A workable Savannah itinerary gives the Historic District two unhurried days, then adds a third day out of the grid, east to Bonaventure Cemetery, Fort Pulaski and Tybee Island or south to Wormsloe. The shape is simple. Day one covers the river, Bay Street and the northern squares. Day two starts at Forsyth Park and works back up through the southern squares and a house museum or two. Day three takes the car out. What separates a good plan from a miserable one isn’t the list of stops. It’s knowing which museums close on which days, keeping the midday heat out of your walking hours, and being honest about how long it takes to reach anything beyond downtown.
This page is for anyone laying out a trip day by day, from a single stopover to five days with the beach thrown in. One caveat matters more than the rest: most of Savannah’s major museums close one day a week, and they don’t all close on the same day, so a plan that works on a Thursday can fall apart on a Monday. Every hour, price and closing day below was checked September 23, 2026 against official sources.
Savannah Itineraries at a Glance
| Trip length | The plan in one line | Need a car? |
|---|---|---|
| 1 day | River Street early, the squares, one house museum, Forsyth Park late in the afternoon | No |
| Weekend | The two-day plan, rearranged around Saturday’s market and Sunday’s closures | No |
| 2 days | The north half one day, the south half the next, one evening tour | No |
| 3 days | Add Bonaventure, Fort Pulaski and Tybee, or Wormsloe and the marshes | For day 3 |
| 4 days | Add a real beach day or the day-trip option you skipped | For days 3 and 4 |
| 5 days | Add the South Carolina side or a slow day of museums and lesser-known stops | Yes |
How to Build a Savannah Itinerary That Works
Sample itineraries tend to fail in the same three ways. They pack eight stops into a day, they ignore opening days, and they treat Tybee as if it were around the corner. Five rules fix most of that, and the day-by-day plans further down follow them. If you haven’t settled the logistics yet (flights, parking, where you’re sleeping), our Savannah travel guide covers those first.
1. Plan by zone, not by list
Savannah falls into a handful of zones, and the easy way to lose half a day is to zigzag between them. Group your stops so each day stays mostly in one or two zones.
| Zone | What’s there | Allow | Getting there |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Street and City Market | The riverfront, the Waving Girl statue, the Belles Ferry, Plant Riverside, the American Prohibition Museum, First African Baptist Church | Half a day | On foot |
| Northern squares (Bay Street to Oglethorpe Avenue) | Johnson, Wright, Oglethorpe, Columbia and Telfair squares; the Owens-Thomas House, Davenport House, Telfair Academy, Jepson Center and Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace | Half a day to a day | On foot |
| Southern squares and Forsyth Park | Chippewa, Madison, Lafayette and Monterey squares; the Mercer Williams, Andrew Low and Flannery O’Connor houses; the Cathedral Basilica; Forsyth Park | Half a day to a day | On foot or the free DOT shuttle |
| The west side | Savannah History Museum, Georgia State Railroad Museum, Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, Ships of the Sea | Half a day | On foot |
| East along US 80 | Bonaventure Cemetery, Oatland Island Wildlife Center, Fort Pulaski, Tybee Island | A full day | By car: about 10 minutes to Bonaventure, about 30 to Tybee |
| South toward the marshes | Wormsloe, Pin Point Heritage Museum, Skidaway Island State Park | Half a day to a day | By car: about 15 to 20 minutes to Wormsloe |
2. Check opening days before you assign them
This is the rule most itineraries skip, and it’s the one that ruins days. Build the week first, then drop stops into the days they’re actually open.
