Savannah The Gem of the South and Beaufort South Carolina

The Travel Club presents Savannah, the gem of the South!
A Fully Escorted Mini Bus Tour
5 Days 4 Nights October 25-29

Sunday October 25
Day 1: Depart Group Locations for travel day to Savannah. Please dress comfortably for the journey. We will break up the trip for a meal stop at either the Caddy Shack Restaurant at the World of Golf Village in North Florida or similar. Then we will continue through Georgia to Savannah. Afternoon check in at Embassy Suites in the Historic District area in time for two included drinks nightly at happy hour. The hotel is known for the Suites, Breakfast and nightly happy hours.

Day 2 Monday October 26
Breakfast at Hotel

Andrew Low House Museum

Stunning from the outside, breathtaking within, our history will inspire you. Come explore this beautiful 19th century home in the heart of Savannah’s National Historic Landmark District.

This morning we will tour Savannah one of the world’s 22 great cities from the book “Design of Cities.” “It is amazing that a colony, struggling against the most elemental problems of survival in a wilderness, should be able to produce a plan so exalted that it remains as one of the finest diagrams for city organization and growth in existence.” General James Ogelthorpe and his settlers founded Savannah. England’s 13th and last colony, in February 1733. Forgoing the usual grid system, Ogelthorpe and Col. William Bull laid out their new settlement in a series of wards in which commercial and residential buildings centered on a public square. This visionary plan has survived as the city’s blueprint because of Ogelthorp’s choice of location. Tour Highlights will include River Street, the Cotton Exchange Market and scenes from the movie “In the Garden of Good and Evil” including the Cemetery.
The house tour will be followed by a tour of the squares (including Forsyth) and the Bonaventure Cemetery from “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil with optional lunch at Mrs. Wilkes Boarding House. Also from the Movie is the Mercer Williams House on Monterey Square also featuring a magnificent Temple. Johny Mercer wrote Moon River and Goody Goody.

Day 3 Tuesday. October 27 A visit to Beaufort, South Carolina. This quaint town was the film site for several Movies including the “Big Chill”, “Great Santini”, and the “Prince of Tides”. There is also Civil War History here, shops and great views.

Day 4 Wednesday, October 28- Afternoon ride to Tybee Island with attractive views including the lighthouse and a snack or drink at the iconic Crab Shack “where the elite eat in their bare feet.” The Crab Shack on Tybee Island where suddenly you’ll feel like you left Georgia and ended up in Key West. Tybee Island also has the largest lighthouse on the Georgia coast.

Day 5 Thursday Morning departure from Savannah on route home with a drive through the aristocratic Jekyll Island on a Narrated Trolley Tour. Here, you can see why the Vanderbilts, Astors, Goodyears and Rockefeller chose to have homes here with a visit to the History center to see a presentation of the past.
Return, October 29th Return to Florida via the Golden Isles. Trolley Tours of the rich and famous included in Jekyll Island. Lunch not included at Southern Soul in St. Simons Island.

Optional Special Eateries in Savannah include the Pirate House and the Pink House and of course the incomparable Leopold’s ice cream shop.
Optional-We will take a boat ride on board the Savannah River Queen, a replica of the 19th century sternwheelers that traded along the river.
8am Leave Groups Location of Chateau in the Pines (Immediately West of the Melbourne Square Mall across from Starbucks in the Back Parking Lot}
$1030 double occupancy $1500 single occupancy. Deposit $100 per person Full Balance due six weeks prior to departure (September 12). We strongly suggest trip cancellation protection!

Cancellations: $100 per person prior to departure and no refunds within six weeks prior to departure unless a substitution is found or cancellation protection was purchased. Tour is aboard modern Mini Bus and includes room, transportation, Guide, taxes, 4 breakfasts, nightly happy hour and admission to listed attractions (Mercer Williams House, Girl Scout Juliet Low House and Jekyll Island Sightseeing Tram) All prices and itineraries are subject to change based upon availability.

RESERVATION FORM
For reservations call 321=259-6300 or by email: [email protected]
Please place your reservations and make checks payable to Florida Greeters, Inc. and mail to:
6300 North Wickham Road, 130-222 Melbourne, FL 32940
phone (321) 259-6300
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