Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
(
www.shopscadonline.com
; 340 Bull St; 9am-5:30pm Mon-Wed, to 8pm Thu & Fri, 10am-8pm
Sat, noon-5pm Sun)
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Information
Candler Hospital
(
www.sjchs.org
;
5353 Reynolds St)
CVS Pharmacy
(cnr Bull & W Broughton Sts)
Live Oak Public Library
(
www.liveoakpl.org
;
2002 Bull St;
9am-8pm Mon-Tue, to 6pm Wed-
Fri, 2-6pm Sun;
)
Offers free internet and wi-fi access.
Post Office
Historic District
(118 Barnard Street;
8am-5pm Mon-Fri)
; Main
(1 E Bay St;
8am-5:30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm Sat)
Savannah Chatham Metropolitan Police
(
912 651-6675;
www.scmpd.org
; cnr E Ogleth-
orpe Ave & Habersham St)
Visitor Center
( 912-944-0455;
www.savannahvisit.com
; 301 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd;
8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm Sat & Sun)
Excellent resources and services are available in
this center, based in a restored 1860s train station. Many privately operated city tours
start here. There is also a small interactive tourist-info kiosk in the new Visitor Center at
Forsyth Park.
Getting There & Around
5 miles west of downtown off I-16. Taxis from the airport to the Historic District cost a
Atlanta (about five hours), Charleston, SC (about two hours) and Jacksonville, FL (2½
west of the Historic District.
You won't need a car. It's best to park and walk.
Chatham Area Transit
(CAT;
www.catchacat.org
; per ride $1.50)
operates local buses that run on bio-diesel, including a
free shuttle (the Dot) that makes its way around the Historic District and stops within a
couple of blocks of nearly every major site.
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