| Day | Closed or limited | Better use of the day |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | All three Telfair sites; the Civil Rights Museum; the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home; Pin Point Heritage Museum | The Davenport, Mercer Williams and Andrew Low houses, which all open Mondays; cemeteries; River Street |
| Tuesday | SCAD Museum of Art; the Tybee Island Light Station and Marine Science Center; the O’Connor home; Pin Point | The Telfair museums; Wormsloe or Bonaventure instead of Tybee |
| Wednesday | The O’Connor home; Pin Point | Tybee and Fort Pulaski; any of the big museums |
| Thursday and Friday | Very little | Your heaviest museum days; Wormsloe plus Pin Point |
| Saturday | Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room, which serves weekdays only | The Forsyth Farmers’ Market, 9am to 1pm; Pin Point is open |
| Sunday | The Davenport House, Massie Heritage Center, Civil Rights Museum, Pin Point, Mrs. Wilkes’ and the First African Baptist tours; the Mercer Williams, Andrew Low and Cathedral Basilica open only from late morning or afternoon | The Telfair museums, Ships of the Sea, the SCAD Museum of Art, cemeteries and free street parking |
3. Keep the heat out of your walking hours
From June through September, Savannah is a place to walk early and late. The NOAA normals for the airport put the average July high at 92.3°F, and June through August are the three wettest months, mostly thanks to afternoon storms. The fix is structural rather than heroic: walk from about 8am to 11am, go indoors from late morning to mid-afternoon, and come back out after 5pm. The opening hours cooperate. Bonaventure opens at 8am, the Savannah History Museum, the Railroad Museum and Fort Pulaski at 9am, and most of the downtown museums at 10am.
4. Count the real travel time
Tybee Island is 18 miles from downtown and takes about 30 minutes on US 80, the only road on and off the island, not the 20 minutes some itineraries promise. Add time to park (Tybee charges $4 an hour, 8am to 8pm, every day) and more on summer weekends. Wormsloe is about 15 to 20 minutes south. Inside the Historic District, the full walk from City Hall to the Forsyth Park fountain is about a mile, which takes 20 minutes if you don’t stop and an hour if you do, and you will.
5. Two paid stops a day is plenty
Two ticketed indoor stops, one long outdoor stretch and a proper meal is a full Savannah day. Anything more turns the trip into a checklist. The city’s combination tickets are built for spreading visits out: a Telfair Museums ticket ($30 for adults) covers its three sites for seven days with unlimited visits, and the Pioneers in Preservation Pass ($36 plus tax) covers Ships of the Sea, the Davenport House and the Andrew Low House for seven days. For the full menu of what’s worth a slot, see our list of things to do in Savannah.
One Day in Savannah
One day in Savannah is enough to see how the city fits together, if you give up on seeing all of it. This route starts at the river while it’s cool and quiet and finishes at Forsyth Park, with one house museum in the middle.
- 9am, River Street. Walk the cobblestones east to the Waving Girl statue in Morrell Park while the street is still empty. If you want the river from the water, the free Savannah Belles Ferry leaves from the Waving Girl landing (served until about 6:20pm) and the City Hall landing.
- 10:30am, up to Bay Street. Take the ramps, the steep old stairs or the public elevator between the Hyatt and City Hall, then walk south through Johnson and Wright squares.
- 11am, one house museum. Tuesday to Sunday, make it the Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters, where tours run every 15 minutes from 10am to 3:30pm and last 45 to 60 minutes. On a Monday, book a timed tour at the Davenport House instead.
- 12:30pm, lunch. Something close and indoors. If you’re set on Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room, flip the morning: it serves weekday lunch from 11am to 2pm, takes cash or check only, and the line starts forming around 9:30am.
- 2pm, Bull Street south. Chippewa, Madison and Monterey squares, with a 35-minute tour of the Mercer Williams House if you want a second house (tours leave every 20 to 40 minutes, first come, first served).
- 4pm, Forsyth Park. The fountain, the shade and a bench. You’ve earned it.
- Evening. Dinner, then either a 1.5-hour harbor cruise or a reserved ghost tour. The Sorrel-Weed House runs one nightly for $35, ages 10 and up.
If you’re flagging by mid-afternoon, cut the second house, not Bull Street. The walk between the squares is the part you can’t get anywhere else.
