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Savannah, Georgia

The Best of Savannah: Private Half-Day Walking Tour

A private half-day walk through Savannah's Historic District landmarks, starting in Forsyth Park.

Private tour — just your group 3 hours Up to 56 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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Overview

A private guided stroll through Savannah's Historic District, covering Colonial Park Cemetery and the Davenport House Museum.

Meet your private guide in Forsyth Park and set out on a half-day guided stroll to see several of Savannah's top landmarks, including Colonial Park Cemetery and the Davenport House Museum. Learn about Savannah's mansions, gardens, and architectural styles as you go, with no rush to keep pace.

Highlights

  • Forsyth Park Start at Savannah's most iconic park and its famous 1858 fountain.
  • Colonial Park Cemetery Walk through this historic burial ground used from 1750 to 1853.
  • Davenport House Museum See the Federal-style home credited with sparking Savannah's historic preservation movement.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

P

Pickup

Meet your private guide in Forsyth Park.

1

Forsyth Park

Start at Savannah's most iconic park and its famous 1858 fountain.

2

Colonial Park Cemetery

Walk through this historic burial ground used from 1750 to 1853.

3

Davenport House Museum

See the Federal-style home credited with sparking Savannah's historic preservation movement.

D

Drop-off

Back to your hotel, home, or the airport — whenever your day wraps up.

What's Included

A private vehicle and driver, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Door-to-door pickup and drop-off
A fully customizable itinerary built around you
All tolls, parking, and fuel

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Door-to-door pickup, wherever you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Choose Your Vehicle

Every group size is covered — from an intimate private ride to large multi-coach groups.

Black Chevrolet Suburban executive SUV Up to 6

Executive SUV

Cadillac Escalade or Chevrolet Suburban

A fast, private ride for couples, small families, or business travelers — plenty of luggage room and a smooth, quiet cabin.

Black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter passenger van Up to 14

Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Van

Sprinter, high-roof passenger configuration

Comfortable, air-conditioned seating for small and mid-size groups — our most popular option for families and friend groups traveling together.

White Prevost luxury motorcoach Up to 56

Prevost Coach Bus

Prevost motorcoach

Our largest single vehicle — a full-size luxury motorcoach for large groups, conventions, and corporate events that still want one private tour, one vehicle.

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 56 guests — we match the vehicle to your party.
  • Pricing depends on group size, vehicle, and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact pickup time and vehicle details after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll recommend the right vehicle.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, the relaxed pace and real stories work well for families and history-minded travelers alike.
Your private guide meets you in Forsyth Park.
In 1955 the Davenport House was about to be demolished for a parking lot. A group of seven local women stopped the sale, bought the house, and founded the Historic Savannah Foundation to save it — a rescue that's widely credited with sparking the preservation movement that protected much of the Historic District this tour walks through.
Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact pickup time, vehicle, and driver details by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

A private guided stroll through Savannah's Historic District, covering Colonial Park Cemetery and the Davenport House Museum. Meet your private guide in Forsyth Park and set out on a half-day guided stroll to see several of Savannah's top landmarks, including Colonial Park Cemetery and the Davenport House Museum. Learn about Savannah's mansions, gardens, and architectural styles as you go, with no rush to keep pace.

Starting this walk in Forsyth Park puts you at Savannah's grandest public space before the half-day even really begins. The land was first set aside for recreation in the 1840s by local merchant William Hodgson, and the park's famous centerpiece — the cast-iron fountain visitors photograph more than almost anything else in the city — was installed in 1858, modeled after the fountains at the Place de la Concorde in Paris. It's a deliberately ornamental, almost theatrical landmark to open a walking tour at, and it sets the tone for a route built around architecture, gardens, and the stories behind Savannah's grand old houses.

From there the walk moves into Colonial Park Cemetery, the city's principal burial ground from 1750 until it closed to new interments in 1853. More than 9,000 burials are recorded on the grounds, including Declaration of Independence signer Button Gwinnett and several other figures from Georgia's Revolutionary-era government, alongside a memorial marking the roughly 700 victims of a 19th-century yellow fever epidemic buried in a mass grave on the cemetery's eastern side — a genuinely moving stop beneath the same moss-draped oaks that make the rest of the walk so photogenic.

The Davenport House, further along the route, tells a different kind of Savannah story: how close the city came to losing much of what this walk now covers. In 1955, the Federal-style Davenport House (built around 1820) was slated for demolition to make way for a parking lot — one of several historic buildings being torn down in a city that was, at the time, in genuine architectural decline. A group of seven Savannah women stopped the sale, bought the house themselves, and founded the Historic Savannah Foundation in response, which went on to save hundreds of buildings across the city. The Davenport House opened to the public as a museum in 1963 and is still owned and operated by that same foundation today, making it less a side stop and more the real origin point of the preservation movement that saved the Historic District this tour walks through.

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