Best things to do in Savannah, Georgia
The top 3 according to 59 votes from people: Forsyth Park · Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room · Wormsloe State Historic Site. (Updated Oct 13, 2025.)
Spanish moss, historic squares and Southern cooking: the Savannah highlights travellers recommend most.
Top 10
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Forsyth Park
Oak-shaded park with the famous white fountain.
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Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room
Family-style Southern lunch at shared tables.
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Wormsloe State Historic Site
Mile-long avenue of live oaks to colonial ruins.
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Jones Street
One of the prettiest residential streets in the South.
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The historic squares
22 squares from James Oglethorpe's 1733 city plan.
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River Street
Cobbled waterfront of old cotton warehouses.
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Bonaventure Cemetery
Victorian cemetery draped in Spanish moss.
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Tybee Island
Beach and lighthouse 30 minutes away.
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Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
French Gothic cathedral on Lafayette Square.
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Mercer Williams House
House museum from 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'.
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Telfair Museums and Jepson Center
The South's oldest public art museum.
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City Market
Galleries, restaurants and live music.
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Comments (4)
Bonaventure Cemetery is hauntingly beautiful.
Mrs. Wilkes' fried chicken, family-style, get there early.
Forsyth Park fountain in spring with the azaleas, so pretty.
Just walking the squares under the Spanish moss is the best thing to do.