2 days in Savannah - 2
 

If anyone has visited Savannah on pleasure, what sights/attractions/museume did you enjoy most? What popular sights/attractions/museums did you enjoy least or thought were over rated? If a friend was going to Savannah on pleasure, what restaurants would you recommend? Which hotels would be best suited for someone on a tight budget? Other than the Historic District, what other sights/attractions/museums would you recommend?

Again?
Strolling the squares.
Savannah Rambles tour.
Pink House. Mrs. Wilkes. Gryphon Tea Room.
Staybridge Suites.
Tybee Island.

carriage ride and/or trolley tour

http://www.fodors.com/community/unit...n-savannah.cfm

http://www.fodors.com/world/north-am...rgia/savannah/

http://www.fodors.com/world/north-am...ah/sights.html

Or are you looking for something that would be printed in a tour guidebook?

If so - assuming an afternoon arrival -

Check in to hotel (many recommended in links above)
Go to dinner - I'd make it the Pink House
Have a drink in the tavern downstairs or the roof of the Bohemian

Full day 1 -
Eat breakfast at your hotel (many free) or go to a breakfast restaurant (many listed above)
go on a trolley or carriage tour - get an overview of the city
Walk the squares a little OR River Street
Be ready for the opening for Mrs Wilkes lunch
Stroll the squares a bit more
Meet up with Dirk from Savannah Rambles for a walking tour
Go back to hotel and get ready for dinner
Dinner at hotel (many listed above)

Day 2 -
Walk a little more to see the city OR go to a museum OR one of the historical house museums (recommended by Dirk or from the links above)
Have lunch somewhere (many listed above)
My favorites = SCAD store and Gryphon Tea Room - across the street from one another
Go see Bonaventure or drive out to Tybee Island
Buy pralines before you leave Savannah

Recommend driving out to Fort Pulaski. You could stop at Wylies Barbecue for lunch.

The OP put up a huffy gripe on another Savannah thread when it was recommended that a hopelessly vague poster do a board and guidebook search first.

f64club, is this request meant for a trip you're taking to Savannah? If so, I'm going to recommend you do a board and guidebook search. And if you're not, I'll suggest you quit trolling.

When I'm planning a trip, I'm the only who knows what drew me to the location in the first place. I'm never going to ask anyone for an itinerary, just recommendations for getting around and where to eat.

Thank you for your replies and suggestions. The last time I used this forum was about 5-6 years again when I asked about things to do and see when I went to Rome. I got amazing suggestions about most popular sights, back doors, best times to go to the Vatican and Sistine Chapel, and a lot more. The answers I received helped me to better plan my trip and to waste less time. Starrs - thanks for the recommendations in your first reply. The sarcasm in your other 9 was duly noted.
Bachslunch - guidebooks are nice if you want one persons experience (which is usually years old) but once in a while it's nice to hear other view points.
BTW - If ever in Boston, make sure you go to Mike's pastry in the north end. No better pastries. In Washington DC, grab a drink at the top of the Washington Hotel. An outdoor cafe with a view of the sniper on top of the White House. Makes you think. Oh, neither of these suggestions are in any guidebook I have read.

I'll ask the editors to delete my posts.

Nah they are really good!

The Washington Hotel is now Hotel W.

After her first thread, I should have just ignored this one. That was definitely my mistake.

Mike's Pastry = page 50, Fodor's Boston 2010

The Washington Hotel closed in 2007.

Thanks for the travel tip. ;)

As suewoo said, it's now a W - and in Fodor's guidebooks -

W Washington, D.C Review
From the DJ that spins tunes the living room-style lobby to the ultramodern room furnishings, this isn't your grandparents' hotel. The brand new W is the latest player to enter DC's growing contemporary hotel scene. It's nearly impossible to forget where you are: floor-to-ceiling windows in the J&G Steakhouse restaurant offer spectacular views of the Washington Monument and other iconic sites and,<b> unless your last name is Obama, you pretty much aren't going to get a better look at the White House than from the outdoor rooftop bar lounge.</b>

http://www.fodors.com/world/north-am...ew-469821.html

Mike's Pastry is listed in Boston's Frommer's books as well -- Frommer's Boston 2010 on page 60, for one.

And in general, I find guidebooks (as well as online research) extremely useful as a starting point. For example, you and only you can discover the existence of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, decide if it's something you'd like to visit, and try to work it into a preliminary itinerary. But we here can, for example, tell you that you are really wise to get ferry and crown tickets ahead of time, get there early to minimize lines a bit, and expect to spend much of the day experiencing this -- not to mention that you can get a comparatively quick, inexpensive, and pleasant view of the statue by taking the Staten Island Ferry instead.

In brief, what we're especially good at here is tweaking, filling in gaps, and fleshing out the homework people bring to the table.

Wow what is this forum coming to? Now posters are being chastised for asking travel questions on a travel forum. If everyone just looked at old posts instead of asking new questions then there would never be anything new on this forum now would there?

f64, You will hard pressed to find a budget hotel in the historic district. What is your price range? As for sights I would highly recommend seeing the cathedral of St. John the Baptist.

http://www.savannahcathedral.org/

Not only is it breathtaking, it is free!