Visitor Destinations

17Hundred90 Inn & Restaurant

A historic inn and restaurant whose best-known ghost is Anna, a young woman said to have died in a fall from an upper-floor room (Room 204 in most versions). Tours tell her story differently, but all describe her as heartbroken, and guests credit her with night-time noises and shadows.

Dates to 1790

A Coastal Christmas

A family-owned Christmas shop on River Street with holiday décor all year.

African-American Monument

Dorothy Spradley's 2002 bronze of an African American family with broken chains at their feet, on the riverfront. The base carries words by Maya Angelou.

Alligator Soul

Southern fine dining

A restaurant on Barnard Street that Afterlife Tours says is haunted by its original chef, Hilbo Craig.

Andrew Low House

Built in 1849 by John S. Norris, the oldest building on Lafayette Square. Now a house museum that features in local ghost stories.

Dates to 1848 · Architect John S. Norris

Art Center at City Market

Upper-level working artist studios in City Market where you can meet artists and buy their work. Studio tenants change.

ARTS Southeast (Sulfur Studios) & The Ellis Gallery

A nonprofit art center in the Starland District, begun as Sulfur Studios in 2014, with artist studios, The Ellis Gallery and the Supporter Gallery.

B. Matthew's Eatery

Brunch and dinner

An East Bay Street eatery serving brunch all week and dinner; reservations requested but not required.

Beach Institute African American Cultural Center

Savannah's first school built for newly freed African Americans (1867), now a museum of African American art, history and culture with a large collection of Ulysses Davis wood carvings.

Bear Hug Honey Company

A honey shop in City Market.

Belford's Seafood and Steaks

Seafood and steaks

A fine-dining seafood and steak restaurant on St. Julian Street in City Market.

Bethesda Academy

Bethesda Academy is a boys' school and former orphanage located in unincorporated Chatham County, Georgia, in the United States, near Savannah.

Dates to 1740 · National Register listed

Blank Canvas Showroom

A designer clothing, accessories and home décor shop on Bull Street.

Boar's Head Grill & Tavern

Southern and seafood

River Street's oldest restaurant, open since 1959 in an old riverfront warehouse, serving local seafood such as she-crab soup and shrimp and grits.

Since 1959

Bonaventure Cemetery

A rural cemetery on a bluff over the Wilmington River, known for moss-draped oaks and statuary. It is the city's largest municipal cemetery.

Dates to 1846 · National Register listed

Books on Bay

A vintage bookshop with thousands of books from the 1600s to the late 1900s, known for children's series like Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys. It's now on Abercorn Street across from Clary's Cafe.

The Book Lady Bookstore

An independent bookstore for new and used books, with a Rare Books Room and a book club.

Bradley's Lock & Key

An 1855 building on Wright Square, home to a lock shop since 1883 and linked in tour stories to 1990s serial killer Gary Ray Bowles. Guides suggest spirits cling to the shop's old objects.

Brighter Day Natural Foods

A natural-foods market and deli at the south end of Forsyth Park.

Byrd Cookie Company

Savannah cookie bakers since 1924, famous for Scotch Oatmeal cookies. This is the flagship bakery store; there is also a City Market shop at 211 W St. Julian St.

Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist

The mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Savannah, near Lafayette Square, with twin spires visible across downtown.

Dates to 1873 · Architect Ephraim Francis Baldwin

Cents & Sensibility

A fine-furniture consignment shop on Skidaway Road near Isle of Hope that also runs estate sales. Hours vary, so call before you go.

Chart House

Seafood and steaks

A Bay Street restaurant in a former cotton and slave warehouse. Afterlife Tours presents paranormal evidence it recorded there, and reported spirits include a little girl, a woman and a 'blue man'.

Chatham Square

One of Savannah's 22 squares, located in the southernmost row of the city's five rows of squares, on Barnard Street and West Wayne Street. It was laid out in 1847.