Two Days in Savannah (and the Weekend Version)
Two days lets you split the Historic District in half and slow down in each. Keep the north half for day one and the south half for day two, and you’ll never cross the same square twice by accident.
Day 1: the river and the northern squares
Start on River Street and Bay Street early, then spend the late morning at Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum (daily 10am to 5pm, adults $17.50, allow at least an hour) or the American Prohibition Museum in City Market (daily 10am to 5pm, from $17.57, 45 to 60 minutes). After lunch, use one Telfair ticket for the Telfair Academy, where the Bird Girl statue from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil now stands, and the Jepson Center across Telfair Square, then walk east to the Owens-Thomas House. Finish with a harbor cruise ($37.95 for adults) or a drink on the river.
Day 2: Forsyth Park and the southern squares
Start at Forsyth Park at 9am, which on Saturdays means the Forsyth Farmers’ Market (9am to 1pm at the park’s south end). Walk north up Bull Street to Monterey Square for the Mercer Williams House, then walk a few blocks northeast to Lafayette Square, where the Andrew Low House runs tours on the hour and half hour, the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist opens to visitors from 9am to 11:30am and 1pm to 4:30pm (Monday to Saturday), and the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home gives tours at 11am, 1pm and 3pm from Thursday to Sunday. In the afternoon, take a car or rideshare to Bonaventure Cemetery, which is free and open daily from 8am to 5pm. In the evening, eat in the Starland neighborhood or take the ghost tour you skipped on day one.
The weekend version
Arriving Friday evening? Walk River Street and have dinner, then run day two on Saturday for the market and day one on Sunday, when street parking is free and the Telfair museums and Ships of the Sea are open. Just leave the Davenport House, the Civil Rights Museum and Mrs. Wilkes’ for another trip, because none of them open on Sunday. A Savannah weekend itinerary works best when Sunday is the lighter day anyway, since most visitors are watching the clock for the drive or flight home.
Three Days in Savannah
Three days is the length most first-time visitors should aim for, because it lets you keep the two-day plan intact and add a day outside the grid. Pick one of these three day-three options and match it to the day of the week.
| Day-3 option | Stops | Best days | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|
| East along US 80 | Bonaventure Cemetery, Fort Pulaski, Tybee Island | Wednesday to Monday | The Tybee lighthouse and Marine Science Center close Tuesdays; Tybee parking is $4 an hour |
| South to the marshes | Wormsloe, Pin Point Heritage Museum, Skidaway Island State Park | Thursday to Saturday | Pin Point opens only Thursday to Saturday; Skidaway parking is $10 per car |
| The west side, in town | Savannah History Museum, Georgia State Railroad Museum, Civil Rights Museum, Plant Riverside | Tuesday to Saturday | The Civil Rights Museum closes Sunday and Monday |
The east option is the classic, and it runs best in this order. Reach Bonaventure when it opens at 8am, while the light is soft and the paths are quiet. Drive on to Fort Pulaski National Monument (fort open 9am to 4:30pm, $10 per person 16 and older) for about 90 minutes. Have lunch on Tybee, then climb the 178 steps of the Tybee Island Light Station (Wednesday to Monday, last ticket 4:30pm, adults $14) before the beach takes the rest of the afternoon. You drive back on the same road everyone else is using, so leave before sunset on a summer Saturday or after dinner.
The south option suits a slower day. Wormsloe no longer lets cars drive its famous 1.5-mile oak avenue; since its visitor center opened in 2024, you walk, bike or take a free narrated trolley that leaves every 30 minutes, at the top and bottom of the hour, and takes about 20 minutes. Pair it with the Pin Point Heritage Museum, which tells the story of a Gullah Geechee community on the marsh, and finish with a walk at Skidaway Island State Park.
