The Guide · Digital Edition
Savannah From the Driver’s Seat
A Local Driver & Historian’s Guide to Savannah and the Sea Islands
Everything in this guide is a place Chris actually sends his own riders — plus the stories of the ground they came to see, told by the man who wrote novels about it. Not places that paid to be listed. Not places he read about. The shortlist he gives people who are trusting his judgment, written down at last.
Digital guide — delivered instantly after checkout, yours to keep on your phone.
What’s inside
Twelve chapters, built to dip in and out of — read the eating chapter before your first dinner, the airport chapter before you fly home.
Chapter 1
Welcome to My Savannah
How this guide got written — one car ride at a time — and how to use it.
Chapter 2
Eat Like a Local
The six restaurants Chris gives out day after day, and how to choose among them.
Chapter 3
Where to Stay
Four hotels, honestly ranked by the man who picks people up from all of them.
Chapter 4
See the City
The trolley companies Chris recommends, the squares, and how to get your money’s worth.
Chapter 5
After Dark
Savannah Smiles, River Street after dinner, and getting home safe.
Chapter 6
The History Layer — Stories From the Ground
The Sea Islands, the squares, and the riverfront — the story under the sightseeing.
Chapter 7
Driving Through History: Tybee Island Road
Fort Pulaski and the Civil War coast, on the road to the beach.
Chapter 8
Tybee Island as a Day Trip
Making a beach day of it, the local way — out in the morning, back like you live here.
Chapter 9
Hilton Head & the Lowcountry
Bluffton, Hilton Head, and Beaufort through a driver’s eyes — and what pairs in one day.
Chapter 10
Airport & Getting-Around Know-How
Flying into SAV, the door D2 pickup, flight tracking, and never missing a flight home.
Chapter 11
Savannah Through the Year
The city’s event rhythm — and why booking rides ahead matters most exactly then.
Chapter 12
Plan It: Putting Your Days Together
Sample days — a first-timer’s day, a history lover’s day, a beach day, an event night — plus the whole shortlist on one page.
Who it’s for
- First-time visitors who want a local’s shortlist instead of a hundred conflicting lists
- Returning visitors who’ve done the obvious things and want to eat, stay, and wander like somebody who lives here
- History lovers drawn by the Sea Islands and the Civil War coast, who want the stories connected to the streets in front of them
- Anyone flying into SAV who wants the practical side — airport, getting around, day trips — handled by the driver who does it every day
Riding with Live Oak instead?
When you book a ride with Live Oak Airport Taxi, you’ll get Chris’s Savannah Favorites — his free mini-guide with the shortlists — with your booking. The full guide goes deeper: the why behind every pick, the history story chapters, and day-by-day planning.
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About the Author
Written by the man who wrote the history of this coast
I’m Gary “Chris” Lamb — Savannah local, history graduate, and author of the Sea Islands Freedom novels, set right here during the Civil War. The ground I write about is the ground I drive on every day. This guide is the two halves of my working life in one book: a driver’s shortlist, and a historian’s stories.
The novels, if the history chapters leave you wanting more:
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