇 13 East Park Avenue at the south end of Forsyth Park; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
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Show on mapMirabelle · Historic District
A small French patisserie with macarons, eclairs and fruit tarts, on a quiet historic district corner.
Tip: It is tiny and closes early: come at midday, take a box and eat it in Lafayette Square.
🚇 313 Abercorn Street; four blocks east of Bull Street, near Lafayette Square.
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Show on mapBlends A Coffee Boutique · Broughton Street
A locally owned neighborhood cafe a block off Broughton, with spiced lattes, sandwiches and regulars on first-name terms.
Tip: It is in the lane, not on Broughton itself: come in through the alley behind the main street shops.
🚇 11 East Broughton Lane; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapOrigin Coffee Bar · Historic District
A small, precise specialty coffee bar with pour-overs by method and a rotating single-origin roast.
Tip: It is a bar, not a lounge: order the pour-over of the day and drink it in Chippewa Square, one block away.
🚇 On Whitaker Street, one block from Chippewa Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapRevival Coffee · Starland
A specialty cafe in a Starland house, with its own roast, day-baked pastries and tables on the front porch.
Tip: It is two blocks from Two Tides and Starland Yard: string all three together on one afternoon walk.
🚇 115 West 42nd Street, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapTandem Coffee and Spirits · Historic District
A cafe by day and a bar by night on the same counter: espresso in the morning, signature cocktails after dark.
Tip: After 5pm the menu changes completely: if you came for coffee, come before noon.
🚇 On Drayton Street near Reynolds Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapRise Southern Biscuits & Righteous Chicken · Broughton Street
Freshly baked Southern biscuits with fried chicken, egg and sausage gravy, right on Broughton and fairly priced.
Tip: The biscuit with sausage gravy is the real Southern breakfast and here it costs half what a tablecloth restaurant charges.
🚇 10 West Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapWright Square Bistro · Wright Square
A corner cafe and bistro facing Wright Square, with all-day breakfast, sandwiches and sidewalk tables under the oaks.
Tip: The sidewalk tables face straight onto the square and there is rarely a wait: downtown's calmest breakfast.
🚇 21 West York Street, facing Wright Square; dot Express Shuttle stop on Bull Street.
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Show on mapThe Vault Kitchen & Market · Starland
A 1920s bank turned Asian restaurant and market: sushi, bowls, the vault on display and weekend brunch.
Tip: Ask for a table by the vault: the original steel door is still mounted on the back wall.
🚇 2112 Bull Street, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 20-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapBrighter Days Natural Foods · Forsyth Park
A health food store and juice bar opened in 1978 on the south corner of Forsyth Park, with vegetarian sandwiches and bulk grains.
Tip: It is the best stop to assemble a picnic before entering Forsyth Park, and the only vegan option nearby.
🚇 1102 Bull Street at the south corner of Forsyth Park; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
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Show on mapTybean Art & Coffee Bar · Tybee Island
The island's cafe: painted planks, neighbors' art on the walls, bagels and the first espresso of the day before the beach.
Tip: It closes mid-afternoon. If you drive to Tybee in the morning, check the tide first: US-80 can go under water.
🚇 1213 East Highway 80, Tybee Island; car only via US-80.
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Show on mapSavannah Bee Company · Broughton Street
The flagship of Georgia's honey brand, with a free tasting bar of varietal honeys and a mead bar at the back.
Tip: The tupelo honey tasting is free with no purchase needed. Look for the Georgia Grown seal, the state Department of Agriculture's official program.
🚇 104 West Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapE. Shaver, Bookseller · Madison Square
An independent bookshop from 1975 spread across twelve rooms of a historic house, with resident cats and a huge Southern section.
Tip: Ask for the Savannah authors section: they stock Flannery O'Connor and Conrad Aiken editions you will not find elsewhere.
🚇 326 Bull Street beside Madison Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapParis Market & Brocante · Broughton Street
Two floors of French curios, candles, antiques and dried flowers, with an espresso counter on the ground floor.
Tip: The basement is where the real brocante lives: genuine antiques at genuine prices, and almost nobody goes down.
🚇 36 West Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapsatchel. · Liberty Street
A leather workshop and shop where the hides are cut and stitched at the back: bags, wallets and belts made to order.
Tip: They make custom pieces and ship them: ask about lead times if you are passing through, as they work to order.
🚇 4 East Liberty Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Bull Street, one block away.
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Show on mapHouse of Strut · State Street
A vintage and local-design clothing store in a historic building, with a selection curated decade by decade.
Tip: This is the vintage shop SCAD fashion students recommend: everything is sorted by decade and by real size.
🚇 20 West State Street; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks away on Bull Street.
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Show on mapCivvies – New & Recycled Clothes · Broughton Street
Secondhand and recycled clothing on Broughton, with racks of jeans, Hawaiian shirts and seventies jackets at honest prices.
Tip: They buy and trade clothing as well as sell: travelling light, you can leave something and take another.
🚇 14 East Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapJames Gunn · Broughton Street
A Broughton menswear shop and tailor, with linen shirts, Southern suiting and an in-house alterations service.
Tip: They do same-day alterations on purchases: handy if you are here for a wedding on one of the squares.
🚇 115 West Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapRed Clover · Liberty Street
A locally owned womenswear boutique, with small American labels and a window that changes every week.
Tip: It shares a building with satchel. and East & UP: three independent shops behind one Liberty Street door.
