A Savannah Romance
Day Note:
After arriving in Savannah, explore the city's charm first by foot. Whether you choose to stay at the Marshall House or the Ballstone Inn, both are within walking distance from many of the city's romantic restaurants, like Sapphire Grill, and attractions. Broughton Street offers visitors some charming window shopping opportunities. If you and your sweetie enjoy gallery browsing, be sure to stop at both the Jepson Center for the Arts and Gallery 209. Aside from...
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Broughton Street
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- Broughton Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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Although not as popular as River Street, Broughton Street has its own charms. With beautiful surroundings, plus wonderful stores and restaurants, you'll be sure to have a good time. Make sure to stop in the beautiful and expensive Wonderful Things.
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Jepson Center for the Arts
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- +1 912 790 8800
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Location:
- 207 West York Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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Designed by architect Moshe Safdie, Jepson Center for the Arts is a state-of the-art museum building that is nothing short of an architectural marvel! The building features about 14,000 square-feet of exhibition space, two outdoor terraces, a 200-seat auditorium, library, cafe and a store. An expansion of Telfair Museum of Art, the art center has galleries dedicated to African-American art, traveling exhibitions, an education center and much more. Located near the Telfair Square and connected to the main museum through two glass bridges, the Center is a major tourist attraction.
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Gallery 209
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- +1 912 236 4853
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- 209 E. River St
- Savannah,GA31401
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Housed in an 1820s cotton warehouse, this gallery displays two floors of original paintings by local artists, sculpture, woodworking, fiber art, gold and silver jewelry, enamels, photography, batiks, pottery, and stained glass. You'll also find a wide selection of limited-edition reproductions and notecards of local scenes.
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Elizabeth on 37th
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- 9122365547
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- 105 E. 37th St.
- Savannah,GA31401
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This turn-of-the-century house shrouded by live oaks and Spanish moss is the site of some of the most elegant dining in Savannah. It is also the site of power lunches and frequent star sightings, as the restaurant's reputation has extended past Georgia's borders since 1980. Start with the renowned Grilled Eggplant Soup, and move on to seasonal selections that include Grilled Salmon, Roast Quail and an assortment of somewhat fancy low country classics. Co-owner Michael Terry personally oversees an amazing wine list that has won over critics and patrons alike. Reservations are required.
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Sapphire Grill
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- 9124439962
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- 110 W. Congress Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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One of the city's most consistently stylish restaurants evokes a low-key, counterculture bistro, but its cuisine is grander and more cutting edge than its industrial-looking decor and its level of hipness would imply. Christopher Nason is the owner and the most talked-about chef of the moment in Savannah, preparing what he defines as a "coastal cuisine" based on seafood hauled in, usually on the day of its preparation, from nearby waters. If you opt for a table here, you won't be alone: Scads of media and cinematic personalities will have preceded you. Launch your repast with endive, rocket, and baby field lettuce with sesame cream sauce and confit of tomato and Stilton cheese, or barbecue wild halibut with sweet corn broth. Each day the chef serves a tasting menu that includes an appetizer, salad, main course, and confections.
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Chart House
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- +1 912 234 6686
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- 202 West Bay St
- Historic Downtown Area
- Savannah,GA31401
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This elegant restaurant is housed in a building that dates to 1790. Formerly a cotton warehouse, as were most of the structures along the river, Chart House is now home to some of the most scenic dining in the city. Take a seat on the deck to observe the river traffic, or retire inside to perhaps the most charming bar on Bay Street. The prime rib and steaks are favorites, and the seafood is extraordinary. For dessert, newcomers must try the signature mud pie. Full bar service and excellent wine list available.
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The Marshall House
Contact:
- +1 912 644 7896
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Location:
- 123 East Broughton Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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After a complete renovation of guest rooms and suites, this hotel in the heart of historic Savannah provides magnificent accommodations within walking distance of restaurants, shops and historic attractions. From The Marshall House, you can walk to Savannah's most frequented sites, shop in the exquisite and hip boutiques right outside your door, and enjoy afternoon cocktails in our lounge, 45 Bistro. New Comforts: New features in the guest rooms include a 32" wall-mounted Flat Panel LCD HD television, complimentary high speed internet access, luxurious 400 thread count sheets, Sealy Posturepedic, plush quilt-top mattresses, and more. Historic Charm: Original features of this historic hotel include authentic 19th century doors, floors, windows, railings, mouldings and tall ceilings. Some rooms have antique claw-foot tubs and access to a wrought iron balcony reconstructed to replicate the building's original veranda of the early 1900s. Location: This unique 68-room hotel has the perfect historic location downtown on Broughton Street, in the heart of Savannah's historic district. Walk two minutes in one direction, and you're on River Street. Head out in another, and you're in City Market.
