Savannah in April

Several friends and I are going to be in Savannah for the weekend of April 20 - really will just have 2 full days since we%26#39;re flying in from the West.

We%26#39;re staying at the Hamilton-Turner, but would like any restaurant, attraction recommendations that anyone might have.

We%26#39;re more history/beautiful sites types than shoppers, if that helps.

Thanks very much!

Savannah in April

We are leaving tomorrow for Savannah and are also more of the history / beautiful sites types so we will drop a note here with our best experiences with tours / restaurants, etc. next week when we return. Anyone with suggestions between now and tomorrow would be most welcome.

Savannah in April

Thanks - I look forward to hearing what you have to say!

There are a number of old 19th century houses that have been restored and are now museums to tour.

We have a pretty cool railroad museum if you are into that, a restored round house and blasksmith sheds etc.

We have a beautiful new atr museum that is a part of The Telfair Museum which I believe is one of the oldest art museums in the country. You can buy a ticket that gets you int The Telfair, The Jepson(the new one) and the Owens-Thomas House which has been restored, worth doing.

Ft Pulaski, about 20 minutes out of town toward the beach is a pre-civil war fort that has been restored and has a nice little museum and a film about the restoration and some room set up as they would have been. Be sure to walk around the fort on the outside as well as the inside.

And just walk around. Savannah was founded in 1733 there is a lot of history here, you won%26#39;t see it all in one trip.

Thanks for the tips Brian O....much appreciated. Looking forward to getting %26#39;%26#39;%26#39;out of Dodge%26#39;%26#39;%26#39; for a while

Well we got back last night from our five full days in Savannah and it was wonderful. The weather was perfect, sunny and warm.

I would certainly suggest that on your first day in Savannah you take a Trolley Tour; we took and Old Savannah Tour and it was great; for $20 you could take the 90 minute tour and get off at any of the 14 stops and get back on throughout the day; that was really nice. The tour gave us the initial %26#39;lay of the land%26#39; so that we could walk around and be familiar with where everything was.

The River Walk was great too; lots of good restaurants, pubs and shops, yummy RiverStreet Sweets has the best Pralines!

One tip, do not wear any shoes with any type of heel walking on River Street; there is a lot of cobblestone and it%26#39;s easy to ruin them or %26#39;get stuck%26#39;. I didn%26#39;t know this and wore some on a Saturday night to dinner and it was so tough walking I ducked in a gift shop and bought some flip flops!

The restaurants we enjoyed were Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House, great great southern country food, but only open 11-2 M-F. It%26#39;s all you want family style and there was plenty on the table, even for the hungriest appetite.

Pirates Table was another unique place we ate at and it was also very deliciious. I had the special of the house which was honey pecan crusted fried chicken and it was finger licking good. Jim had the hearty seafood platter and he loved it! The portions are very generous. The building has 15 different rooms and some old pirates tunnels....very cool!

Huey%26#39;s on River Street was good too, New Orleans style food; red beans and rice, jambalaya, etc... that was yummy as well.

We drove the short ride over to Tybee Island one day too and it was so nice on the beach, very clean and not crowded. They have a historic lighthouse over on that island and it%26#39;s nice to see as well.

I also would suggest a boat ride on the Georgia Queen; they have brunches, lunches and / or just sightseeing tours, which we did. The captain was very imformative about the shipping industry there and it was such a beautiful sunny day for a boat ride.

I could go on and on but I think I%26#39;ve mentioned the high points. The museums, art galleries and antique stores are plentiful. We met one artist at his gallery, Wayne Chambers, and he was a very colorful person with a beautiful courtyard; he%26#39;s a short walk in the historic district as well.

Hope this all helped with your planning.

have a nice trip... look forward to hearing from y%26#39;all when you return.

K