Before I get into Doug's and my day to day activities in Savannah, I want to first talk about where we stayed while Briana was at SCAD for the week.
We stayed at the JW Marriott in the Plant Riverside District.
Doug and I hadn't been to Savannah since 2015, and when we visited back then, the Plant Riverside District didn't exist. It was just an old abandoned power plant which sat on this part of Savannah's River Street. The plant was the Riverside Power Plant, which was abandoned by Georgia Power back in 2010.
You can read about it here.
Richard Kessler decided to revitalize this section of River Street and it is truly amazing. The Plant Riverside District opened in 2020.
The JW Marriott Plant Riverside Hotel sits on the property now and consists of three sections - Three Muses, Power Plant and Atlantic. Doug and I stayed in the Atlantic section of the hotel. There are so many restaurants, shops, statues and fountains - it really is a beautiful property.
Doug and I dropped off Briana Sunday afternoon, and we headed directly to the Marriott. Check-in was in the "Power Plant" section of the hotel (front entrance on W River Street)...
This is the back on the Power Plant building facing the river...
This is what we saw when we entered the lobby (the vibe was very modern with lots of gems and minerals)...
A free glass of Prosecco when we checked in!
The Power Plant has this really cool restaurant called the Turbine Market + Cafe (we didn't get a chance to eat there), but the atmosphere was so neat - I had to take some pictures. It really showed off the history of the building...
We left the lobby of the Power Plant and headed to our building - the "Atlantic"...
This is the backside of the Atlantic building on the riverfront...
This is the lobby area of the Atlantic...
Our room was on the 6th floor and it was located right outside the rooftop pool...
The pool at night...
The view from our balcony was so beautiful (so many cargo ships passed by)...
The evening view of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge from our room (we spent a lot of time sitting on the balcony)...
The Atlantic building has a maritime theme - this was the area that led to the conference/ballrooms...
The Atlantic also houses a cool museum of Gretsch instruments (and tells the history)...
The third building of the hotel was the "Three Muses"...
We only walked through the lobby of this building one time, but the theme seemed really luxurious.
I honestly cannot believe how they completely restored this area of River Street. It was a wonderful place to stay. We will definitely stay here again when we come to visit Savannah.
Next up, our first evening in Savannah...
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