Four or Five Days in Savannah
With four days, do both day-three options, or turn one of them into a real beach day. A four-day Savannah and Tybee Island itinerary works well as two city days and two island days, and it’s worth sleeping on Tybee for those nights so you aren’t driving US 80 twice a day. Just remember that Tybee is its own city with its own rules: glass, dogs and smoking are banned on the beach, and the dunes are off limits.
A fifth day is where you can cross into South Carolina or slow down. The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge’s Laurel Hill Wildlife Drive is a free 4.5-mile drive, open from sunrise to sunset, a short drive over the Talmadge Bridge. Hilton Head and Beaufort are both possible, but budget 45 minutes to over an hour each way and don’t try to fit either into a half day. Or stay closer: the Oatland Island Wildlife Center (daily 10am to 4:30pm, no entry after 3:30pm, about two hours) and Old Fort Jackson (daily 9am to 4pm) make a relaxed pair east of town.
Staying outside Savannah?
If you’re based in Hilton Head, Bluffton, Pooler or Richmond Hill and coming in for the day, pick one zone per visit and park once. The City’s Bryan Street, Robinson and State Street garages charge $2 an hour with a $20 weekday maximum and a flat $5 on weekends, which makes a Saturday or Sunday the cheapest day to come in. From the garage, walk or ride the free DOT Express Shuttle, and save the second zone for your next visit rather than squeezing both into one afternoon.
A Savannah Itinerary Without a Car
Two car-free days in Savannah are easy. Beyond that, you’ll need a plan. Inside the Historic District you can walk everything, and the free DOT Express Shuttle runs two loops with 18 stops about every 10 minutes (7am to 7pm on weekdays, 10am to 6pm on weekends). The free Belles Ferry crosses the river daily from 7am to 10pm. Chatham Area Transit’s buses cost $1.50 and cover some neighborhoods, but for Bonaventure a rideshare is quicker. For Tybee, Fort Pulaski and Wormsloe, the honest options are a one-day rental, a rideshare or an organized tour. A one-day rental usually works out best for a party of two or more, since you can do the whole east option in a single run.
A Savannah Itinerary With Kids
Children run out of patience for house museums long before adults do, so keep the house tours to one a day and build around the stops made for them. Several of the best are cheap or free for younger ages.
- Georgia State Railroad Museum (daily 9am to 4pm; adults $20, ages 3 to 12 $14). Admission includes the Savannah Children’s Museum STEAM Center, which opened in November 2025 with an 1,800-square-foot mirror maze.
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center (daily 10am to 4:30pm, no entry after 3:30pm; ages 4 to 17 $5). A 2-mile loop of trail and boardwalk; allow about two hours.
- Tybee Island Marine Science Center (Wednesday to Monday, 9:30am to 5pm; ages 5 to 12 $12), an easy pairing with the beach.
- Fort Pulaski, where visitors 15 and under get in free, and Old Fort Jackson (ages 3 to 12 $10).
- Forsyth Park for running room, and Leopold’s Ice Cream on Broughton Street as the bribe that gets everyone through the afternoon.
A good family day starts at the Railroad Museum when it opens at 9am, breaks for lunch, then heads to Forsyth Park before the heat peaks. The Telfair museums charge $10 for ages 6 to 12 and nothing for 5 and under, which makes a rainy-day art stop affordable. Traveling with a Girl Scout? The Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace is the one house tour worth insisting on; buy tickets online, since summer tours sell out. Ghost tours may set a minimum age (the Sorrel-Weed House’s is 10), so check before you promise one.
An Accessible Savannah Itinerary
The squares are flat, but Savannah’s sidewalks are old brick, River Street is cobblestone at the foot of a steep bluff, and many historic houses have no elevator. That doesn’t rule out a good trip. It means choosing stops by their access rather than their fame.
- Getting down to the river. Two public outdoor elevators connect Bay Street and River Street: one between the Hyatt at 2 W. Bay Street and City Hall at 2 E. Bay Street, and one at The Alida on Williamson Street. Everything else is cobblestone ramps or steep stairs.
