City: Savannah, GA

Category: Accommodations

Telephone: (912) 233-1833, (888) 448-8849

Address: 330 Abercorn St.

Description: This glamorous Victorian inn boasts notable architecture, a prime location, and plenty of romance. The mansion—with an exterior as ornate as the Victorians could get it—was built in 1873, and among its claims to fame is the fact it was Savannah’s first house with electric lighting. Its location on Lafayette Square puts it square in the middle of the Historic District, with the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist as a neighbor and one of the city’s most picturesque squares as its “front yard.” The inn’s grand-entrance steps empty onto a beautifully appointed parlor floor. The public rooms include a double parlor furnished with antiques and the front dining room, where breakfast is served. Breakfast is a full gourmet, health-oriented southern affair prepared by the inn’s executive chef. Afternoon tea, evening wine with hors d’oeuvres, and late evening port are also served.Most bedrooms boast the high ceilings and sweeping windows of the building’s construction period. Exceptions, however, are on the ground floor, a level that Savannah terms the garden level. All garden-level rooms have individual private entrances from gardens. The handful of rooms here feature brick walls and a cozier feel, and some include private entrances. This is an inn that offers excellent accommodations for disabled guests with a chairlift. An open-air elevator goes from the ground level to one of the parlor-level suites.