Chippewa Square

One of Savannah's 22 squares, laid out in 1815, with a statue of founder James Oglethorpe. Its park bench scene appears in Forrest Gump.

Chocolat by Adam Turoni

A chandelier-lit chocolate shop where pastry chef Adam Turoni makes artisan chocolates and truffles. A second shop is at 236 Bull St.

Christ Church Episcopal

Christ Church is an Episcopal church at 28 Bull Street, Johnson Square, in Savannah, Georgia.

Churchill's Pub

An English-style pub on Bay Street where patrons report the silhouette of a man said to have hanged himself from the beams, and beer taps turning on by themselves.

Circa 1875

French bistro and pub

A small Parisian-style bistro and pub downtown, serving French cuisine with a wide list of wines by the glass or bottle.

City Market

Historic market district stretching from Ellis Square to Franklin Square, now a pedestrian area of galleries, shops and restaurants.

Clary's Cafe

Diner breakfast and lunch

A classic diner on Abercorn Street serving traditional breakfast and lunch favorites and fresh pastries, with outdoor seating where dogs are welcome.

Clutter Furnishings & Interiors

A Midtown furniture consignment shop run by a mother-daughter design team, packed with mid-century modern, contemporary, traditional and art deco pieces and décor.

Cockspur Island Lighthouse

Georgia's smallest lighthouse, on an islet at the mouth of the Savannah River's south channel. It's part of Fort Pulaski National Monument and is seen from the shore.

The Collins Quarter

Café, brunch and dinner

A busy café on Bull Street serving brunch daily and dinner several nights a week, with specialty coffee and cocktails. A second Collins Quarter sits at 621 Drayton St by Forsyth Park.

Colonial Park Cemetery

Burial ground established in 1750, with burials ending in 1853. A regular stop on Savannah's ghost tours.

Dates to 1750

Columbia Square

A square ringed by the Kehoe House and Davenport House, named by Ghost City Tours among Savannah's most haunted public spaces.

Common

Oysters and contemporary dining

A Broughton Street restaurant and cocktail bar with an oyster-focused menu.

Common Thread

Seasonal, locally sourced

Locally sourced dinners in the 1897 Krouskoff House, from the team behind FARM in Bluffton, South Carolina.

Congregation Mickve Israel

Congregation Mickve Israel is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue located at 20 East Gordon Street, Monterey Square, in Savannah, Georgia, in the United States.

Dates to 1733 · National Register listed

Copper Penny

An upscale women's boutique with clothing, shoes, jewelry, handbags and gifts.

Cotton & Rye

Southern, dinner

A Habersham Street dinner restaurant; reservations recommended and taken through Resy for small parties.

The Cotton Exchange Tavern

Seafood and tavern fare

A River Street tavern open since 1971, in an old cotton warehouse with stone and brick walls. Walk-in only.

On River Street since 1971

The Crab Shack

Seafood and BBQ

A sprawling seafood and BBQ spot on Tybee Island with walk-in seating, a gator lagoon, an aviary of rescued birds and free parking.

Crawford Square

One of Savannah's 22 squares, located in the middle row of the city's five rows of squares, on Houston Street and East McDonough Street. It was laid out in 1841.

Crystal Beer Parlor

Burgers and American pub fare

A long-running Jones Street tavern with lunch, dinner and a full-service bar. It reopened after a small fire in November 2025.

Desposito's Seafood

Seafood

A longtime Thunderbolt seafood restaurant that reopened under new management in January 2026.

E. Shaver, Bookseller

An independent bookstore on Madison Square since 1975, in an 1842 house built by Eliza Jewett, with resident shop cats.

Eliza Thompson House

An 1847 Jones Street house, now an inn, whose former residents are said to have 'never left', according to Genteel & Bard.

Elizabeth on 37th

Southern coastal fine dining · $50 and over (OpenTable)

Fine dining in a 1901 Greek Revival mansion since 1981, known for Southern coastal cuisine and an extensive wine list.

