Historic Savannah and Planters Inn report

Savannah City Hall on 3/23/13

A portion of Savannah that rivals the Holy City of Charleston

Savannah's cable stayed bridge along the river

Thanks to the Planters Inn on Abercorn Street

 The spring season is a good time to visit Savannah, the oldest city in Georgia. Timing and location mean a lot and this visit takes place just days AFTER the St. Patrick's Day madness, and nearly at the peak of the azalea bloom. Flocks of cedar waxwings fluttering around live oaks without any leaves was another sure sign that the coastal plain was springing forward. Despite a dreary forecast the sun did manage to shine for more than half the weekend, helping patrons of the Savannah Music Festival beat the odds while attending folk and jazz concerts or modern dance at the Lucas Theatre on Abercorn Street. Located right around the corner from the theatre along Reynolds Square is the Planters Inn of Savannah, which is also an easy walk from famed River Street. Each day includes a continental breakfast and a wine and cheese social, with bellmen on duty 24/7 to assist with valet parking or room service. Hotel management made the visitors from the Holy City feel welcome in what is being billed as the haunted city. Savannah offers a wide array of haunted house tours, haunted pub crawls and one outfit even offers tours in the back of a black hearse! If ghoulish tricks are not for you, I can recommend some good clean fun to be found at The City Market, Forsythe Park and places like the Ships of The Sea Museum. Downtown Savannah is  planned out on a grid with more than twenty community squares which offer outdoor opportunities for their more artsy citizens to perform, and we saw examples like a dance squad, horn players, guitar pickers and more. It's been said that Southern living is easy, and as Savannah moves into the summer tourist season I can see that many will seek out the city for their amenable climate and kinship with coastal living. Those who enjoy the Lowcountry outdoors may try to visit nearby Tybee Island beach for a maritime experience or the Savannah Wildlife Refuge for birding along the marshes of the Savannah River. 

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