- Free transport. The DOT Express Shuttle buses are ADA compliant, and so is the Savannah Belles Ferry.
- Trolley tours. Many Old Town Trolley vehicles have wheelchair lifts if you call 24 hours ahead (912-233-0083), and wheelchair boarding happens only at Stop 9, the Welcome Center. The company’s Ghosts & Gravestones tour isn’t accessible.
- Museums that work. The American Prohibition Museum is fully ADA compliant with an elevator. The Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace has full elevator access through a street-level garden entrance. At Ships of the Sea, the gardens are accessible and a lift reaches the main floor, though the upper floors are stairs only. The Cathedral Basilica has an elevator on Harris Street, and the Tybee Island Marine Science Center has a ramp and an elevator.
- Houses that don’t. The Owens-Thomas House has its original staircases and no elevator. The Andrew Low House can’t accommodate wheelchairs, the Mercer Williams House isn’t licensed as handicap accessible, and the Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home isn’t wheelchair accessible. The Davenport House has three sets of curved stairs and no elevator, although its exhibitions are wheelchair accessible.
- Out of town. Fort Pulaski’s casemates have ramps, but its upper level is steep stairs only, and the Tybee lighthouse is 178 steps with no elevator. On the beach, the City of Tybee lends free fat-tire beach wheelchairs, first come, first served, delivered anywhere on the island (photo ID required; 912-472-5089).
A day that works: the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace in the morning, the DOT shuttle to City Market for lunch and the Prohibition Museum, then the elevator beside City Hall down to River Street and a round trip on the ferry.
Itineraries for Summer Heat, Winter and Rainy Days
Summer
A heat-aware summer plan uses the same stops in a different order. Walk River Street and the squares from 8am to 11am, move indoors for museums and a long lunch until about 4pm, and head back out for Forsyth Park, the river or a ghost tour in the evening. Put Tybee first thing in the morning, not the afternoon, when storms build and US 80 fills up. Carry water everywhere. With a 73.7°F average low in July, even the nights stay warm.
Winter
Winter is Savannah’s quietest season, with January averaging 61.4°F in the afternoon and 40.0°F at night. The squares feel like yours, lines are shorter and room rates usually ease off. Days are short, though, and outdoor sites like Bonaventure close at 5pm, so do the cemeteries and the drive east early. Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room closes for its winter break from January 1 to mid-February. The Savannah Book Festival fills the first week of February (February 4 to 7 in 2027), with a free Festival Saturday.
Rainy days
A rainy day in Savannah is a museum day, and the city has enough of them to fill it. Pair the Telfair Academy and the Jepson Center (one ticket, Tuesday to Sunday), add the Owens-Thomas House, then use the DOT shuttle to hop between Ships of the Sea, the American Prohibition Museum and the SCAD Museum of Art (closed Tuesdays). On the west side, the Savannah History Museum and the Georgia State Railroad Museum both open daily from 9am to 4pm, and the Railroad Museum’s ticket includes the children’s STEAM Center with its mirror maze. Plant Riverside’s Generator Hall, home to a 135-foot dinosaur, is free to walk through. Cut Bonaventure, Tybee and the long Bull Street walk, and save them for a dry morning.
Savannah After Dark
Most itineraries stop at dinner, but Savannah’s evenings are half the reason to stay downtown. A few things to know before you plan them:
- To-go cups. Inside the downtown zone, which runs from the river south to Jones Street, adults 21 and over can carry one drink in a paper, plastic or aluminum cup of 16 ounces or less, with no glass, cans or bottles. Forsyth Park and Monterey Square are outside the zone.
- Ghost tours. Take them as storytelling, which is what they are. The Sorrel-Weed House runs a nightly 75-minute tour for $35 (ages 10 and up, reservations required).