Ellis Square

One of Savannah's first four squares (1733) and home to the old City Market. It was rebuilt in 2010 over an underground garage, with a splash fountain, a life-size chess board and a statue of songwriter Johnny Mercer.

Emmet Park

A shady strip of live oaks along East Bay Street, named in 1902 for Irish patriot Robert Emmet. It holds the Celtic Cross, several memorials and the 1858 Old Harbor Light.

Factors Walk

The iron bridges and narrow lanes between Bay Street and the river where cotton factors once worked. Tours tell of sailors, disappearances and merchants' voices said to still echo there.

Fannie's on the Beach

Casual beach restaurant

A casual Tybee restaurant across from the beach, open for lunch and dinner daily, with live music upstairs on weekends.

Fire Street Food

Thai plates, sushi, burgers and street food

A counter-service spot next to Chippewa Square for Thai plates, sushi, burgers and street eats, with takeout.

First African Baptist Church

First African Baptist Church, located in Savannah, Georgia, claims to be derived from the first black Baptist congregation in North America.

Dates to 1777

Fishbar

Seafood

A cozy seafood restaurant that opened in December 2025 in the old Squirrel's Pizza space. Dinner Tuesday to Saturday.

Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home

The Flannery O'Connor Childhood Home is a historic house museum in Savannah, Georgia where American author Flannery O'Connor lived during her childhood.

Flora and Fauna

French-inspired café, bakery and supper club

A café, bakery and supper club in the former Back in the Day Bakery building, opened in 2024 with approachable French-inspired food.

Foley House Inn

An 1896 inn on Chippewa Square where workers found a skeleton inside a wall during 1987 renovations. Tours tie the inn's reported haunting, including a ghost called Wally, to that unsolved discovery.

Forsyth Park

A 30-acre park in the Historic District, best known for its large 1858 cast-iron fountain, walking paths and live oaks.

Dates to 1840

Fort McAllister State Park

A Civil War earthwork fort about 25 miles south of Savannah, captured by Sherman's army in 1864. Ghost City Tours describes it as one of the most haunted sites near the city.

National Register listed

Fort Pulaski National Monument

A massive brick fort finished in 1847 on Cockspur Island. Union rifled cannon breached its walls in 1862, a turning point in military history. It's now a national monument on the way to Tybee.

Dates to 1829 · National Register listed

Foxy Loxy Cafe

Coffee, bakery and Tex-Mex

Part coffee shop, bakery and Tex-Mex cantina, with a courtyard, live music on Tuesday nights and fire pits on Saturdays.

Franklin Square

One of Savannah's 22 squares, at the west end of City Market. It's home to the Haitian Monument, which honors the Haitian volunteers who fought in the 1779 Siege of Savannah, and faces First African Baptist Church.

Garibaldi

Italian and seafood

A dinner-only Italian and seafood restaurant, a sister to The Olde Pink House, known for its crispy scored flounder.

George Davis Art & Antiques

An antiques and art gallery on Bull Street near Monterey Square with European furniture, lighting, art and accessories.

Georgia State Railroad Museum

A historic Central of Georgia Railway repair complex with a roundhouse, turntable and locomotives, next to the Savannah History Museum.

Dates to 1989

Girl Scout First Headquarters

Juliette Gordon Low's former carriage house, left to the Girl Scouts in 1927. It's now a small museum and shop on the history of Girl Scouting.

Glory Days Vintage

A vintage clothing shop tucked inside Mid March Clothing Co. (walk past the fitting rooms). Voted best thrift/vintage clothing store by Connect Savannah readers.

Golden Hour

A permanent-jewelry studio at Plant Riverside District that welds custom-fit bracelets, anklets and necklaces in gold and silver. Walk-ins welcome.

Goose Feathers Cafe & Bakery

Café and bakery, breakfast and lunch

A quick-service café and bakery near Ellis Square that has served locals and visitors since 1986.

