THINGS TO DO IN CHARLESTON, SC
So many ways to enjoy your stay.
DINING
We offer a Charleston “Social Hour” around 6 or 6:30 each day so please plan your dinner reservations accordingly. Due to Charleston’s popularity as a food haven, we suggest you make your reservations well in advance unless you dine very early (6PM) or late (8:30 – 9:15).
Amen Street
Butcher & Bee
Charleston Grill (843) 577-4522
Chez Nous (843) 579-3060
Circa 1886 (843 853 7828)
Coast (843) 722-8838
Craftsmen Kitchen & Tap House
Cru Café (843) 534-2434
Darling Oyster
Edmund’s Oast (843) 727-1145
Eli’s Table (843 405 5115)
Fig (843) 805-5900
Fleet Landing (843) 722-8100)
Goulette
Hank’s (843) 723-3474
High Cotton (843) 724-3815
Home Team BBQ
Husk (843) 577-2500
Lewis’s BBQ
Magnolia’s (843)577-7771)
Millers All Day
Oak (843) 722-4220
167 Raw
Pearlz
Peninsula Grill (843) 723-0700
Poogan's Porch
‘R Kitchen
Rodney Scott’ BBQ
Rue de Jean (843) 722-8881
Shi Ki Japanese (excellent sushi)
Slightly North of Broad (SNOB)
Stars Restaurant Rooftop and Grillroom
Stella’s
Sorghum & Salt
The Grocery (843) 302-8825
Xio Bao Biscuit
Ethnic Restaurants
Basil (Thai) (843) 724-3490
Fulton Five (Italian) (843) 853-5555
Gaulart et Maliclet (Fast and French) (843) 577-9797)
Muse (Italian-Mediterranean) (843) 577-1102
Poogan’s Porch
Shi Ki Japanese (excellent sushi)
Trattoria Lucca (Italian (843) 973-3323
Diners
Leon’s Oyster Shop (843 5731-6500)
The Tattooed Moose (East Bay Street)
Blind Tiger
Brown Dog Deli
Caviar and Bananas (upscale deli)
Five Loaves
Sticky Fingers (barbecue)
Bakeries
Cupcake Wildflower
Just Baked Christophe (fabulous French pastries & chocolates)
The Radish
Sugar Brown’s
TOURS
- Charleston History Walk
- Two Sisters
- Jane Thornhill Tours
(Most within a 5-10 minute walk)
- Williams Mansion
- Russell House
- Heyward-Washington House
- Edmondston-Alston House
(15 minute walk to Market Street)
PLANTATIONS
- McLeod Plantation
- Drayton Hall
- Magnolia Gardens
- Middleton Gardens
- Boone Hall
WORSHIP
- (All except mosque 10-20 minute walking distance)
- First Baptist Church
- First (Scots) Presbyterian Church
- St Michael's Anglican Church
- The French Huguenot Church
- Circular Congregational Church
- St Phillips Anglican Church
- Cathedral of St John the Baptist (Catholic)
- Grace Episcopal Church
- Mt Zion AME Church
- Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim Synagogue
- Central Mosque of Charleston (3 miles)
MUSEUMS
- Charleston Museum
- Confederate Museum
CAMPUSES
-
College of Charleston
-
The Citadel
EVENTS
- Fall - Preservation Society Tour of Homes & Gardens
- Winter - Southeastern Wildlife Festival
- Spring - Historic Charleston Foundation Tour of Homes & Gardens; Cooper River Bridge Run; Spoleto Festival USA
- Summer - Beaches and sailboat regattas
TRANSPORTATION
For local car rental: (avoids Airport fees)
Enterprise Rent-a-Car Charleston SC
398 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403
843-723-6215
CARTA is a free downtown shuttle
Line 211 has a stop at Mary Street, right at Enterprise