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Ballastone Inn
Contact:
- +1 912 236 1484
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Location:
- 14 E Oglethorpe Avenue
- Savannah,GA31401
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Come discover a truly unforgettable and historic Savannah bed and breakfast, chosen year after year as the "most romantic Inn in Savannah." Privacy and intimacy prevail at our Savannah, GA bed and breakfast located in the center of the Historic District where you can walk to every attraction. At our romantic Savannah B&B, you leave your car in our free off-street parking area and then take our private elevator to all floors. Enjoy delectable breakfasts every morning and the most elegant high tea in the city on antique linens and sterling silver every day at 4pm. Visit the antique bar at our Savannah bed & breakfast for your favorite beer or wine before or after a romantic night on the town. Our romantic 4 Diamond bed and breakfast in Savannah is for the discerning traveler indeed. We are dedicated to preserving our past and our love for period antiques abounds! The Ballastone is dedicated to gracious southern service and embellishing hospitality like no other Savannah bed and breakfasts can. Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report Grand Award Winner, 2009 Dallas Magazine Top 10 places in the world to visit, Best Savannah Bed and Breakfast in 2008, Zagat Survey "Best Inn in the State of Georgia", Named 1 of the 50 Best Romantic Getaways by Travel and Leisure.
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River Street
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- River Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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River Street runs through the historic district and the riverfront. If you walk down the street you can get to know the different districts while admiring the historical buildings and landmarks. The cobblestone River Street in the riverfront district is also the home of the St. Patrick's Day Parade and the monthly First Saturday Arts and Crafts Festival. This street also provides great shopping stores and restaurants.
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Vinnie Van Go Go's
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- +1 912 233 6394
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Location:
- 317 West Bryan St
- Savannah,GA31401
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Year after year, the New York style pizza at Vinnie Van Go Go's is voted best in Savannah. Offered whole or by the slice, the pizza here has a crisp, flavorful crust and can be piled high with your choice of fresh toppings. Indoor seating includes a few small tables and a counter with tall stools, but the best place to sit is outside on the patio. Even in colder weather, space heaters warm the outsides of patrons, while pizza warms the insides. Beer and wine available. Cash only.
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Savannah Riverboat Cruises
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- +1 912 232 6404
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Location:
- 9 East River St
- Savannah,GA31401
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Want to see Savannah from a different view? Take a cruise on the Savannah River Queen, a replica 19th century stern-wheel riverboat. Daily one-hour sightseeing cruises are offered from River Street. Lunch, Sunday brunch, and dinner cruises are offered nightly. Some evening cruises have special themes, such as a gospel cruise with live music and a murder mystery cruise. It is also available for group events. No reservations are needed for the sightseeing cruise.
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700 Drayton
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- 9127215002
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Location:
- 700 Drayton St.
- In the Mansion on Forsyth Park
- Savannah,GA31401
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This is the culinary showplace of the most plush and sybaritic hotel to open in Savannah in years. It occupies the oldest section -- a brick-built mansion from 1888 -- of the Mansion on Forsyth Park. Inside, scattered over two floors of the echoing, high-ceilinged interior, are 150 seats and six dining rooms, each of which contains remnants and reminders (including the working fireplaces) of the building's original role as a private home. The well-chosen menu is market inspired and one of the most seductive in Savannah, as evoked by the fried green tomatoes served with baked goat cheese, grilled pork chops stuffed with tomatoes and thyme, pecan-crusted rack of New Zealand lamb in a balsamic syrup, pan-roasted Gulf Coast grouper with a shrimp fricassee, and the most upscale version of tuna tartare we've seen. The steakhouse New York strip came as an imaginative and delightful surprise; it was Gorgonzola-crusted with caramelized shallots and a blackberry compote. Skewered shrimp with grits are served in a saffron-flavored shellfish sauce. Even if you're famished, we recommend a before-dinner drink at Casimir's Bar, which lies on the building's second floor.
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Olde Pink House
Contact:
- +1 912 232 4286
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Location:
- 23 Abercorn St
- Savannah,GA31401
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Built in 1771 and sheathed with a layer of pink stucco, this house has functioned as a private home, a bank, a tearoom, and headquarters for one of Sherman's generals. Today its interior is severe and dignified, with stiff-backed chairs, bare wooden floors, and an 18th-century aura similar to what you'd find in Williamsburg, Virginia. In 2008, a renovation and enlargement added the Planters Tavern, within an antique cellar room outfitted with a generously proportioned bar. Richly steeped in the traditions of the Low Country, its cuisine includes sautéed local shrimp with country ham and grits cake, crispy scored flounder with apricot sauce, steak au poivre, black grouper stuffed with blue crab and drenched in white onion and butter sauce, and grilled tenderloin of pork served with collard greens and yams. You can enjoy your meal in the rather formal and Spartan-looking candlelit dining rooms or within the more permissive, less-formal decor of Planters Tavern.