Since 1986

Graveface Records & Curiosities

A record store and curiosity shop with new and used vinyl, cassettes, horror media, toys, oddities and taxidermy. Open 7 days.

Green-Meldrim House

The 1850s Gothic Revival mansion General Sherman used as his headquarters in 1864, now the parish house of St. John's Church. It is listed among the haunted houses and museums on the #1 Ghost Tour route.

National Historic Landmark

Greene Square

A square once home to a female orphanage. Tours tell of two bank robbers undone by a ghost there, and of a teenage girl consoled by a familiar spirit in a cottage overlooking the square.

Greenwich Cemetery

A quieter historic cemetery beside Bonaventure, where ghost stories have been passed down through generations, according to Ghost City Tours.

The Grey

Port City Southern

Chef Mashama Bailey's restaurant in a restored 1938 art deco Greyhound bus terminal, serving her take on Port City Southern food.

Gryphon

Café and afternoon tea · Afternoon tea $31 per person (menu)

SCAD's café and tea room on Madison Square, in the 1926 Scottish Rite building with mahogany bookcases and stained glass. Afternoon tea, lunch and brunch; cashless.

Half-Moon Outfitters

An outdoor outfitter with clothing, footwear and outdoor and travel gear.

Hamilton-Turner Inn

Second Empire mansion built in 1873 on Lafayette Square, now an inn, and often included on Savannah ghost tours.

Harper Fowlkes House

An 1844 Greek Revival house on Orleans Square, filled with the furnishings and art of preservationist Alida Harper Fowlkes. It's shown on guided tours.

Historic Grayson Stadium (Savannah Bananas)

A ballpark built in 1926 in Daffin Park. It's the home field of the Savannah Bananas, the team behind the fast, theatrical Banana Ball.

Huc-A-Poo's Bites & Booze

Pizza

A local Tybee favorite for pizza made from scratch with fresh ingredients, in a laid-back setting.

Huey's On The River

New Orleans-style Southern, beignets

A New Orleans-inspired Southern restaurant on River Street, best known for its beignets. Open for breakfast through dinner.

Husk Savannah

Southern, coastal Georgia ingredients

Celebrates the flavors and heirloom ingredients of coastal Georgia, sourcing from local farmers and waterways. Dinner daily, brunch on weekends.

Independent Presbyterian Church

The Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah, on Bull Street in Savannah, Georgia, is the first Presbyterian church in Georgia, founded in 1755.

Isaiah Davenport House

Federal-style home built in 1820 on Columbia Square. Its rescue in 1955 launched the Historic Savannah Foundation, which runs it as a museum.

Dates to 1820 · National Register listed

Isle of Hope & Bluff Drive

A riverside historic district 8 miles from downtown, where Bluff Drive winds under moss-draped live oaks past porched cottages and mansions on the Skidaway River.

Jepson Center for the Arts

Telfair Museums' modern building, opened in 2006, with major traveling exhibitions, contemporary art and the Telfair Children's Art Museum.

Jere's Antiques

A family business since 1976 with a 33,000 sq ft warehouse showroom near the river: original 18th- to 20th-century English and Continental furniture, antique bars and bespoke pieces.

Jery Taylor Sweet Grass Baskets

A City Market studio selling handwoven sweetgrass baskets, a Gullah Geechee craft, from small decorative pieces to larger practical baskets.

Johnson Square

Savannah's first square, where Revolutionary War general Nathanael Greene is buried beneath the monument. A stop on self-guided haunted walks, which tell of Greene and his sons' ghosts.

Jones & Bull

A curated shop of modern, vintage and antique home décor and furniture at the corner of Jones and Bull streets.

Joseph's Clothier

A menswear shop since 2013 with Italian ready-to-wear and made-to-measure suits. Walk-ins welcome.

Since 2013

Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace

The Regency-style home where Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low was born in 1860, now a house museum run by Girl Scouts of the USA.