🚇 4 East Liberty Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Bull Street, one block away.
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Show on mapHalf Moon Outfitters · Broughton Street
A Lowcountry outdoor shop: kayaks, technical clothing and everything you need for the marsh or the beach.
Tip: Ask at the counter about tide conditions: they are the ones who really know where you can paddle this week.
🚇 15 East Broughton Street; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapLevy Jewelers · Broughton Street
A Savannah family jeweler since 1900, on Broughton's most visible corner, with its own watch workshop and period cases.
Tip: They repair watches in the back workshop: if your travel watch stopped, it is the only place downtown that looks at it same-day.
🚇 2 East Broughton Street at Bull; dot Express Shuttle stop on Broughton.
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Show on mapKudzu · Bull Street
A Bull Street antiques dealer with Southern furniture, lamps and objects stacked to the ceiling in a long narrow room.
Tip: It shares an address with Southern Charm Antiques: two antiques dealers at the same Bull Street number.
🚇 250 Bull Street beside Chippewa Square; dot Express Shuttle stop one block away.
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Show on mapV&J Duncan · Monterey Square
A whole house of antique maps, engravings and rare books, including original 18th-century plans of Savannah.
Tip: Ask to see Oglethorpe's 1734 plan: they explain for free why the city has this shape, even if you buy nothing.
🚇 12 East Taylor Street beside Monterey Square; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
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Show on mapGallery 209 · River Street
A Savannah artists' gallery running since 1975 in an 1820 cotton warehouse: painting, ceramics, glass and jewelry made here.
Tip: Open daily 10.30am-9pm and there is always an artist on duty at the desk: ask about their work.
🚇 209 East River Street; stairs from Bay Street or the public lift at the Hyatt.
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Show on mapA.T. Hun Art Gallery · City Market
An independent City Market gallery with contemporary work by Savannah artists, much of it by SCAD graduates.
Tip: Entry is free and prices are on display: the cheapest way to see what is being made in Savannah right now.
🚇 302 West St. Julian Street in City Market; dot Express Shuttle stop on the square.
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Show on mapEx Libris · SCAD
SCAD's bookstore in a converted industrial building: art and design books, materials, coffee and school-logo clothing.
Tip: The ground-floor cafe is open to the public and is one of downtown's quietest places to sit and read.
🚇 228 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd; dot Express Shuttle stop on MLK, three blocks from City Market.
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Show on mapBooks on Bay · Bay Street
A secondhand and rare bookshop on Bay Street, shelves to the ceiling, first editions and a huge local section.
Tip: They stock old Savannah maps and guidebooks: the most original and cheapest souvenir downtown.
🚇 224 West Bay Street; dot Express Shuttle stop two blocks away beside City Market.
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Show on mapThe Peanut Shop of Savannah · River Street
Georgia peanuts in every form — roasted, salted, boiled, candied — with free tasting from wooden barrels.
Tip: Try the boiled peanuts before buying: soft and salty, not crunchy, and few things in Georgia divide opinion more.
🚇 102 East River Street; stairs from Bay Street or the public lift at the Hyatt.
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Show on mapStarland Yard · Starland
A food truck yard with permanent stalls, a bar, picnic tables and a bocce court: the Starland neighborhood's outdoor living room.
Tip: It is kid and dog friendly until evening, and the stalls rotate: check the board at the entrance before choosing.
🚇 2411 De Soto Avenue, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapStarlandia Art Supply · Starland
An art supply shop selling new and rescued materials, buying SCAD students' leftovers and reselling them dirt cheap.
Tip: The secondhand section at the back has brushes and canvases at a fraction of the price: the students' secret.
🚇 2438 Bull Street, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapGraveface Records and Curiosities · Starland
The Graveface label's record and curiosity shop: vinyl, cassettes, odd toys and objects that defy explanation.
Tip: Same owner as the Graveface Museum on Factors Walk: the shop is free, the museum is not.
🚇 5 West 40th Street, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on mapPicker Joe's Antique Mall & Vintage Market · Starland
A two-floor warehouse with dozens of antique and vintage stalls: furniture, records, clothing, posters and Southern bric-a-brac.
Tip: It takes a good hour to walk it all and prices are negotiated stall by stall: always ask.
🚇 217 East 41st Street, Starland; CAT route 14 Abercorn or a 25-min walk from Forsyth Park.
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Show on map13 Secrets · Whitaker Street
Jewelry and design objects made in Savannah, with silver, quartz and bone pieces in dark wood cases.
Tip: There is a second branch at Plant Riverside on River Street if you do not make it to Whitaker.
🚇 513 Whitaker Street beside Forsyth Park; dot Express Shuttle Forsyth Loop.
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Show on mapSeaside Sisters · Tybee Island
A Tybee Island gift and art shop with work by island craftspeople, ceramics, candles and beach prints.
Tip: One of the few Tybee shops selling local makers' work rather than imported souvenirs: ask who made each piece.
🚇 1 Old Highway 80, Tybee Island; car only via US-80.
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Show on mapOglethorpe Mall · Southside
Savannah's big shopping mall on Abercorn, with the national chains the historic district does not have.
Tip: It is the only place in town with big chains and air conditioning: the emergency plan if it rains all day.
🚇 7804 Abercorn Street; CAT route 14 Abercorn links the historic district with the mall.
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