- The river. The Belles Ferry runs until 10pm, so a night crossing costs nothing, and anyone can walk through Plant Riverside’s Generator Hall and along its quarter-mile riverwalk. Its District Live concerts are ticketed.
- Starland. Starland Yard, a bar with three built-in kitchens and rotating food trucks at 2411 De Soto Avenue, opens at 5pm Monday to Thursday and at noon Friday to Sunday.
- Dessert. Leopold’s on Broughton Street stays open until 9pm Sunday to Thursday and 10pm on Friday and Saturday.
Late at night, stick to the lit, busy streets around the river, Broughton Street and City Market, and take a rideshare for longer hops back to Starland or the Victorian District.
A Savannah Itinerary for Repeat Visitors
Second trips are where Savannah gets more interesting, because you can skip the headline stops and see the places that tell the rest of the city’s story.
- First African Baptist Church gives history tours Monday to Saturday at 1pm only (adults $15). Arrive 10 minutes early.
- Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum covers Savannah’s civil rights movement, Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 5pm (adults $15, last tour 3:30pm).
- Pin Point Heritage Museum opens Thursday to Saturday, 9am to 4pm (adults $15).
- Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home on Lafayette Square runs 45- to 60-minute tours at 11am, 1pm and 3pm, Thursday to Sunday. It isn’t wheelchair accessible.
- Old Fort Jackson, Georgia’s oldest standing brick fortification, is open daily from 9am to 4pm (adults $15). The Coastal Heritage Society’s “See 3” ticket ($30) covers any three of its sites, including this one, Pin Point and the two west-side museums.
- Massie Heritage Center, Monday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm ($10 for adults), is the place to understand how the city plan of squares works.
- Oatland Island Wildlife Center has a 2-mile loop of trail and boardwalk about 5 miles east of downtown (adults $7).
A Savannah itinerary for repeat visitors can also be a slower version of the first one: the same squares at different hours, a different set of house museums, and an afternoon on the South Carolina side.
Cuts and Backup Plans
Every Savannah day needs a plan B, because the weather, the calendar or your feet will eventually overrule plan A. These are the swaps that keep a day from collapsing.
| If this happens | Cut | Do this instead |
|---|---|---|
| A thunderstorm rolls in at 3pm | The walk to Forsyth Park | Ride the DOT shuttle to a museum; a Telfair ticket works at all three sites for seven days |
| It’s Monday and you’d planned the Telfair | The Telfair museums | The Davenport House (book a time) or the Mercer Williams House, then Bonaventure |
| It’s Tuesday and you’d planned Tybee | The lighthouse and Marine Science Center | Fort Pulaski and the beach only, or switch to the Wormsloe day |
| The Owens-Thomas House has a wait for tour slots | Nothing | Check in, take your assigned time and see the Telfair Academy in the gap on the same ticket |
| It’s 95°F by noon | Midday walking | Museums and lunch until 4pm, then the squares in the evening |
| You’ve landed on St. Patrick’s parade day | Most museums, which close | Plan the day around the parade, or leave the city center for the day |
| A tropical storm is forecast | Tybee and the coast | Watch the official forecasts; use refundable bookings from June to November |
| You’re simply tired | The second paid stop | A bench in the shade, then ice cream at Leopold’s on Broughton Street (open until 9pm or 10pm) |
How Long Each Stop Takes
Use this table to size your days. Times needed come from the operators where they publish them; the rest are our estimates for an unhurried visit.
