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Welcome to Savannah!

Hello, I’m Garry Patrick, General Manager of Old Town Trolley of Savannah.

The extraordinary architecture, lush botanicals, and captivating stories of this historic, coastal city make for an unforgettable vacation experience. For over 30 years, Old Town Trolley Tours has provided sightseeing tours highlighting the best attractions in Savannah .

“Hop aboard one of our trolleys and you’ll experience Transportainment ® , a delightful combination of transportation and entertainment.”

Our friendly conductors narrate the Savannah tour with a fascinating and fun mix of trivia and humorous stories. It will be our pleasure to guide you through “Georgia’s First City” on one of our orange and green trolleys.

As a resident, I assure you that our Savannah, GA tours are the best way to see the city. Because we cover the entire city, you can avoid costly parking and city driving. We also encourage you to tour at your own pace. Our tour offers on and off privileges, which allows you to hop off the trolley and explore on your own at any time. With frequent pickups at all our stops, this helps you avoid walking long distances.

Here are just a few reasons why Old Town Trolley is the best sightseeing tour in town:

• 100% Satisfaction Guarantee *
• Most frequent service means less waiting
• FREE discount coupons to area attractions and restaurants
• Over 100 Points of Interest
• Exclusive Stops
• We pick up and drop off approximately every 20 minutes at all of our convenient stops

*Special exemptions apply to the following reservation based attractions: Yankee Freedom III, Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum and Ghosts & Gravestones.

2020 international tripadvisor travelers’ choice award winner.

We are pleased to have been awarded the 2020 International Tripadvisor’s Travelers’ Choice Award!

“With your trolley ticket, you’ll receive our free full color map, coupon sheet and the chance to purchase our Essential Guide book for $6 with all our stops & things to do at each one!”

And don’t miss out on Savannah’s newest experience, The American Prohibition Museum – America’s only museum of its kind! Bring back the roaring twenties to life with over 20 intoxicating exhibits & an authentic speakeasy.

There’s no better way to see Savannah than with Old Town Trolley Tours.

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15 Reasons to Visit Savannah

“Best Southern City” – Southern Living Magazine

“Best Romantic Getaway” – Travel + Leisure Magazine

“#7 amongst Top 10 Cities in North America” – Travel + Leisure Magazine

“Top 10 Cities in the US and Canada” – Travel + Leisure Magazine

“Top 10 American Travel Destination” – Conde Nast Traveler Magazine

“15 Coolest Cities in North America” – MSN.com

“Top U.S. Tours” – TripAdvisor.com

“Gold Service Award” – Meetings & Conventions Magazine

“Top 25 City for the Arts” – American Style Magazine

“America’s Most Mannerly City” – Charleston School of Protocol and Etiquette

“Award of Excellence” – Corporate & Incentives Magazine

“Top Destination Award” – Facilities & Destinations Magazine

“50 Great Cities to Visit in America” – London Daily Telegraph

“20 Sweet Spots for Summer Travel” – MSNBC.com

“Top 10 Trips to Reboot Your Life” – Out Magazine

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Be greeted by the must-see landmarks that highlight the history and culture of Savannah in these bus tours. From the voyage to the past and awe-inspiring sights in the Old Town Trolley Tours Savannah to conquering the supernatural encounters, the bus tours in Savannah are your ticket to a wild ride! The added bonus? We’ve done all the tedious work of planning, and the only thing left to do is skip the stress and enjoy your vacation. Choose from our carefully curated bus tours and book your tickets now! Your ultimate Savannah escapade awaits, just one bus ride away!

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Hop On – Hop Off Tour

Our most popular tour, hop on - hop off tour.

• Operation: All Months & Seasons
• Departure Location: Savannah Visitors Center or Any Trolley Stop
• Departure Time: 9AM Daily
• Return Time: Last Trolley at 4:30PM
• Friendly For All Ages

Tour As You Please On Our Most Popular Option

As any self-respecting Southern hostess knows, you must keep your guests happy. At Old Savannah Tours that means offering a tour that allows you, our guests, to customize your experience.

So if sittin’ a spell sounds more like your speed, then ride along and see all the highlights of Savannah’s Historic District in about 90 minutes. But if you’re the type who likes to see things for yourself (and who doesn’t?) then this On/Off tour is a great way to make a day of it as you meander past 14 stops at the city’s most popular historic sites.