Kayak Kafé

Healthy café: salads, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free

A locally owned casual café on Broughton Street focused on fresh, healthy food, with plenty of vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free choices.

Kehoe House

1892 home built for iron-foundry owner William Kehoe on Columbia Square, now an inn and a frequent ghost-tour stop.

Kelly & Company

A Tybee shop selling essential oils and bath products made on Tybee Island. Closed Mondays.

Kermit's Key Lime Shop

A key lime pie shop in City Market selling slices, whole pies and citrus desserts.

King-Tisdell Cottage

An 1896 gingerbread-trimmed cottage, once home to Sarah King and Robert Tisdell, turned into a museum of Savannah's African American history by civil rights leader W. W. Law in 1981.

Kobo Gallery

An artist-run gallery of local member artists in downtown Savannah, steps from Ellis Square.

Lafayette Square

Home to the Hamilton-Turner Inn and the Andrew Low House, this square is a regular gathering point for ghost walks that tell the surrounding houses' stories.

Laney Contemporary

A contemporary fine-art gallery opened in 2017 just west of the Historic District, showing solo and themed exhibitions by regional and international artists.

Laurel Grove Cemetery

An 1850s cemetery west of downtown and the resting place of Juliette Gordon Low; Laurel Grove South holds much of Savannah's African American history. Tour operators say its Victorian dead remain 'quite active'.

Dates to 1850

Laurel Grove South Cemetery

A 90-acre city cemetery from 1850 and the most significant burial ground for Savannah's 19th- and 20th-century African American community. Open daily.

Leopold's Ice Cream

Ice cream parlor

Leopold's Ice Cream is an ice-cream parlor located in Savannah, Georgia, United States.

Limani

Greek and seafood

A River Street restaurant run by the family behind Olympia Café, serving local seafood and Greek classics such as lemon chicken and dolmades.

The Little Crown by Pie Society

British pies and pub

A British pie house and small pub in City Market, with handmade meat and sweet pies, pasties, desserts and British groceries.

Little Duck Diner

Diner, all-day breakfast

A vintage-style diner modeled on the dining cars of the late 1920s and '30s, serving all-day breakfast, waffles, bowls and gourmet grilled cheese.

Lucas Theatre for the Arts

A 1921 movie palace on Abercorn Street. Ghost City Tours counts it among Savannah's haunted theaters.

Lulu's Chocolate Bar

Dessert and cocktail bar

An evening dessert bar for chocolate desserts, sundaes and cocktails.

Madison Square

The square honoring Sergeant William Jasper, thought to sit near a mass grave from the 1779 Siege of Savannah. Visitors report shadow figures and orbs of light here.

The Marshall House

Savannah's oldest operating hotel, occupied by the Union Army in 1864-65. Ghost stories about it are a staple of local tours.

Massie Heritage Center

The Massie School, also referred to as the Massie Common School, opened in 1856 as the first public school in Savannah, Georgia, in the first chartered public school system of the American South.

McDonough's Restaurant & Lounge

A late-night bar and lounge listed as the final stop on the Savannah Haunted Pub Crawl and among the haunted dining spots on the #1 Ghost Tour route.

Mercer Williams House

Italianate mansion on Monterey Square, completed in 1868 and made famous by Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Now a house museum.

Dates to 1868 · Architect John S. Norris

Midge Clothing & Goods

A women's clothing and goods shop that focuses on American-made pieces.

MLK Visitor Information Center

Savannah's main visitor information center, run by Visit Savannah, next to the Savannah History Museum, with maps, local tips and a gift shop.

Monterey Square

The square fronting the Mercer-Williams House and the Pulaski monument, a standard stop on tours telling the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil story.

Morgan Rae Boutique

A locally owned women's boutique with dresses, denim, jewelry and gifts, and a charm bar.

Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room

Southern home cooking, family style

Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room is a casual restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, US which offers a menu of Southern US home cooking.

Dates to 1943

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force

The National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force is a non-profit organization with a museum facility located in Pooler, Georgia, in the western suburbs of Savannah.