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The Marshall House
Contact:
- +1 912 644 7896
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Location:
- 123 East Broughton Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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Description:
After a complete renovation of guest rooms and suites, this hotel in the heart of historic Savannah provides magnificent accommodations within walking distance of restaurants, shops and historic attractions. From The Marshall House, you can walk to Savannah's most frequented sites, shop in the exquisite and hip boutiques right outside your door, and enjoy afternoon cocktails in our lounge, 45 Bistro. New Comforts: New features in the guest rooms include a 32" wall-mounted Flat Panel LCD HD television, complimentary high speed internet access, luxurious 400 thread count sheets, Sealy Posturepedic, plush quilt-top mattresses, and more. Historic Charm: Original features of this historic hotel include authentic 19th century doors, floors, windows, railings, mouldings and tall ceilings. Some rooms have antique claw-foot tubs and access to a wrought iron balcony reconstructed to replicate the building's original veranda of the early 1900s. Location: This unique 68-room hotel has the perfect historic location downtown on Broughton Street, in the heart of Savannah's historic district. Walk two minutes in one direction, and you're on River Street. Head out in another, and you're in City Market.
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Ballastone Inn
Contact:
- +1 912 236 1484
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Location:
- 14 E Oglethorpe Avenue
- Savannah,GA31401
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Description:
Come discover a truly unforgettable and historic Savannah bed and breakfast, chosen year after year as the "most romantic Inn in Savannah." Privacy and intimacy prevail at our Savannah, GA bed and breakfast located in the center of the Historic District where you can walk to every attraction. At our romantic Savannah B&B, you leave your car in our free off-street parking area and then take our private elevator to all floors. Enjoy delectable breakfasts every morning and the most elegant high tea in the city on antique linens and sterling silver every day at 4pm. Visit the antique bar at our Savannah bed & breakfast for your favorite beer or wine before or after a romantic night on the town. Our romantic 4 Diamond bed and breakfast in Savannah is for the discerning traveler indeed. We are dedicated to preserving our past and our love for period antiques abounds! The Ballastone is dedicated to gracious southern service and embellishing hospitality like no other Savannah bed and breakfasts can. Andrew Harper's Hideaway Report Grand Award Winner, 2009 Dallas Magazine Top 10 places in the world to visit, Best Savannah Bed and Breakfast in 2008, Zagat Survey "Best Inn in the State of Georgia", Named 1 of the 50 Best Romantic Getaways by Travel and Leisure.
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Tybee Island Lighthouse
Contact:
- +1 912 786 5801
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Location:
- 30 Meddin Drive
- Tybee Island,GA31328
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This site is one of the most complete light stations in the U.S., retaining not only the lighthouse, but also all of its support buildings. The 154-foot tall lighthouse is the oldest and tallest active lighthouse in Georgia. Visitors may climb a spiral staircase to the top for an impressive view. Track your progress and catch your breath at several landings along the strenuous staircase route. Look down and you will see Fort Screven, which houses the Tybee Island Museum.
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Georges' of Tybee
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- +1 912 786 9730
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- 1105 US Highway 80
- Tybee Island,GA31328
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For a taste of some Tybee Island's finest cuisine, stop in at this elegant spot located just a mile in from the Lazaretto Creek Bridge. The intimate, friendly setting welcomes guests, although the ambiance is a touch more upscale than most island joints. Featured in Southern Living Magazine for its delicious twists on Southern seafood classics, the menu also here also provides for the landlubber in the group. A lively bar provides more laid-back fun, as well as full service for the restaurant.
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River Street Inn
Contact:
- +1 912 234 6400
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Location:
- 124 E. Bay Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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When Liverpool-based ships were moored on the nearby river, this building stored massive amounts of cotton produced by upriver plantations. After the boll weevil decimated the cotton industry, it functioned as an icehouse, a storage area for fresh vegetables, and the headquarters of an insurance company. Its two lowest floors, built in 1817, were made of ballast stones carried in the holds of ships from faraway England. The building was later converted into some of the most comfortable and well-managed hotel rooms in town. In 2007, the owners poured nearly $2.5 million into renovations, as part of an ongoing effort to keep this charming, well-located inn a viable competitor. If night-crawls among the bars and restaurants of River Street are a priority, there is no other hotel better positioned than this one.