Hop off when you want to take a closer look or stay on board if a simple drive by will do. And always be on the lookout for Old Savannah Tour’s signature Savannah characters to charm you with their colorful personalities along the way. This tour is sure to please!

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This Tour departs from the Savannah Visitors Center

Where do the tours begin?

All of our tours begin at the Savannah Welcome Center at 215 West Boundary Street.

Is this tour pet friendly?

We allow dogs up to 25lbs. and that will sit on your lap. Registered service dogs of all size and type are always welcomed.

What are the ages for children taking the tour?

Children age 4 and under are free. Children ages 5-11 are charged the child’s price. Any young person age 12 and over is considered an adult and will be charged the adult ticket price.

Where do I park? Is parking free?

We offer limited free parking on a first come, first served basis at our Visitors Depot (255 Montgomery Street), and at our Welcome Center (215/217 W. Boundary Street).

What are your hours of operation?

Our tours begin each day at 9:00am and the last tour leaves at either 4:30pm or 5:00pm depending on the season. We tour 7 days a week 362 days a year. We do not tour and are closed on St. Patrick’s Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Are your tours handicapped accessible?

We do have wheelchair/handicapped accessible vehicles in our fleet. A 48 hour notice is requested in order to accommodate this need.

Our Recent Reviews

Had a terrific time. Our tour guide (cannot remember his name, tall and skinny) was wonderful. He was very knowledgeable, personable and friendly.

Did the grave encounters tour with Lucinda and her driver Felicia and had a wonderful time!! Lucinda had a great personality and was very engaging. Felicia was a good driver ... read more and took us around to some awesome places. It was such a fun way to learn spooky facts about the city and was a great way to see everything at night. While this ride is kid friendly I would keep in mind that there are some pretty gruesome stories that can be a little mature! The actors were a fun touch and we enjoyed seeing them preform when they hopped on. Me and my partner overall had a really great experience. We decided next time we visit we want to do the 21+ experience! 100% recommend this tour

Did the Hop On Hop Off tour and loved it. It just makes touring the whole district so convenient. We ended up with 4 different drivers/tour guides and each one ... read more was delightful. Can't recommend this enough. Just do it.

We enjoyed our trolley tour this weekend! Our guide was great and had a neat voice! We loved the actors that got on and off the trolley at different stops! ... read more My youngest daughter said this was her favorite thing during our weekend!

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Ages 5-11 4 years and under are free.

Get our Guide Book ($15.99 value) FREE when you purchase tour tickets online. 

Operating 362/365 Days

Tours do not operate St. Patrick's Day, Thanksgiving Day, or Christmas Day.

Free Parking

We offer limited free parking, on a first come basis, at out Visitors Depot, 255 Montgomery St. and at our Welcome Center, 215/217 W. Boundary St.

• Mon - Sun : 8AM - 5PM
• 912 234-8128
• Departure Location: 215 West Boundary St. Savannah, GA 31401
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Explore Savannah Trolley Tour

Quick Details

• Hour Glass Duration: 1.5 Hours
• Users Ages: 3+ y/o

Savannah’s Fully Narrated Trolley Tour!

• Our tour is fully narrated by experienced tour guides bringing alive the enchanting history of Georgia’s first city and brilliantly showing off the charming squares of Savannah’s Historic District and shares stories of the colorful characters that have made the city so inviting to visitors from all of the world.
• Aboard our Gray Line Trolley, you can get a 90-minute guided tour and get unlimited shuttle service to wherever you desire to go.
• Pass by: Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Forsyth Park, Historic River Street, Savannah Historic District, Chippewa Square, Andrew Low House, City Market
• You get to discover our great city and then customize your itinerary for your own personalized adventure.

Explore Savannah on this 90-minute narrated sightseeing Trolley Tour. Savannah is a fascinating story with a beginning, middle and end. Our uninterrupted, fully narrated, unscripted and engaging 90-minute tour allows us to tell you all about Georgia’s first city in our open-air trolleys!

Admire the architecture of our historic buildings and churches while enjoying views of beautiful squares, monuments and moss draped live oaks. You will hear details of the Historic, Victorian, Colonial and Star land areas of Savannah.

After completion of your introduction to our beautiful city, hop aboard one of our trolley shuttles for unlimited drop-offs and pick-ups at our convenient trolley stops. No need to sit through another tour to get to where you want to further explore our wonderful city. These shuttles allow for point to point service for you to visit your favorite areas in more depth.

