The cemetery that is a mass grave, the house that was a hotel, and the famous stop that closed in 2024 - what is actually still there.
Colonial Park Cemetery is a mass grave
Established in 1750 and closed to burials in 1853, Colonial Park holds roughly nine thousand people under about six hundred markers. The arithmetic is the story: Savannah's yellow fever epidemics killed faster than the city could bury individually, and the dead went into mass graves here. The headstones leaning against the east wall were moved there by Union troops quartered in the cemetery during the Civil War, which is why a great many of them no longer sit above anybody.
The Sorrel-Weed House, and what is documented
Built between 1835 and 1840 to a design by Charles B. Cluskey, the Sorrel-Weed House at 6 West Harris Street is one of the largest houses in Savannah at around ten thousand square feet and among the best Greek Revival work in the city. It has been open to the public since January 1940. The deaths that the ghost tours describe are the subject of long-running dispute among local historians, and the honest position is that the architecture is certain and the rest is contested.
Moon River closed in 2024
The building at 21 West Bay Street dates to 1821 and was Savannah's first hotel, the City Hotel, before closing during the Civil War. It spent twenty-five years as the Moon River Brewing Company and appears on almost every haunted-Savannah list published in that time - but the brewery closed in 2024. Lists written from other lists still send people there. The building stands; the stop does not.
Bonaventure is four miles out
The cemetery most people picture when they picture Savannah is Bonaventure, and it is not in the historic district - it is roughly four miles east, free, open 08:00 to 17:00, and you can drive in. It has its own guide here covering what a tour adds, which graves are worth finding and where to park.
That sits in the typical band for the category, whose median is $30.
Savannah ghost tours
14 of the 14 Savannah tours we track
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Explore Savannah’s darker side on a ghosts and gravestones tour of the city’s spooky locations. On board the iconic city trolleybus, you will visit haunted sites of the beautiful city, where the shadows will play tricks with your mind.
Above the nationwide
$41.73
Above the for a ghost tour in Savannah · 14 tours, median $35
Take an out-of-the-ordinary walking tour and go in search of spirits. See what's waiting for you around every corner and in every square of Savannah and pick up insights into the paranormal activity.
Typical nationwide
$25
Below the for a ghost tour in Savannah · 14 tours, median $35
Take a thrilling journey through the grisliest crimes ever committed in Savannah. Hear it all on a guided walking tour to some of the most famous pubs in the city, from stories of destined-to-death lovers to homicidal partners.
Typical nationwide
$35
Typical for a ghost tour in Savannah · 14 tours, median $35
Join your gravedigger guide aboard the Ghost Town Trolley for an evening excursion through Savannah’s darkened streets. Discover why Savannah is truly known as the Most Haunted City in America.
Above the nationwide
$43.82
Above the for a ghost tour in Savannah · 14 tours, median $35
Colonial Park Cemetery is the usual answer and the one with the most documented horror behind it: roughly nine thousand burials under about six hundred markers, most of them victims of yellow fever put into mass graves, plus a Civil War occupation that saw headstones pulled up and leaned against the wall. The Sorrel-Weed House and the old City Hotel building on West Bay are the other two names you will hear.
Why does Savannah have so many ghosts?
Because it has so many dead in places people still walk. The city was built over burial grounds that were never fully relocated, lost thousands to yellow fever in epidemics that outpaced individual burial, and was occupied during the Civil War. Whether that produces ghosts is a matter of belief; that it produces an unusual density of unmarked human remains under a walkable historic district is a matter of record.
Is the Old Pink House in Savannah haunted?
It is one of the most frequently named haunted buildings in the city and it is also a working restaurant, so the practical answer is that you can test the question over dinner. Most ghost walks pass it rather than enter it. The building dates to the late eighteenth century, which is older than most of the historic district around it.
Can you visit Bonaventure Cemetery on your own?
Yes. It is free, open 08:00 to 17:00 every day, and you can drive inside. It is about four miles east of the historic district with no useful bus, which is the honest reason the guided tours are priced as they are - you are largely paying for the journey and the route through a hundred acres.
How much do Savannah ghost tours cost?
Every price on this page is live from GetYourGuide and shown against the national ghost-tour median, so a Savannah tour's price is legible as cheap or dear for a ghost tour rather than in the abstract. Savannah has one of the deepest benches in the country, which keeps entry prices near the national median even at peak.
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