Dates to 1996

North of Forsyth Antiques & Design

A collective of antique dealers that opened in November 2025 in the former Arthur Smith Antiques space on Bull Street, with fine antiques, hand-woven Oriental rugs, original art and Southern Victorian furniture. Open daily.

Oatland Island Wildlife Center

The Oatland Island Wildlife Center is a 100-acre wildlife preserve and environmental education complex located on Oatland Island in Chatham County, Georgia, near Savannah.

Oglethorpe Square

One of Savannah's 22 squares, located in the second row of the city's five rows of squares, on Abercorn Street and East President Street. It was laid out in 1742.

Old Fort Jackson

A pre-Civil War brick fort on the Savannah River, about 3 miles east of downtown. Ghost City Tours writes of fallen soldiers' ghosts on its grounds.

National Historic Landmark

Olde Harbour Inn

An 1892 riverfront warehouse turned inn, said to be home to 'Hank', a prankish spirit staff linked to a 19th-century fire. Even Ghost City Tours notes there is no record of deaths in that fire.

The Olde Pink House

Southern

A 1771 Georgian mansion built for James Habersham Jr., now a restaurant. Staff and diners report sightings of Habersham himself and other members of his family.

Orleans Square

One of Savannah's 22 squares, in the middle row on Barnard Street and West McDonough Street. It was laid out in 1815 and named for Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans that January.

Owens-Thomas House

A William Jay-designed 1819 mansion, now a Telfair museum with restored slave quarters. Tour operators call it one of Savannah's most actively haunted houses, tied to its many owners and long history.

National Historic Landmark

The Paris Market & Brocante

A Broughton Street shop of antique and modern furniture, collectibles and home goods from around the world, with an on-site café.

Picker Joe's Antique Mall & Vintage Market

Savannah's big antique mall: 70 professional pickers and thousands of items changing daily across 12,000 square feet plus vintage soda fountain. It reopened in a larger home on Montgomery Cross Road on Feb. 12, 2026.

Pin Point Heritage Museum

A museum of Gullah Geechee life in the old A.S. Varn & Son oyster and crab factory, in Pin Point, a waterfront community founded by freed African Americans in the 1890s.

The Pirates' House

Southern and seafood

Restaurant and tavern whose oldest part, the Herb House, dates to 1734. Considered the oldest bar in Georgia and a ghost-lore favorite.

Plant Riverside District

Plant Riverside District is a mixed-use development in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located on the west end of historic River Street, the development opened in 2020 after several years of construction.

The Public Kitchen & Bar

American, casual

A casual restaurant and bar with mid-century modern styling, on Liberty Street.

Pulaski Square

One of Savannah's 22 squares, located in the fourth row of the city's five rows of squares, on Barnard Street and West Macon Street. It was laid out in 1837.

Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum

Three floors on Savannah's civil rights movement in the 1914 Wage Earners Savings Bank on MLK Jr. Blvd, once the heart of the city's Black business district. Founded by W. W. Law.

Reynolds Square

The square beside the Olde Pink House, listed among the haunted squares on the #1 Ghost Tour self-guided route.

River Street

Cobblestone riverfront promenade along the Savannah River, lined with restored cotton warehouses that now hold shops and restaurants.

River Street Sweets

The River Street flagship of this Savannah candy maker, known for handmade pralines and sweets.

River Street Visitor Information Center

Visit Savannah's riverfront visitor center on River Street, with maps and recommendations from local staff. Fully ADA accessible.

Saints & Shamrocks

Savannah's Irish and religious gift shop, on Bull Street by Madison Square.

Satchel

A leather goods maker at Bull and Liberty streets where you can watch bags and accessories being made.

Savannah African Art Museum

A free museum of West and Central African art on East 37th Street, with more than 1,000 masks, sculptures, textiles and ceremonial objects shown on guided tours in a 1922 house.