• Chevron down What’s Included
• Fully narrated tour!
• Complimentary pick-up & drop-off from hotels in the Historic District.
• Unlimited shuttle service to convenient locations for 2 days – just call our office when you’re ready to be picked up!
• Chevron down What’s NOT Included
• Parking Passes at the Savannah Visitors Center
• Hop-On/Hop-Off privileges not included.
• Chevron down Please Note
• You get unlimited shuttle service to Historic Savannah District for the day of the tour and the day after your tour.
• Unlimited Shuttle service doesn’t include destinations beyond Historic Savannah District.

So much great information and our tour guide John thought of ways to make the tour especially comfortable and memorable. I wish I’d recorded his narration as it was so comprehensive I’ll never remember it all.

We had the best time on this bus tour. Lieutenant Dan was our guide..and he was fantastic!! We learned so much about the city! Everyone should ask for him.. and take this tour! The best part is.. after the tour, the trolley becomes a shuttle! You can be dropped off and picked up at several different stops for the rest of the day!

I highly recommend taking this tour first upon arriving in Savannah. It not only gives you this history of this beautiful town, but also highlights the fun places you should visit. This tour offers personal pick ups from each of the stops for 2 days! Our tour guide was 5th generation from Savannah and he knew his stuff!! So entertaining and informational!

Great informative narration and personal anecdotes that enhanced the experience. Learned a lot about Savannah and really enjoyed the tour.

Ben was the most knowledgeable and engaging guide on this 90 minute trolley tour! We learned a ton, laughed just as much, and (thankfully) stayed nice and cool on the ride. We took advantage of the shuttle service our ticket also provided the following day to further explore some key spots. We would recommend this trolley tour, Ben the guide, and the Kelly Grey Line company to everyone!

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Simply Savannah, Georgia

A group bus tour.

Genteel southern living!   View lovely Victorian homes, picturesque cottages and moss-draped trees as you delve into Savannah’s rich history. Dine on a southern buffet at “The Lady and Sons.” Thrill to a lively musical revue at the historic Savannah Theatre. Tour the Mercer-Williams House, built by Johnny Mercer’s great-grandfather and immortalized in the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” Any time is the right time to see the Ole South in Savannah!

This package includes:

• 3 Nights Lodging
• 3 Breakfasts
• 2 Dinners, including a Southern-style Buffet at Paula Deen's "The Lady & Sons"
• Guided Tour of Historic Savannah
• Musical revue at the Savannah Theatre
• Mercer-Williams House
• Savannah History Museum
• River Street District
• Old City Market
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• Luggage Handling
• All Taxes and Meal Gratuities
• 2 Comps Per Bus of 40 or more

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Savannah Public Transportation & Free Trolley

For visitors, Savannah is more of a walking than a driving city. Most of the places visitors want to go are close together, and the one-way system, congestion and difficulties parking make leaving your car behind or parking it outside the Historic District an attractive option ( more about parking in Savannah ).

Savannah’s public transport, including several free services especially targeted toward the needs of tourists, can take you downtown and around the Historic District’s key sights.

The city’s public transit network has two main components: the fare-free Downtown Transportation (dot) system and the ordinary Chatham Area Transit (CAT) bus services.

Fare-free shuttle buses and a ferry provide safe and convenient transportation around the Historic District and its most popular tourist areas. Savannah’s local bus system operates services in and around the wider city and to its outlying suburbs, some of which stop near popular tourist attractions.

See also: – Savannah’s must-see sights – Free things to do in Savannah – The Historic District – More tourist attractions and things to do

Free Trolley Bus & Ferry

Savannah provides free transportation around the Historic District as an alternative to driving and parking in the city’s congested central areas.

There are three separate services, collectively known as “dot” (short for Downtown Transportation). These connect most of Savannah’s principal points of interest.

Two dot Express Shuttle services circuit downtown; the Savannah Belles Ferry connects River Street with Hutchinson Island. A map of the three routes, with popular attractions and parking garages marked, is available here .

All dot services are entirely free and ADA-accessible.

Express Shuttle

The dot Express Shuttle services run every day: Monday-Friday, 7am-7pm; Saturday, 10am-7pm; Sunday, 10am-6pm. Buses run every 10 minutes, with 20 stops on two separate routes: Downtown and Forsyth Park.

The Downtown route follows a loop through the upper Historic District, connecting with City Market and several downtown squares and other attractions, and passing within a couple of blocks of several downtown parking garages.

