Savannah - Final recap

Final musings on Savannah, and then we will move onto something different.  I'm not entirely sure what yet, especially as it seems that I've been writing about Savannah for a long time now, but I suppose I'll go back to my original reviews of trips past, mixed with coverage of potential travel spots.

I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I made a mistake on my first day in Savannah.  I'm writing an article on that which I hope to have published, so I can't share everything in it, but the quick down and dirty is that Savannah is not a city that you "do".  There are things to do in Savannah, but Savannah generally refuses to let you see her on your terms - and at least part of my struggle on day one was the attempt to "do" Savannah.  By running through the squares and parks, I missed out on enjoying what was there.

Savannah does show up in 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.  I don't know that I'm qualified to determine whether it is one of the thousand most impressive places in the entire world, but I certainly enjoyed my trip there and would generally rate it highly in several categories.  The antebellum homes are beautiful, as are the parks, and it makes for pleasant sightseeing.  Savannah does have several good historical tales to go with it, so learning about the city is enjoyable as well.

The food scene in Savannah is surprisingly good.  We really only had one mediocre meal the whole time we were there, and the meals were both good and inexpensive, which can frequently be challenging to find.  Quite frankly, I don't feel that we came close to exhausting our food options, and we didn't even go to the more highly touted locations.

Although I said that the sights were somewhat limited, there is no dearth of historical tours, ghost tours, pub tours, and other ways to see the city.  To boot, if you do get tired of Savannah, the beach is not that far away, and you could always go there for a quick retreat.  Our tour was fun, and I think if you come with the right attitude, most tours would be.

In my recap of Jamaica, I stated that I was thinking about coming up with a rating system for places I had been, but I'm still not sure that this would even be useful if I were able to come up with something.  So I'll summarize my thoughts with this:  My experiences put Savannah into one of the more better cities to go.  I think the city is worth two to three full days, possibly more if you want to do some visiting of other local attractions outside Savannah.  I'd give yourself a day or so just to wander historical Savannah, and plan on taking at least one of the many tours of the city - whichever one happens to best suit your interests.  Forsyth Park and Bonaventure Cemetery are my first picks for places to see, and the previous posts contain all the food recommendations, which may not be your cup of tea, since my picks are at least partially based on whether I think the kids would like it.

In the next post, we'll finally move on from Savannah.