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History of Savannah Walking Tour
Savannah, Georgia, USA
$70.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Savannah’s Historic District unfolds like a storybook, inviting you to delve into its rich tapestry of history and culture. This small-group walking tour ensures an intimate exploration, allowing you to engage deeply with the city’s captivating past.
- 🏷️ Small-Group Experience: Enjoy a personal tour with limited group sizes for enhanced interaction and storytelling.
- 🗺️ Duration: This immersive journey lasts 1 hour and 30 minutes, allowing ample time to absorb the sights and stories.
- 👩🏫 Your knowledgeable guide, Sarah, will greet you at Chippewa Square, sharing the fascinating tale of James Oglethorpe and Savannah’s founding.
- 🏛️ Visit the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum and learn about the origins of the Girl Scouts.
- 🌳 At Wright Square, discover the history of Tomochichi and the vital role of local Native American tribes in Savannah’s early success.
- 🏠 Explore the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, where you’ll gain insights into the impact of slavery on the city’s history.
- ⚰️ Stroll through Colonial Park Cemetery and uncover what life and death were like during Savannah’s Victorian era.
- ⛪ Marvel at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist and discuss the significant influence of the Irish community in Savannah.
- 🌸 Conclude your tour at Forsyth Park, where you’ll admire the iconic fountain and reflect on the stories shared throughout the day.
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History of Savannah Walking Tour
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
- This is a walking tour that will include seeing many of the top sites of the city.
- We will not be entering any paid businesses/museums during the walking tour.
Meeting point
You'll find me at the center of Chippewa Square next to the big monument.
Return details
This tour ends at the big fountain at Forsyth Park.
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Chippewa SquareBegin the tour in Chippewa Square, where Sarah introduces the founding of Savannah in 1733 and the vision of James Oglethorpe. Learn how Savannah's original ward-and-square plan shaped the city's streets, neighborhoods, and public spaces.
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Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace MuseumStop near the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts. Learn about Low's connection to Savannah and how she went on to establish the Girl Scouts in 1912, creating an organization that became an important part of American women's and girls' history.
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Wright SquareAt Wright Square, learn about Tomochichi and the Native American communities whose relationships with the early Georgia colonists were important to the colony's development. The square provides an opportunity to look beyond Savannah's European founding story and understand the Native American history connected to the city's beginnings.
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Owens-thomas House & Slave QuartersAt the Owens-Thomas House & Slave Quarters, explore Savannah's antebellum history and the role slavery played in the city's development. The discussion connects the wealth and architecture of the period with the lives and labor of the enslaved people who made that world possible.
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Colonial Park CemeteryAt Colonial Park Cemetery, explore what life—and death—were like in historic Savannah. The cemetery dates to the colonial period and provides a window into disease, mortality, burial practices, and everyday life in earlier generations of the city.
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Cathedral of St. John the BaptistThe Cathedral of St. John the Baptist provides an opportunity to explore Savannah's religious and immigrant history. Learn about the important influence of Savannah's Irish Catholic community and the architectural traditions represented by this landmark.
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Green-Meldrim HouseAt the Green-Meldrim House, learn about Savannah's role during the American Civil War and the building's connection to General William T. Sherman. This stop helps place Savannah within the larger history of Sherman's March through Georgia and the Union capture of the city.
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Walk along Jones Street and see some of Savannah's best-known historic residential architecture. The street provides a close-up look at the city's 19th-century homes, historic streetscape, and the relationship between Savannah's residential neighborhoods and its distinctive urban plan.
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Monterey SquareAt Monterey Square, learn about the Mercer-Williams House and General Casimir Pulaski's role in the Revolutionary War. The square brings together Savannah's architecture, notable residents, and Revolutionary-era history in one of the city's most recognizable historic settings.
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Forsyth ParkThe tour concludes at Forsyth Park, where you'll see the park's famous fountain and learn how this expansive green space fits into Savannah's later development. Located at the southern end of the Historic District, Forsyth Park provides a natural conclusion to the journey from Savannah's colonial origins through its subsequent growth.
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History of Savannah Walking Tour
Savannah, Georgia, USA
$70.00
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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