Charleston, South Carolina

• More about your Oliver Guide: Boo Morton
• Trip type: Adult, Family, City
• Activity level: easy
• Ideal length of trip: Long Weekend

to & from

The airport is newly renovated with a fair amount of flights offered by all major airlines. If you are mainly going to be downtown I do not recommend renting a car as parking is a pain and driving is not always easy with a lot of oneway streets and horse carriage tours, etc. It is better to take a cab, Uber or pedicab! Yes – pedicabs are an easy and fun way to go to dinner or as an open air tour through the old neighborhoods on a warm Spring, Summer or Fall night.

Where to Stay

There are loads of places to stay and lot of NEW great hotels:

$$$$:

• Zero George: Boutique hotel downtown.
• The Dewberry Hotel :  A new small hotel.
• The Spectator : Another new hotel downtown.
• 86 Cannon : A new boutique inn  – looks great!

$$$:

• The Charleston Place Hotel: Family friendly, centrally located downtown.
• The Mills House / The Wentworth Mansion
• Planter’s Inn : If you want a more historic place to stay.

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•  Andrew Pinckney Inn: Centrally located, clean and nice.

If you are looking for a few nights slightly outside the downtown area or at the beach…

• One of the old Plantations with beautiful gardens like the Inn at Middleton Place.
• Beat the heat with the ocean waves at The Sanctuary Hotel on Kiawah.