The lost art of storytelling isn't lost on a man named Shannon Scott or his gifted crew of Savannah storytellers. Since 2002, he and talented cohorts have been charming visitors with The South's most famed Victorian Cemetery, Bonaventure. This former 1750's Plantation, turned necropolis, is a visual spectacle as well as story one. Consisting of 204 acres of ancient Live Oak trees adorned with Spanish Moss and bordering The Wilmington River, laying respite here are some 52,000 burials of characters modern and long ago.
With surprising connections to "The DaVinci Code." Harry Potter, and above all, the NY Times Best Seller, "Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil," Bonavneture Cemetery Journeys offers both daytime and weekend After Hours Tours of the great cemetery. Your head will be left swirling with details on the lives of the great songwriter, Johnny Mercer, Pulitzer Prize winning, Conrad Aiken, Hollywood screenwriter, Harry Hervey, actor Charles Coburn, sculptor great, John Walz and let's not forget that during Prohibition, the 4 big bootlegging families would all come to rest eventually in Bonaventure! So yes, there is both a "Good & Evil" side to Bonaventure and those are just brief mentions of what is a big day out and grand storytelling experience for visitors!
There's an old saying in Savannah, "You've not been to Savannah until you've been to Bonaventure" and we invite you to discover the meaning of this with Bonaventure Cemetery's longest standing and most trusted storyists!
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