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The Zeigler House
Contact:
- +1 912 233 5307
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Location:
- 121 West Jones Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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Magnificently situated on beautiful, brick-cobbled Jones Street, our inn's prestigious location will introduce you to the gentlefolk in downtown Savannah's world-famous historic district. Zeigler House Inn showcases its 19th century Italianate charm wrapped in the green live oak canopies of the historic city. Uniquely, all suites feature a kitchen or kitchenette. Ask about suites with the added relaxation of a whirlpool tub, private entrances and outdoor patio with fountain. All our rooms feature custom king beds with luxury bedding, private bath, cable TV, wireless internet (WiFi), CD / DVD player, a generously stocked refrigerator, microwave, toaster and coffee pot. Rates are from $189/nightly, and include fresh, home-baked fare for a private, in-suite continental breakfast. Limited off-street parking. A character-rich, homey alternative to Savannah historic district hotels.
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Kehoe House
Contact:
- +1 912 232 1020
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Location:
- 123 Habersham Street
- Savannah,GA31401
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Kehoe House is an elegant Bed and Breakfast Inn located on Columbia Square in historic downtown Savannah. The Inn is a five-story Renaissance Revival style property designed by DeWitt Bruyn and built for William Kehoe in 1892. The Inn offers generously proportioned guest rooms, each with distinct character and decor. Antique and period reproduction furnishings are dressed with rich designer and custom-made treatments. Deluxe rooms are extra spacious, some with private balconies and seperate sitting areas. All of the chambers have private baths with robes, hair dryers and luxury toileries. A night stay includes a full hot gourmet breakfast, afternoon tea, evening hors d' ouvres and turndown service. The Inn is on the National Register of Historic Places and is in a prime location within Savannah's two-mile square Historic District. River Street with all it's shops, galleries and restaurants is only a three block walk from the Inn. William Kehoe House has private, off-street parking and an elevator that services the Main Inn.
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Hunter House (The)
Contact:
- +1 912 786 7515
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Location:
- 1701 Butler Ave
- Tybee Island,GA31328
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This charming restaurant, located in a fully renovated 1910 beach house, is a popular spot for locals to celebrate special occasions. Three cozy dining rooms are conducive to conversation, and a small full bar and a huge porch accommodate those stopping by for a drink or waiting for a table. The house special is pot roast, but the nightly seafood specials are certain to tempt every appetite. For starters, do not miss the Seafood Bisque; and save room for dessert. You can walk it off on the beach, which is only blocks away.
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Pasticcio (Il)
Contact:
- 9122318888
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Location:
- 2 East Broughton Street
- At the corner of Bull and Broughton Sts
- Savannah,GA31401
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This restaurant is one of the city's most popular dining spots. In a postmodern style, with big windows and a high ceiling, it has a definite big-city style. A rotisserie turns out specialties. Many locals come here just for the pasta dishes, all homemade and served with savory sauces. Begin with carpaccio (thinly sliced beef tenderloin) or a tricolor salad of radicchio, endive, and arugula. Main dishes are likely to feature veal Marsala, angel-hair pasta with shellfish, or a mixed-grill seafood platter or grilled fish steak with tricolor roasted sweet peppers. There's a more upscale, much more expensive restaurant immediately upstairs from this place: the separately recommended steakhouse.
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Gryphon Tea Room
Contact:
- +1 912 525 5880
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Location:
- 337 Bull St
- Savannah,GA31401
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A cross between a dressed up deli and a fancy Starbucks, this convenient bistro is operated by the Savannah College of Art and Design. Occupying the site of a longtime Savannah institution, Solomon's Drug Store, the meticulously updated property offers a dozen varieties of tea and as many of coffee, in addition to sandwiches, soups, salads and a delectable assortment of fresh-baked pastries. Prepare to wait a bit longer than normal if you come in the late afternoon, as traditional tea service is practiced between 4pm and 6pm. Cash only.
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Mansion on Forsyth Park
Contact:
- +1 912 238 5158
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Location:
- 700 Drayton St
- Savannah,GA31401
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This is the most opulent and spectacular boutique hotel in Savannah. Its core, known as the Kayton Family Mansion, was built in 1888 of terra-cotta bricks in a high-ceilinged, neo-Romanesque style. This place is international and more of a (tasteful) version of a Las Vegas blockbuster hotel than anything else in southeastern Georgia. Part of its allure derives from the rotating series of more than 400 paintings that sheath the walls of both the public areas and the upper hallways. Expect a plush environment with gilded cove moldings; Beaux Arts marble statues of, among others, turn-of-the-20th-century rococo goddesses at their baths; lavish antique chandeliers; and Versace copies of 19th-century French armchairs upholstered in faux zebra or leopard skin. The hotel's focal point is a courtyard and a small but artfully postmodern swimming pool. Bedrooms are avant-garde and plush, and among the most spacious in Savannah.