Savannah Bee Company

The Broughton Street flagship of the Savannah honey company, with a honey bar, a mead bar and a kids' area. There is also a shop at 1 W River St.

Savannah Belles Ferry

Free passenger ferries across the Savannah River between River Street and Hutchinson Island, run by Chatham Area Transit from 7am to 10pm daily.

Savannah Botanical Gardens

A volunteer-built garden run by the Savannah Area Council of Garden Clubs, with formal and naturalistic plantings, a two-acre pond, amphitheater, nature trails, an archaeological exhibit and the historic Reinhard House.

Savannah Candle Company

A maker of handcrafted candles inspired by Savannah. Its City Market shop opened in October 2026.

Savannah Children's Museum

A hands-on children's museum run by the Coastal Heritage Society in Tricentennial Park, beside the Georgia State Railroad Museum, with an Exploration Station and an indoor STEAM Center.

Savannah City Hall

Savannah City Hall is the seat of government for the city of Savannah, Georgia, United States. Designed by architect Hyman Witcover, the building was built between 1904 and 1905 and opened the following year.

Dates to 1906 · Architect Hyman Witcover

Savannah Cotton Exchange

Freemasons' Hall, formerly the Savannah Cotton Exchange, was built in 1876 in Savannah, Georgia, United States.

Dates to 1876 · Architect William G. Preston

Savannah Galleries

An antiques gallery near Johnson Square with American, English and French furniture, paintings, silver, porcelain, chandeliers, and antique and modern rugs.

Savannah History Museum & Visitor Center

The city's history museum in the 1860 Central of Georgia passenger station, next to the visitor center and Battlefield Memorial Park, site of the 1779 Siege of Savannah.

National Historic Landmark

Savannah National Wildlife Refuge

The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge is a 31,551-acre National Wildlife Refuge located in Chatham and Effingham counties in Georgia and Jasper County in South Carolina.

Dates to 1927

Savannah Riverboat Cruises

Paddlewheel riverboat cruises from River Street, including sightseeing, brunch, dinner and sunset sailings, on the 1,000-passenger Georgia Queen and the Savannah River Queen.

Savannah Seafood Shack

Fast-casual seafood

A counter-service seafood spot on Broughton Street serving Lowcountry boil, fried shrimp, crab and po'boys.

Savannah Theatre

Opened in 1818 on Chippewa Square, one of America's oldest operating theater sites, with a long run of fires and mishaps. Staff and visitors report ghostly occupants, and paranormal investigations are held inside.

Dates to 1818 · Architect William Jay

Savannah-Ogeechee Canal Museum & Nature Center

Trails along the 1830s Savannah-Ogeechee Canal, with locks, swamp, sandhills and a small canal museum, about 30 minutes west of downtown.

Savannah's Candy Kitchen

A River Street candy shop known for pralines and other Southern sweets. A second shop is in City Market at 318 W St. Julian St.

SCAD Museum of Art

The SCAD Museum of Art was founded in 2002 as part of the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia, and originally was known as the Earle W. Newton Center for British American Studies.

Scarbrough House (Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum)

An 1819 William Jay-designed mansion, now the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, listed among the haunted houses on the #1 Ghost Tour self-guided route.

National Historic Landmark

Sea Wolf Tybee

Oysters, sausages and cocktails

A North Tybee bar and restaurant for oysters, sausages, vegan dishes and cocktails. No reservations.

Seaside Sisters

A Tybee gift shop with clothing, jewelry, home décor, books and candles.

Second African Baptist Church

A congregation founded in 1802 on Greene Square. In February 1865, General Rufus Saxton announced Sherman's "40 acres and a mule" order to freedpeople here.

The Sentient Bean

Vegetarian café and coffee

A vegetarian coffeehouse by the south end of Forsyth Park, with fair-trade coffee and thoughtfully sourced food.