| Stop | Allow | Open (checked September 2026) | Book ahead? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters | 45-60 minutes | Tuesday-Sunday, tours 10am-3:30pm | No; time assigned at check-in |
| Telfair Academy and Jepson Center | 1-2 hours | Tuesday-Sunday 10am-5pm | No |
| Davenport House | 60-70 minutes | Monday-Friday 11am-3:30pm, Saturday 10am-4pm | Yes, timed tours |
| Mercer Williams House | 35-minute tour | Tours Monday-Saturday 10:30am-4:10pm, Sunday noon-4pm | No; first come, first served |
| Andrew Low House | One guided tour | Monday-Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday noon-4pm | No |
| Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace | At least 1 hour | Call 912-233-4501 to confirm the day’s hours | Yes, online |
| Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum | At least 1 hour | Daily 10am-5pm, last admission 4:30pm | No |
| American Prohibition Museum | 45-60 minutes | Daily 10am-5pm, last entry 4:15pm | No |
| Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist | 20-30 minutes | Monday-Saturday 9am-11:30am and 1pm-4:30pm, Sunday 1pm-4:30pm | No; $3 suggested donation |
| Forsyth Park | 30-60 minutes | Public park | No |
| Bonaventure Cemetery | 1-2 hours | Daily 8am-5pm, free | No |
| Wormsloe State Historic Site | About 2 hours | Trolley every 30 minutes from the visitor center | No |
| Fort Pulaski National Monument | About 90 minutes | Visitor center 9am-5pm, fort 9am-4:30pm | No |
| Tybee Island Light Station | About 1 hour | Wednesday-Monday 9am-4:30pm | No |
| Oatland Island Wildlife Center | About 2 hours | Daily 10am-4:30pm, no entry after 3:30pm | No |
| Sorrel-Weed House ghost tour | 1 hour 15 minutes | Nightly | Yes, required |
What Each Itinerary Costs in Tickets
Admission is the easiest part of a Savannah budget to predict, and it’s lower than many visitors expect, because so much of the city is free to walk. These are per-adult ticket costs for the plans above at prices checked in September 2026. Meals, lodging and parking come on top.
| Plan | Paid stops per adult | Tickets |
|---|---|---|
| One day | Telfair ticket for the Owens-Thomas House ($30), Mercer Williams House ($14.95 plus tax), Sorrel-Weed ghost tour ($35) | About $81 with tax |
| Two days | Telfair ticket ($30), Pioneers in Preservation Pass ($36 plus tax), harbor cruise ($37.95), ghost tour ($35) | About $139 plus tax |
| Day 3, east | Fort Pulaski ($10), Tybee lighthouse ($14), plus Tybee parking ($25 per car for the day) | $24, plus parking |
| Day 3, south | Wormsloe admission, Pin Point Heritage Museum ($15), Skidaway Island parking ($10 per car) | $15 plus Wormsloe, plus parking |
| Repeat-visitor day | First African Baptist tour ($15), Civil Rights Museum ($15), Coastal Heritage Society See 3 ($30) | $60 |
The Telfair ticket and the Pioneers pass both last seven days, so there’s no penalty for spreading their sites across the trip. Children often pay far less: Fort Pulaski is free for 15 and under, and the Telfair is free for 5 and under.
Savannah Itinerary FAQ
How many days should a Savannah itinerary be?
Two full days covers the Historic District at a comfortable pace, and three is ideal for a first visit because it adds a day outside the grid: Bonaventure, Fort Pulaski and Tybee to the east, or Wormsloe to the south. One day works as a road-trip stop. Four or five days make sense if you want real beach time or the South Carolina side.
What is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays in Savannah?
On Mondays, all three Telfair Museums sites and the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum are closed. On Tuesdays, the SCAD Museum of Art, the Tybee Island Light Station and the Tybee Island Marine Science Center close. The Davenport, Mercer Williams and Andrew Low houses open both days, so they’re the natural anchors for early-week plans.
Can you do Savannah and Tybee Island in one day?
You can, but you’ll see both badly. Tybee is about 30 minutes each way on US 80, parking costs $4 an hour, and the lighthouse closes on Tuesdays. If you only have one day, stay in the Historic District. If you have two, give Tybee a morning on day two and keep the afternoon for the squares.
Is a trolley tour a good way to start a Savannah itinerary?
