Frommer's Portable Savannah [Paperback]

Darwin Porter (Author), Danforth Prince (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 30, 2007 | Series: Frommer's Portable (Book 135)

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. Frommer s Portable Guides help you make the right travel choices. They're easy to carry and carry an unbeatable price. Put the Best of Savannah in Your Pocket.

• Outspoken opinions on top attractions—what's worth your time and what's not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.
• The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.
• With daytrips to Hilton Head and Beaufort, S.C.

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Put the Best of Savannah in Your Pocket

• With walking tours along the river and through the historic district.

• Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.

• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.

• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.

• The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.

Frommer's. The best trips start here.

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer.

And avoid tourist traps. At Frommer's, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices.

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About the Author

A team of veteran travel writers, Darwin Porter and Danforth Prince have produced numerous titles for Frommer’s including best-selling guides to Italy, France, the Caribbean, England, and Germany. Porter is also a noted Hollywood biographer; his most recent releases (2005) are Howard Hughes: Hell’s Angels and Brando Unzipped (2006). He is a radio commentator and newspaper columnist on popular culture; his broadcasts are heard in all 50 states. Prince, formerly of the New York Times Paris bureau, is the president of Blood Moon Productions and other media-related firms.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; 3 edition (April 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470100540
• ISBN-13: 978-0470100547
• Product Dimensions: 7.2 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #991,808 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice overview...., March 24, 2008

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MojoSpeed "UncleKG" (Charlotte, N.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Portable Savannah (Paperback)

I just returned from Savannah, and took this guide along. It fits very nicely into a back pocket or purse. It provided a great overview of the area with maps and good descriptions of many of the restaurants (including dividing them into price ranges).

The author couldn't have been more spot-on in describing one River St. bar (hint: they specialize in frozen drinks), and the description made my wife and I laugh out loud.

We followed one of the mapped out walking tours described in the book and it made for a wonderful Saturday afternoon. Given its portability, it can't cover every restaurant, bar or shop, but if you cross-reference what the author recommends against others' opinions- SouthernLiving.com, connectsavannah.com (Savannah's alternative news weekly), and TripAdvisor.com, you'll find many of the same restaurants listed, with similar descriptions.

Purchase the book in advance of making your lodging reservations, as there are a number of bed and breakfasts listed, as well as many hotels.

Yes, there are many references to the book "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil," but given how much it's helped tourism in the area and how many people want to see the places described in that book, the author is just giving the people what they want. I enjoyed the references: I wanted a guide that covered those locations, but not one that focused solely on "The Book" (as it's known to many locals), and this guide provided a nice compromise.

The only drawback I found is that it doesn't list as many restaurants as I'd have liked, but again, given the space limitations, it couldn't. As you walk the streets, you'll stumble across some great little places on your own, and that's half the fun of "exploring" the town.

I consider the guide to be money well spent.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Savannah guide book, August 13, 2007

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Lefty Libra "Susan Werner fan" (PA, usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Frommer's Portable Savannah (Paperback)

Recently did a girls trip - the guide was very helpful. We planned lots of our trip prior to our arrival - restaurant suggestions were particularly helpful.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful, June 26, 2006

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C. Waskul (michigan, usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's Portable Savannah (Paperback)

This book gives a nice review of Savannah, from history, to where to stay, what do do, where to eat. It's very compact and will be easy for us to carry along on our trip next week to Savannah.