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Area Attractions:
Most of
the Historic district is easily covered in a walking tour,
but
there is free transportation available! A map of the free
transportation, its stops, and their proximity to our historic sites
can be found here!
More information on Free Transportation and Parking in
Savannah
can be found here!
To order an City
of Savannah Visitors
Guide,
Click Here
An overview of what is
available In Savannah
Too
Close to
get in your car-ride the ferry across the river, get on a free shuttle
and walk less than if you had driven your car and had to find a parking
place!
Savannahs'
Historic Squares
Battlefield
Park
- The site of the second bloodiest battle of the Revolutionary
War, 2500 British troops held off 5500 French and American men
in 1779.
The Pink House Restaurant-The
Bell of Savannah-serving southern
food since 1928! This is where it all started...You will be
missing a
major treat of Savannah if you don't have lunch here.
The
Roundhouse
Museum,
The largest and most complete Antebellum
Railroad repair yard in existence with
eleven
locomotives on display covering the transition from Steam to Diesel,
twelve
specialty cars from an inspection car to a crane car,
and
four
Cabooses! All of the
train equipment has been restored on
site and is in working condition-even used for visitor rides-the Diesel
engine will be giving rides the week of the convention! In
the
tool shed of the Round House is the Savannah
History Museum-don't let the
use of the "tool shed" fool you-A tool shed for a locomotive yard is
not quite something that could be bought from your local home
improvement store!
Old
Fort Jackson
Started in 1808 on the site of an abandoned Revolutionary war fortress,
Old Fort Jackson has a long history of service, a healthy
number
of artifacts to see(including an1841 Mountain Howitzer, the largest
such artillery piece in the country if you are lucky you'll get to see
it in action-if you aren't-it'll be the last thing you ever see!) , and
the archaeological
site of the Ironclad CSS Georgia
just
off the bluff in the Savannah river.
Within
a thirty
minute drive
Tybee
Island-
Savannah's Beach! In addition to the standard beach
activities,
and the Pier on Tybee island, there are also several cool places to
visit on while at and on the way to Tybee Island. Among them are The
Marine Science Center, Fort Screven,
with a Museum(containing Military artifacts and 400 years of the
Islands history) on the grounds, across the street, the Tybee
Light house-originating from 1733,
and on the way to Tybee Island,
you will Pass Fort Pulaski(and
the Cockspur Island Light), The first fort to fall the superior
technology of rifled cannon shot. Don't miss the full dress
Canon
(Saturdays at 11, 1, 3 only)- and rifle (noon and 2 Sunday-Friday,
Saturday noon and 2:30)demonstrations! Within
moments of
entering the island, you will be passing The Crab Shack
Restaurant,
long loved and kept secret by locals for its food, atmosphere, and
alligator pen-If you want a new experience in a restaurant, this is it!
Wormsloe
Plantation
almost
300 years of history-an amazingly beautiful live oak-lined drive that
was used in the Movie,
The Generals Daughter.
Mid town
Mighty
8th Air
Force Museum-Great
avaition equipment displays, and a cool
machine gun video game! A terrific way to spend an
afternoon! You might even get the story of The
Nuclear Bomb
Lost off Tybee Island in the 40s-it has never been found!
Exit
102 just off I 95. Also on this exit is the Pooler Funpark
with Gocart
tracks!
Questions?
Email us at:
zconteam@coastalzclub.com
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