Savannah Directory FLIPBOOK

Savannah’s carriage tours offer a number of options
for guests to see the many sites of Savannah. Tour
options include the Historic Savannah Tour, Wedding
Carriages, Ghost Stories of Savannah and the
Cobblestone Classic Private Carriage. Special weekby
Anne Brophy Chetwynd
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Each year Savannah attracts millions of visitors,
who enjoy strolling past the city’s architecture and
historic buildings ...the city is one of the largest historic
landmarks in the country. A walk through the cobblestone
streets in historic downtown will take you past
antebellum homes and many public parks. Charming
Savannah is the picture of hospitality, thanks to its
architecture and oak-lined streets.
With the wealth brought to Savannah by cotton in
the 1800s, residents built lavish homes and churches
throughout the city. Many of the world’s cotton prices
were set on the steps of the Savannah Cotton
Exchange, and the building is still in existence
today. Factors Walk, the original site for the Cotton
Exchange, is one of Savannah’s historic downtown
sites. Factors Row and Factors Walk are located on
a bluff just above the River. Factors Row is a unique
collection of red brick buildings, formerly a center of
commerce for Savannah’s cotton factors, or brokers.
These vast brick buildings rise two or three stores
above the bluff and descend for three or more stories
to the river front. The topside contained the offices of
the cotton brokers. The bottom floors on River Street
were used as warehouses. A series of iron and concrete
walkways, known as Factors Walk, connected
the buildings to the bluff. The buildings on Bay Street
have been renovated into antique shops, historic inns
and offices. The old cotton warehouses on River Street
have been converted into pubs, restaurants and
specialty shops.
Today, the refined city combines old southern
charm, romance and history with energy and progressiveness.
The prestigious Savannah College of Art &
Design (SCAD) keeps the city young and has fostered
a lively art scene. Art galleries throughout the city
showcase both local and national talent. The bustling
downtown also offers a host of shopping boutiques
and quality restaurants.
Old Town Trolley Tours brought the ON/OFF tour
concept to Savannah nearly 20 years ago. Today,
more than half of the guests who choose to tour this
beautiful city do so in an Orange and Green Old Town
Trolley. They are also the only tour company to be
endorsed by the Historic Savannah Foundation and
are proud to boast the only environmentally friendly
fleet in the city. The majority of their trolley fleet runs
on clean burning propane!