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About the tour and A Bit of Savannah History

Savannah Virtual Tour- The best way to see Savannah–is on your own time schedule as you stroll the many squares, eat at the many restaurants, and sit within its history. SVT allows you to do just that and all on your cell phone. For only $19.95 you are led to a hidden website that allows you to view 286 years of history through having your own personal tour guide in a video format, you can also view vintage photographs at each stop, watch movie clips from famous films shot in Savannah, and take your own ghost tour with friends. Once you purchase the most affordable tour in Savannah you can share the hidden website with others in your group so that they all have their own personal tour guide as well, at no extra cost. This means a large group can tour Savannah for only $19.95! You can also create your own tour on the website. If you do not want to follow a guided tour you can pick and choose the stops you want to go to.

SVT has all the history, from all eras, from the founding of Savannah to the Revolutionary War to the Civil War, hauntings, folklore, and more. It is truly not just sight seeing –but eye opening. It is definitely the best thing to do in Savannah.

 Savannah has been ranked the number 3 best city in America according to Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2018. With over 286 years of deep history it contains the largest historical district in the United States. This means it holds the most preserved history of architecture, culture, and related history within a two miles radius.

OBSESSION WITH DEATH

Though beautiful and charming, the city of Savannah has an obsession with death. This is largely due to the fact that the Native Americans (Creeks and Yamacraws) used Savannah as their native burial grounds. The population suffered hundreds of deaths due to yellow fever epidemics. Over half of the first 133 British immigrants who first landed here in 1733 were dead from disease within 18 months. The city also survived the Revolutionary War through the Siege of Savannah in 1779 with over 1,000 dead (600 Frenchmen, 400 Colonialists and many British soldiers).

Sherman ended his march to the sea here on December 22, 1864 leaving thousands of dead Confederate solider’s in his path. No wonder the city is famous for holding the title of the most city with paranormal activity, or being simply being called the most haunted city in America. The history that is unraveled in the Savannah Virtual Tour is all factual. Hauntings and ghost tales given most of the tours in Savannah are largely folklore or false. However, many of the ghost legends are true in their beginnings. This tour reveals the truthful tales that are embedded with the culture and history.

HAUNTINGS, GHOSTS & FOLKLORE

Savannah’s obsession with death is revealed in its high paranormal activity within the historical district. Hauntings of every nature, ghosts, and things that go bump in the night are the norm here. SVT includes all the legendary ghost stories, hauntings of specific homes and the folklore that has been passed down from generation to generation. The tour takes you into the Colonial Cemetery and gives you specific haunting details. Each square has its own haunting stories. Take your own ghost tour and stroll at your own pace. You will notice that the other ghost tours are a large beehive of tourists being led around on a time schedule. Your SVT allows you to obtain the same history own your own personal time.

MOVIES

Many movies are filmed here in Savannah, in fact there have been over 130 of them. Such films as Glory, Forrest Gump, Bagger Vance, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, are just a few. On the Savannah Virtual Tour many of the actual film clips from those films are shown within the squares they were filmed. For instance, the most popular film that was shot here was Forest Gump. Many people come to Savannah in search of the Forest Gump Bench, only they are shocked to discover that there never was an actual bench or bus stop. The scene was filmed on Chippewa Square. The bench was a Hollywood prop made out of fiberglass. That one scene took four days to shoot. The opening scene shows a feather floating down from the sky only to land on Forest Gump’s foot. On the Savannah Virtual Tour you are able to view the opening scene as you stand where that scene was filmed. Here is that film clip.

VINTAGE PHOTOS

The famous war photographer, Matthew Brady followed Sherman in his march to the sea. That march ended in Savannah and Sherman stayed on for a good while. He loved Savannah as is evidenced in many photos of him posed within the city. SVT has researched every known photograph of Savannah and collected them in an image bank. That image bank is used within each square and stop on the SVT. Imagine as you stand in the middle of one of the many squares, wondering what the square looked like over 100 years ago? SVT gives you that image. It’s like holding up a portal window back into time.

YOUR PERSONAL GUIDE

A personal walking tour guide in Savannah, one on one, costs $150. A walking tour within a large group costs between $20-$30 per person. The bus tours cost $30 per person and Segway tours, carriage tours, etc. cost upwards to $100. With SVT your guide is a historical native, meaning he is not only a licensed tour guide with the city but he is related to the Lowcountry and Savannah going back to the early 1700’s. With SVT it is like having a tour guide in your pocket as you stroll the squares.

Within each stop you view a 360 degree image. Within that image you have a series of icon buttons to press. Each button is placed on the image where that particular piece of history occurred. Perhaps it is a home that is haunted, or a spot where history was made, a monument etc. Each information button provides vintage photos, film clips, scenes from movies filmed in Savannah, folklore, and above all great history.

The beauty of SVT is that you can sit at a cafe or restaurant and enjoy the tour as you sip on a cocktail or coffee as well–all on your own personal schedule, at the lowest tour cost in Savannah, and it is the tour with the most history.