For first-timers, older travelers and anyone with limited mobility, a hop-on hop-off trolley on the first morning is a sensible overview, at about $36.55 to $39.91 for a one-day ticket online. Just don’t book a walking tour of the same squares that afternoon. Pick one overview, then spend the rest of the trip on foot.
What should you do in Savannah on a rainy day?
Make it a museum day. The Telfair Academy, the Jepson Center and the Owens-Thomas House share one ticket, and Ships of the Sea, the American Prohibition Museum and the SCAD Museum of Art are a short shuttle ride apart. The Savannah History Museum and the Georgia State Railroad Museum open daily from 9am to 4pm.
What time should you start a summer day in Savannah?
By 8am if you can. July averages a 92.3°F high, and afternoon storms are routine from June through August. Bonaventure Cemetery opens at 8am, and the History Museum, Railroad Museum and Fort Pulaski open at 9am, so outdoor and early-opening stops fit neatly before the downtown museums open at 10am.
Related Savannah Guides
- Things to Do in Savannah, GA: every major attraction ranked, with prices, hours and honest verdicts, so you can decide what earns a slot.
- Savannah Travel Guide and Trip Planning: getting there, when to go, where to stay, costs, parking and what to book ahead.
- Where to Stay in Savannah: pick the base that fits your itinerary, from River Street to Tybee Island
- Savannah Restaurants and Local Food: meals to build your days around, with verified hours and booking rules
- Savannah Tours: which tours fit your itinerary, from a 75-minute trolley loop to a free cemetery tour
- Savannah Historic District and Neighborhoods: six realistic walks with distances, surfaces and access alternatives
- Getting Around Savannah and Parking: the free shuttle and ferry, parking costs and how to reach the sights outside downtown
Sources and How We Checked
We checked this guide on September 23, 2026. It’s compiled from the operators and public agencies listed below, not from other travel lists or itineraries, and it doesn’t claim first-hand visits. Hours change with seasons and holidays, so confirm anything your day depends on with the operator before you go.
- Telfair Museums: hours and admission, Telfair Academy
- Historic houses: Davenport House, Mercer Williams House, Andrew Low House, Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace, Flannery O’Connor Childhood Home
- Museums: Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum, American Prohibition Museum, Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, Massie Heritage Center
- Coastal Heritage Society: hours and admission (Savannah History Museum, Georgia State Railroad Museum, Old Fort Jackson, Pin Point Heritage Museum), See 3 ticket
- Churches: Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist, First African Baptist Church tours
- City of Savannah: cemeteries general information, parking garages, parking meters
- Georgia Department of Natural Resources: Wormsloe visitor center announcement, Wormsloe tours, Skidaway Island State Park trails; Explore Georgia: Skidaway Island State Park
- National Park Service: Fort Pulaski fees, Fort Pulaski visitor center
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Savannah National Wildlife Refuge
- Tybee Island: Tybee Island Light Station, Tybee Island Marine Science Center, City of Tybee parking, beach rules
- Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools: Oatland Island Wildlife Center
- Chatham Area Transit: DOT Express Shuttle, Savannah Belles Ferry
- Tours, food and places: Sorrel-Weed House ghost tours, Savannah Riverboat Cruises, Old Town Trolley Tours, Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room, Leopold’s Ice Cream, Forsyth Farmers’ Market, Plant Riverside District, Starland Yard, Savannah Book Festival
- NOAA: 1991-2020 climate normals for the Savannah airport
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Photo Credits
- Forsyth Park fountain: photo by Jennifer Morrow from San Francisco, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
- Owens-Thomas House: photo by Bubba73, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Savannah Cotton Exchange: photo by Pokemonprime, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0)
- Bonaventure Cemetery statue: photo by Bubba73, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Fort Pulaski parade ground: photo by Bubba73, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Wormsloe colonial life area: photo by Bubba73, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0)
- Tybee Island Light Station: photo by Ron Cogswell from Arlington, Virginia, USA, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)