The Forsyth Park route takes a counter-clockwise route to either side of Bull Street, traveling up Drayton Street and down Whitaker Street between Johnson Square and Forsyth Park.

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Riding The Free Shuttle

To ride, just find one of the purple and green “dot” signs (don’t confuse these with the regular CAT bus stop signs), and wait for your bus to arrive. Look out for a purple and green bus or a bus with a symbol reading “dot” on the front or side. Map showing all the stops

Ordinary paid city buses, operated by CAT, may also pass by. These will be clearly marked, with a sign on the front displaying the route number and name. Paid shuttle services may also pass; these will be painted in the livery of their respective companies.

Savannah Belles Ferry

This free passenger ferry connects River Street to the hotels and convention center on Hutchinson Island. The service operates between three landings, two on the city side of the Savannah River and one on Hutchinson Island.

From River Street, embark at either the City Hall Landing, behind City Hall at the head of Bull Street and next to the Hyatt Regency Hotel, or the Waving Girl Landing, near the Waving Girl (Florence Martus) statue in Morrell Park, close to the East Broad Street ramp.

The Savannah Belles Ferry runs every 20-30 minutes daily, 7am-10pm. Services to the Waving Girl Landing operate 8:20am-6pm. Travel time to cross the river is 10-20 minutes, depending on which landings you travel between. Pets, either on a leash or in a carrier, are welcome. See full service information and schedule.

The ferry’s name honors “Savannah’s Belles,” four women who influenced Savannah’s history: Susie King Taylor, Mary Musgrove, Juliette Gordon Low and Florence Martus.

Using Savannah’s Public Transportation

Savannah bus routes.

Chatham Area Transit (CAT) provides numerous paid services around Savannah and its suburbs. 100X Airport Express service to the airport.-->

A map of all the services operated is available here (please note that the 100X service to the airport is currently suspended), and the list of CAT bus routes, with schedule information, is here . Some services have been modified on account of the pandemic and may change at short notice, so re-check schedules and routes for your trip before setting out.

The easiest way to plan your trip on Savannah’s buses is with the Google Maps site. Enter your destination into the search bar, then click Directions, then click on the bus/train icon for suggested routes by public transportation.

Savannah Bus Fares, Tickets & Passes

Single-journey tickets :

– Tickets to ride all CAT buses can be purchased on board the vehicle.

– Try to have the correct fare, as drivers are not able to make change.

– A one-way ticket on Savannah’s ordinary public transit system costs $1.50. Transfers (valid for 90 minutes) are free, but should be requested before depositing your fare.

– Children under 41 inches tall ride for free, two per adult passenger.

– Seniors (65+), youth (6-18), veterans and passengers with a disability can pay a reduced fare of $0.75 with the relevant ID or Medicare card. ID is not required for passengers who use a wheelchair. For full details of the half-fare scheme, see here.

– The 100X Airport Express service costs $5 each way, or $8 for a return ticket.

Day passes can also be purchased on board the bus, for $3. A day pass allows unlimited travel on the day it is activated. You need to notify the driver you want a day pass rather than a single ticket before depositing your fare.

Weekly and monthly passes are also available, but these must be bought in advance. A 7-day pass, valid for seven days from the day of activation, is $14. A monthly pass, valid for 31 days from activation, is $50. The half-fare program also applies to these passes for eligible passengers.

Passes, and also books of 10 tickets, are sold at Savannah’s transportation hub, the Joe Murray Rivers, Jr. Intermodal Transit Center, at 610 West Oglethorpe Avenue (three blocks north of the Visitor Center on Martin Luther King, Jr Boulevard, then left onto West Oglethorpe. The bus station, which is also used for Greyhound coach services, will be on your right). Hours for ticket sales are Monday-Friday, 7am-8pm.

Alternatively, you can purchase passes online to use in conjunction with the Transit Mobile Ticketing App, which can be downloaded onto your smartphone via the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store (more details here ).

Accessibility

All buses are wheelchair accessible.

If you are traveling with pets (except for service animals, and except on the Savannah Belles Ferry, which does allow animals on board), you will unfortunately have to use another method of getting around the city, as pets are not allowed on Savannah’s buses.

See Also: Things To Do In Savannah Without A Car

– Forysth Park – Tours to Bonaventure Cemetery – Art galleries – Antiques stores – First African Baptist Church – Food tours – Black history tours – Ghost tours – Savannah events – Museums in Savannah – Historic house tours

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