Tours and Tickets to Experience Colonial Park Cemetery

There are plenty of ways to experience Colonial Park Cemetery. Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Historic Savannah Guided Walking Tour

• Genteel and Bard's Savannah Dark History and Ghost Encounter Walking Tour

• "Savannah for Morons" Comedy Trolley Tour

• Spooky Savannah Haunted Pub Crawl

• Savannah Haunted Pub Crawl Walking Tour

There is no fee to enter Colonial Park Cemetery, and many Savannah tours include a stop here to delve into the history and lore of this historic graveyard. Self-guided audio tours start at around US$6, while guided walking tours themed around city ghost stories start at around US$25.

This park-like cemetery covers 6 acres (2.5 hectares) and contains more than 9,000 graves, so you can easily spend hours strolling along its tree-lined paths to admire the historic grave markers. Tours of the cemetery generally focus on its most significant tombs and last around an hour.

Savannah is known for its stifling midday heat, so the best time to visit Colonial Park Cemetery is in the cooler morning hours. The site opens at 8am year-round and has extended evening hours until 8pm from March to November. Many ghost and dark history tours visit at dusk.

Yes, photography is allowed in this open-air site, and the historic headstones and elaborate tombs set beneath moss-draped trees make for excellent photographs. Visit just as the cemetery opens in the morning for the best light and fewer crowds, or wait until dusk for more atmospheric shots.

No. The cemetery does not have free on-site parking, but there is street parking. Parking spots go fast in summer, so visit early in the morning to get a spot, or take public transportation. CAT bus routes 10, 14, 27, 28, and 31 stop nearby at Oglethorpe and Bull WB.