Seventh Heaven Antiques

American, English, Continental and vintage antique furniture, plus porcelain, lighting, paintings, silver, bronze, rugs and pottery, in Thunderbolt just east of Savannah.

shopSCAD

The Savannah College of Art and Design's store on Madison Square, selling work by SCAD artists and alumni, books and SCAD-branded items.

The Shrimp Factory

A River Street restaurant in an old warehouse next to Echo Plaza. Shaka Guide's haunted walk tells of ghostly voices, clanking chains and shadow figures that follow visitors.

Sisters of the New South

Southern comfort food

Homestyle Southern cooking such as fried chicken and oxtail dinners, east of downtown.

Six Pence Pub

British pub

A British-style pub on Bull Street known as a haunted stop on pub crawls, with tales of colonial-era and Civil War spirits.

Skidaway Island State Park

Skidaway Island State Park is a 588-acre state park on Skidaway Island, Georgia. Located in Chatham County, Georgia approximately 8 miles southeast of Savannah, the park borders Skidaway narrows, which is part of Georgia’s intracoastal waterway.

Sorrel-Weed House

Greek Revival and Regency mansion on Madison Square, one of Georgia's first two state landmarks. It offers its own ghost tours.

Dates to 1840 · Architect Charles B. Cluskey

Sorry Charlie's Oyster Bar

Oyster bar and seafood

An oyster bar and seafood restaurant on Congress Street, with cocktails and a rooftop bar that hosts weekend brunch.

Spring Hill Redoubt (Battlefield Memorial Park)

The site of the bloodiest fighting in the failed 1779 Franco-American assault on British-held Savannah. Ghost City Tours ties lingering battlefield spirits across the area to the battle.

Starland District

An arts neighborhood on Bull Street south of Forsyth Park, started in the late 1990s by two SCAD students, with galleries, studios, vintage shops, murals and cafés such as the Starland Yard food-truck park.

Starland Yard

Food park and bar

A Starland food park with a full bar, three built-in kitchens (Pizzeria Vittoria, Nixtate and Uncle June's) and rotating food trucks.

Starlandia Art Supply

An art supply store selling new and reclaimed materials, from paints and canvases to fabric and yarn, and taking trade-ins for store credit.

Stone & Webster Chophouse

Steakhouse

An upscale steakhouse in the Power Plant building at Plant Riverside District. Dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday.

Strangebird

Casual Mexican-inspired: smokehouse tacos, burgers

A casual spot for smokehouse tacos, burritos, burgers and shareables, from the team behind Common Thread. It reopened in March 2026 after a year-long closure from a fire.

Sundae Cafe

Upscale Southern

An upscale Southern restaurant on Tybee Island.

Superbloom

An artisan market and café with work from more than 30 local artists and designers. Closed Mondays.

T.S. Chu Department Store

A Tybee shop on Tybrisa Street, near the pier, that carries beach essentials, keepsakes and island souvenirs.

Talmadge Memorial Bridge

The Talmadge Memorial Bridge is a bridge in the United States spanning the Savannah River between downtown Savannah, Georgia, and Hutchinson Island.

Dates to 1991

Tapley's Mercantile & Antiques

A family-run antique mall with more than 50 vendors in the former Andy's IGA grocery at Waters Avenue and Montgomery Crossroads, where the store's old butcher blocks are still in use as displays.

Taylor Galleries

An art and antiques gallery off Monterey Square with antique furniture, fine art, porcelain, bronzes and decorative objects.

Taylor Square (formerly Calhoun Square)

Renamed for nurse Susie King Taylor in 2023, the former Calhoun Square sits over one of Savannah's early Black burial grounds. Tours call it a 'lost cemetery found' and use it as the setting for the Espy House and 432 Abercorn stories.

Telfair Academy

William Jay's 1818 mansion on Telfair Square, the original home of Telfair Museums and one of the South's first public art museums.

National Historic Landmark

Telfair Square

Meeting point for Afterlife Tours and a stop on the Ghosts & Gravestones route, next to the William Jay-designed Telfair Academy.