Insiders' Guide® to Savannah & Hilton Head

by Georgia Byrd, Cheryl Lauer (Revised by)

Overview

Insiders' Guide to Savannah and Hilton Head is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information to these treasured Southern cities. Written by a local (and true insider), this guide offers a personal and practical perspective that makes it a must-have guide for travelers as well as residents looking to rediscover their home city of Savannah or nearby Hilton Head.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493012695
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	07/17/2015
Series:	Insiders' Guide Series
Edition description:	9th Edition
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	1,045,625
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Cheryl Lauer has called Savannah home for more than 30 years and is grateful to live in an area with a beautiful and vibrant historic district, which has become a national architectural showcase, and near the picturesque seaside communities of Tybee Island and Hilton Head, S.C. Born and reared in the Pocono Mountain region of Pennsylvania, some days she is still in awe that her home now is surrounded by palm trees. Cheryl has worked as a reporter in Atlanta and Savannah, retiring from the Savannah Morning News after covering news and feature stories mainly from the island communities of Chatham County. She has also written for the Savannah Magazine and the Georgia Ports Authority’s magazine, AnchorAge. She is pleased to return to working on the Insiders’ Guide to Savannah & Hilton Head, having served as the photography editor in the book’s first edition. Cheryl and her husband, Michael Richter, live on Talahi Island in Chatham County. Their home is about 10 minutes east of the historic district and about 10 minutes to the beach at Tybee. Their son Cason, a home-schooled graduate, attends college in Savannah.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book 1

Welcome to Savannah & Hilton Head Island 3

Travel Instructions & Resources 15

History 27

Accommodations 41

Restaurants 56

Entertainment 73

Shopping 83

Attractions 95

Annual Events & Festivals 119

Kids 134

The Great Outdoors 138

Day Trips 156

Hilton Head, South Carolina 168

History 168

Travel Instructions & Resources 170

Getting Around 172

Sources of Information 175

Accommodations 175

Restaurants 181

Entertainment 188

Shopping 190

Recreation 192

Annual Events & Festivals 196

Tybee Island 198

History 198

Travel Instructions & Resources 201

Accommodations 201

Restaurants 204

Shopping 207

Things to Do 207

Appendix: Living Here 213

Relocation & Real Estate 214

Education & Child Care 226

Health Care 233

Retirement 235

Index 239

Directory of Maps

Greater Savannah Area 4

Highway Access 5

Downtown Savannah 6

Hilton Head Island 7