Reservations:   

(912) 921-4455  or  
eldridte@aol.com

Time:      
1 1/2 - 3 hours 
(depending on
topic, weather
and your interest)

Place: all tours begin
in Historic Johnson
Square in the heart
of the Historic District,
unless other arrangements
are made

Distance: 1-3 miles

Number:   2-25

Cost:     
$15  adult
$ 5  child
   (under age 12)
free
   (child under age 6)

cash or check only

Age
Limitation:  none

Handicap
Accommodation: 
all tours designed
to permit
wheelchair use

Tours Ted Offers:

1. A Stroll
   Through History

2. Architecture
    and Iron

3. A Child's View 
   of Savannah
   (for families 
    with kids)  

4. Historic Houses
    of Worship

5. A View Through
   Garden Gates

6. Civil War In 
    Savannah

7. After Dark 
   Spirit Walk
   (suitable for
     older children)

8. Midnight in the 
   Garden of Good
   and Evil

9. Johnny Mercer
    Walk -
        "Pardon My
     Southern Accent"

10. Personal 
    Interest
    Tour - Share
     your interests;
     Ted will design
     the tour to meet
     them.

  
                                   
Take a walk through time in Savannah, internationally acclaimed "most beautiful city," at a Deep South, Savannah pace.

Rest a spell on a bench in a square.

Hear stories of the people and ways of this unique place tucked way down here among the marshes and up against the Atlantic, under a canopy of live oaks dripping with Spanish moss.

Come alone or bring your children, parents, grandparents and friends. Every tour is planned by topic; but, always unique, according to your individual or group interests. 

Click on the links above to find out more about each of the tours Ted leads and suggestions Ted offers for your visit to Savannah.

     Ted Eldridge has been collecting, telling and writing stories most of his life. He has been an elementary school teacher and principal, university instructor, lawn maintenance worker, water meter reader, bank teller, ski bum and short order cook.

Savannah is not only his home; but, also, his hobby. Ted has led over 500 walking tours as a licensed guide in Savannah.

Through his affiliation with the Savannah Elderhostel Program at Armstrong Atlantic State University, Ted has offered presentations and walking tours on the history of Savannah; Spirits After Dark in Savannah; and the life of Johnny Mercer - four-time Academy Award-winning lyricist, singer and founder of Capitol Records - a good Savannah boy...  Ted's "Johnny Mercer - Pardon My Southern Accent" tour is the only one sanctioned by Savannah's Friends of Johnny Mercer and the members of the Mercer family.

His three published books of short stories of Savannah give insights that could be written only by one who knows and cares about the beauty of this little corner of paradise and the unique character of her people, from the descendents of the founders - those fifth to seventh generation Savannahians - to the visitors with whom he shares his city each week.

Ted sings tenor Sunday mornings and Gregorian Chant Sunday evenings as a member of the choirs of Christ Church, the first church in Savannah, the Mother Church of Georgia, founded in 1733. 

He continues to feel honored to sing with the "World-Famous Crabettes," one of Savannah's treasured institutions, as one of a few Jimmy-crabs among the multi-talented She-crabs.

Ted's books of Savannah stories, Dispatches From the Deep South, Savannah Style, and his newest, Intimate Savannah, are available by contacting the author or, when you are in Savannah, at E. Shaver, Bookseller, on Madison Square on Bull Street. (Scroll down for ordering information.)

Click on the links above to read more about each of Ted's tours and suggestions he offers for your visit to Savannah.