Savannah Trolley Tour

Tour Beautiful Savannah in an Old Town Trolley and Enjoy Hop On and Hop Off Privileges

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About This Experience Gift

  • Explore the Charming City of Savannah on a Narrated Tour
  • Visit 100 Points of Interest While Aboard an Old Fashioned Trolley
  • Enjoy Hop-on and off Privileges at 15 Stops and Tour at Your Own Pace

General Information

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This experience is a great way to show your out-of-town friends around, learn a bit more about your own city or explore a city that is new to you. On the Savannah Trolley Tour you will experience transportainment a delightful combination of transportation and entertainment.

Your fully narrated tour of this alluring southern town will cover over 100 points of interest beginning and show you the best this beautiful and historic City has to offer. Known for its impressive 18th and 19th century architecture, Savannah boasts over 1,700 restored buildings, each with its own story to tell. Travel back to the Civil War era as you visit the Green-Meldrim House, the beautiful Mercer-Williams House, the Andrew Low House, the City Market and the Bay Street area and more.

You may enjoy the tour in full or choose to hop-on and hop-off at sixteen different attractions throughout the city. No matter how you customize your tour, this is sure to be a great day out on the town!

Where It's Located

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  • Savannah, Georgia

Who Is Included

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Participants
The Savannah Trolley Tour Experience Gifts Certificate is valid for one participant, unless additional participants are added onto the certificate. There will be additional participants on the tour.

Guests
This experience is not suitable for non-paying guests.

When It Is Offered

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The Savannah Trolley Tours are offered seven days a week year-round, subject to availability. Tours depart every 20 minutes from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM August thru March and 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM April thru July. Tours are closed on St. Patrick's day and during the Rock & Roll Marathon tours begin at 12:30 PM.

How Long Is It

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The Savannah Trolley Tour Ride is 1½ hours and has a total duration of approximately 2 hours, unless you choose to hop-on and hop-off of the Trolley at designated stops throughout the day.

Weather

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The Savannah Trolley Tour in Georgia takes place in all weather conditions.

What To Wear

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Dress comfortably, flat, rubber-soled shoes and layers are recommended for this trolley adventure.

Additional Information

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There are 15 Stops that you may hop-on and hop-off the trolley tour 15 Stops:
1) Savannah Visitor Center
2) Bull Street Corridor
3) Madison Square
4) Forsyth Park
5) Massie Heritage Museum
6) Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
7) City Market
8) Columbia Square
9) Pirates House
10) River Street
11) Parish House/Bay Street
12) The Exchange Bell/Factors Walk
13)Ellis Square
14) Ship of the Sea Museum
15) Exclusive Stop-Welcome Center

Children under 3 years of age can ride for free. Assistance animals, such as seeing-eye dogs, are the only animals that are allowed on board the trolleys.

ITEM/SKU NUMBER: XD-946-010

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Reservation Information

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All changes to reservations for the Savannah Trolley Tour Experience require seven (7) days advance notice.

Xperience Certificates® cannot be exchanged once a reservation for the experience has been made.


Three times the charm, and I am now officially obsessed with Old Town Trolley Tours. I actually went on the Savannah Trolley Tour on my last day in the city, which may have been a mistake because it gave me so many great ideas for things to do and places to visit, that I wished I had more time!



The tour starts at the Savannah Visitor Center where they give you a sticker (so everyone knows you’re a tourist), and you take a seat on the old-style wooden benches lining the trolley. My first driver was John, and as we set off from the Visitor Center we learned about the history of Savannah (founded in 1733), and the friendship between founder James Oglethorpe and Native tribe leader Tomochichi.


The tour took us through Savannah’s Historic District, one of the oldest and largest historic districts in the United States, to stop number 2; the Independent Presbyterian Church (also known as the church featured in the opening credits of Forrest Gump). Many famous movies have been filmed in Savannah, including Something To Talk About starring Julia Roberts and Dennis Quaid, which involved a famous scene outside the Six Pence Pub – a British themed pub!



Stop 3 was the Sorrel-Weed House, supposedly the most haunted house in the US, and stop 4 was Forsyth Park, featuring the most photographed spot in all of Savannah, its fountain (bought from a catalog in New York). Around the southern part of the city we learnt about the beautiful buildings and architecture, in particular those designed and built by John Norris, and the Telfair Women’s Hospital where no man is allowed to set foot (except for babies who are born there, but even they have to be out within 3 days).


Stop 5 was the Massie Heritage Center, which brought us round to Calhoun Square, the only one of Savannah’s 22 squares to still have its original surrounding buildings. There’s also a gazebo inside the square that’s popular for weddings, and was a gift from Burt Reynolds! The trolley briefly rolls through Jones Street, voted one of the most beautiful streets in the US, towards the Church of St. John the Baptist, which is free to enter (and also stop number 6)



Past the Colonial Cemetery and back downtown, it was interesting to see the difference in the volume of people compared to further south – clearly visitors in Savannah like to flock to the river! The City Market (stop 7) was teeming with people, and the queue for Leopold’s Ice Cream was stretching down the street (I went later and can confirm it’s well worth the wait). Here we learnt more about James Oglethorpe and the spot where he landed on the riverbank, now marked by the impressive Hyatt Regency Hotel – who do a great happy hour with a patio overlooking the water.


Stop 8 was Columbia Square where we saw the First African Baptist Church and the Isaiah Davenport House, before reaching stop 9; the Pirates House (with a real pirate standing outside). The next six stops saw us visiting Emmet Park (where the St Patrick’s Day parties are held – hotels sell out 3-5 years in advance for this) the ‘Pink House’, the Parish House, the Exchange Bell, the Old Savannah Cotton Exchange, Ellis Square, Frankling Square, the Ships of the Sea Museum, and back to the Welcome Center where we could switch to another trolley to continue on. Since I’d done a whole round trip, I decided to carry on to stop number 4 (Forsyth Park) and walk my way back down, visiting some of the great destinations that John had suggested



The best thing about the Savannah Trolley Tour (and any trolley tour) is that you can hop-on at any stop, and even though each driver is giving the same tour, they each have unique stories and entertaining anecdotes meaning you never hear the same story twice. The combination of sightseeing tour and means of transport is a winner for me, and I can’t think of a better way to see a new city than on a trolley!


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