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• Average Daily Temps:
High: 77°F or 25°C
Low: 56°F or 13.3°C
• Population: 150,000
• Getting Around: Known as one of the South's best walking cities, most of the historic attractions are located in the city and are easy to get to on foot. Other modes of transportation include car, tour bus and horse-drawn carriage.
• Busiest Time of Year: Before and during St. Patrick's Day, March 17.
• Known for:
It's historic antebellum homes and culture. Savannah was also the setting for the nonfiction book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil". The city also holds the second largest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the U.S.
• Did You Know?
• Savannah was "given" to President Lincoln on Dec., 22, 1864 as a Christmas present from General William T. Sherman, who captured the city during his march to the sea.
• Famous Savannians include: poet Conrad Aiken; Girl Scouts of the United States of America founder Juliette Gordon Low; and songwriter Johnny Mercer.
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Aquarium at Skidaway a Window to the Sea
 The Aquarium at Skidaway Island is part of the University of Georgia Marine Extension Service, which offers a variety of educational programs and services to inform and enrich the public's knowledge and appreciation of coastal and marine life in the Lowcountry. |
Abercorn Village Offers Antiques Galore
Down Abercorn Street in the heart of the Victorian District, you will find the Abercorn Antique Village. Located in a grand Southern mansion, the village offers rooms and rooms with some of the loveliest antiques and historic artifacts to be found in Savannah. |
Tea's the Thing at the Gryphon
Savannah has a lively population that hails from all points of the globe, but at heart we are an English city. We were founded by the English and gave our allegiance to the monarchy. An Englishman designed some of our finest homes and we even were host to an invading army of British soldiers during the Revolutionary War. Old habits die hard and we still cherish our ties to the island across the great pond. |
Steamers a South-side Hit
In just one year, Steamers Restaurant in Georgetown has quickly become the south-side's favorite destination for delicious seafood and specialties for the land lover as well. |
Museum Pays Tribute to Ships of the Sea
Though we might imagine that people throughout history who have spent their lives on seafaring vessels have done so because of the great love for the water, visit the Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum and see that there is something more to it. To paraphrase a sentiment from the diary of one 19th-century sailor, "It's not the sea we're in love with, it's the ships." |
Anatolia: European Furnishings with a Flair
An extraordinary shop featuring furniture, carpets, and accessories, Anatolia, at 7 W. York Street, is in many ways distinct. Specializing in directly imported Turkish rugs and European pine furnishings, Anatolia represents a style based on individual elements that are unique and distinguishable, and at the same time utterly compatible. |
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