PRIVATE DAYTIME BONAVENTURE

Private Tour of Bonaventure Cemetery with Shannon Scott

This tour requires at least 24 hrs pre-booking.
Inquiries: [email protected] or 912-604-4423.

On these Half-Day or Full-Day tours, your host, Shannon Scott will regale you in history from mid-18th century Bonaventure Plantation era to the cemetery’s opening hours in 1846, spanning the 20th century up to present day! All set inside one of the most sumptuous, natural cemetery landscapes you’ll observe anywhere in the world! Hear about famed figures that have made their mark on Savannah’s history and their connections to the Historic District and world at large! Shannon brings some 30 years of exploring Bonaventure directly to you, as well as his vast knowledge as a taphophile. From symbolic language, art & landscape design, Victorian burial traditions and stories of the world famous, along with deeply personal stories of famous locals who were his neighbors and friends. Depending on your party size or location, Shannon Scott personally picks you up in “The Buzzard Mobile“ at your hotel or vacation rental, so leave the driving and storytelling to him! Half-Day tours cover Bonaventure, solely, whereas Full-Day tours include Bonaventure and its neighboring expansion called The Greenwich Addition.

Includes: Beautiful 18” x 24” poster art signed by Shannon Scott

Tour may include such characters and subjects as:

• Child Celeb Little Gracie
• Lyricist Great Johnny Mercer
• Root Doctor Lady Minerva
• Underground Poet Conrad Aiken
• Pirate Basher Josiah Tattnall III
• Rebel Painter, Mary Hoover
• Valley Forge Hero, Noble W. Jones
• Photographer Jack Leigh
• Silent film great Edythe Chapman
• Composer great Professor Weigand