{"id":5147,"date":"2016-01-07T08:22:42","date_gmt":"2016-01-07T13:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2016-01-18T08:32:23","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T13:32:23","slug":"savannah-walking-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=5147","title":{"rendered":"Savannah Walking Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Midnight

Savannah (photo: wikimedia.org)<\/p><\/div>\n

On a recent week-long trip to Savannah, my family group indulged in a number of interesting walking tours. Not only were they a good way to explore this beautiful city, they helped us stave off any extra pounds we might have put on, thanks to this city\u2019s fabulous food! One of us wore a fitbit, which provided electronic validation of the more than 16,000 steps we accomplished on our most ambitious day, but 14,000 was not unusual.<\/p>\n

\"Flannery

Mini-lending library outside Flannery O’Connor’s childhood home (she raised peacocks)(photo: Vicki Weisfeld)<\/p><\/div>\n

It\u2019s hard to believe that at one point, developers wanted to destroy the system of squares that make the city so unique, as the nation\u2019s first \u201cplanned city.\u201d Each square has different features\u2014statues, fountains, styles of benches\u2014and most are filled with live oaks draped in Spanish Moss.<\/p>\n

How much you enjoy walking tours depends a lot on the personality of your guides and what they choose to highlight. Maybe we were just lucky, but all our tours were great. In addition to several house tours\u2014including the Mercer Williams mansion on Monterey Square, featured in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil<\/a><\/em> and the tiny early childhood home of author Flannery O\u2019Conner\u2014we especially enjoyed:<\/p>\n