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
Blind Tiger (Neighborhood pub, 10 min. walk)
Caviar and Bananas (upscale deli)
Charleston Grill (843) 577-4522 (fine dining)
Chez Nous (843) 579-3060
Circa 1886 (843 853 7828) (fine dining)
Coast (843) 722-8838
Fig (843) 805-5900
Fleet Landing (843) 722-8100)
Hank’s (843) 723-3474 (fine dining)
High Cotton (843) 724-3815
Home Team BBQ
Husk (843) 577-2500
Leon’s Oyster Shop (843 5731-6500)
Magnolia’s (843)577-7771)
Market Pavilion (fine dining)
Millers All Day
Oak (843) 722-4220 (Best steaks, 10 min walk)
167 Raw
Pearlz (Very casual, 15 min walk)
Peninsula Grill (843) 723-0700 (fine dining)
Poogan's Porch
‘R Kitchen
Rue de Jean (843) 722-8881
Shi Ki Japanese (excellent sushi)
Slightly North of Broad (SNOB)
Stella’s
Sorghum & Salt
Xio Bao Biscuit
Ethnic Restaurants
Basil (Thai) (843) 724-3490
Gaulart et Maliclet (Fast and French) (843) 577-9797)
Muse (Italian-Mediterranean) (843) 577-1102
Poogan’s Porch
Shi Ki Japanese (excellent sushi)
Bakeries
Cupcake Wildflower
Just Baked Christophe (fabulous French pastries & chocolates)
The Radish
Sugar Brown’s
TOURS
- Two Sisters Tours
Mary Helen Dantzler and Therese Smythe
https://www.twosisterstours.com/ - Eric Lager 843-655-9551
Charleston History Walk
charlestonhistorywalk.com
eric@charlestonhistorywalk.com - Sue Bennett
Walk Charleston
843-343-6351
www.walkcharleston.com
(Most within a 5-10 minute walk)
- 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)
Avis & Budget Rent-a-Car Charleston SC
390 Meeting Street
Charleston, SC 29403
843-723-6215
CARTA is a free downtown shuttle
Line 211 has a stop at Mary Street, right at Avis & Budget
Lyft & Uber available