River Street

Walk a cobblestone riverfront of old cotton warehouses turned shops and restaurants as cargo ships pass.

Along the Savannah River, Savannah Historic District · Savannah, GA

About River Street

River Street runs along the Savannah River about 40 feet below Bay Street, a cobblestone waterfront where former cotton warehouses now hold restaurants, shops, galleries and candy stores selling pralines. You can walk the half-mile John P. Rousakis Riverfront Plaza and watch large cargo ships pass. Monuments along the way include the Waving Girl statue and the Olympic Yachting Cauldron lit for the 1996 Summer Olympics. Factors Row recalls the cotton brokers who once bargained here.

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What's around here?

The closest stops to River Street, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

Sightseeing
African-American Monument
No admission fee
A waterfront monument on River Street in Savannah honoring African Americans and the history of the transatlantic slave trade.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Museums
Graveface Museum
$25–$50
A Savannah museum on true crime, oddities, and dark chapters of recent history, with staffed guided exhibits.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.2 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Museums
Davenport House Museum
Under $25
Historic house museum in Savannah, Georgia, centered on a preservation story and the lives of the people who lived there in the early 1800s.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Museums
Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences
$25–$50
Neoclassical mansion from the 1820s that became a public art museum in Savannah, part of Telfair Museums.
Transit: reachable by public transit
0.3 mi awaySwitch it up: Museums
Sightseeing
First African Baptist Church
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A Savannah congregation constituted in 1777 that offers guided history tours on weekdays and Saturdays.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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Sightseeing
Harper Fowlkes House
$25–$50
A Greek Revival house on Orleans Square in downtown Savannah, furnished with pieces collected by a local preservationist.
Transit: reachable by public transit
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