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Things to Do in Charleston
Charleston South Carolina Attractions
Known as the cultural capital of the South, the beauty of our city has often graced Hollywood screens in movies like The Notebook. A stroll through historic downtown Charleston takes you through the City Market and Museum Mile. Discover time-honored monuments like the Heyward-Washington House or the Gibbes Museum of Art. Nothing says romance like a carriage ride through scenic Waterfront Park. Soak up some sun on Folly Beach and Sullivan's Island, or venture just off the Charleston Peninsula to some of the regions oldest plantation homes.
Charleston City Market
0.2 miles | Phone: 843-937-0920
This 200-year-old City Market spans four blocks and is home to an array of vendors who sell food, art & crafts, souvenirs, and more.
Palmetto Carriage
0.5 miles | Phone: 843-723-8145
A true step back in time as sightseers ride behind horses in old-fashioned carriages while receiving a narrated history lesson.
Fort Sumter Tours
1.2 miles | Phone: 843-722-2628
A key piece of American history, you can spend an hour at this National Monument with the only tour that actually stops at Fort Sumter.
BullDog Tours
0.4 miles | Phone: 843-722-8687
Embark on walking tours, history tours, food, and ghost tours of enchanting graveyards and cobblestone streets that lead to the hidden gardens of antebellum mansions.
Gibbes Museum of Art
315 feet | Phone: 843-722-2706
A beautifully designed Beaux Arts-style museum with a nice cafe and gift shop. See portraits and landscapes dating back to the 1700s.
Aiken-Rhett House
1.1 miles | Phone: 843-723-1159
Today, this historical home is an advocate for all communities, parks, historic buildings, and the memories that are a part of Charleston’s history.
Nathaniel Russell House Museum
0.3 miles | Phone: 843-723-1623
Built by the wealthy shipping merchant, Nathaniel Russell in 1808, this historic house is recognized as one of America's most important Neoclassical homes.
The Charleston Museum
0.9 miles | Phone: 843-722-2996 ext. 264
Founded in 1773, America's first museum is highly regarded for its collection of historic artifacts, natural history, decorative arts, and two historic Charleston houses.
Heyward-Washington House
0.3 miles | Phone: 843-722-0354
Featuring antique wooden furniture and other exquisite pieces, visitors can tour this 18th-century Georgian-style home that belonged to a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Children's Museum of the Lowcountry
1.0 miles | Phone: 843-853-8962
Creative and educational fun for all and children under ten get to participate in hands-on exhibits, parties, camps, yoga, and dance classes.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
12.5 miles | Phone: 843-571-1266
This beautiful plantation dates to pre-Revolutionary War times. Take a train or boat tour through this lush garden with its own petting zoo.
Middleton Place
16 miles | Phone: 843-556-6020
Located directly across the Ashley River, this plantation preserves the work and contributions of the Middleton family as well as enslaved Africans and African Americans.
Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens
12 miles | Phone: 843-884-4371
Known for its moss-draped 3/4-mile Avenue of Oaks & original slave cabins, this 1681 working plantation tells the story of agriculture in antebellum Charleston.
Lowndes Grove Plantation
3.5 miles | Phone: 843-853-1810
With a stunning view of the docks, this riverside plantation, built in the late 1700s, now hosts weddings and other elegant events.
The Charleston Tea Plantation
21.5 miles | Phone: 843-559-0383
Take a tour of this picturesque tea plantation with its own gift shop. The quality of organic and natural teas grown in the Charleston soil is unmatched.
Drayton Hall
12 miles | Phone: 843-769-2600
This antebellum plantation is rested on tranquil grounds and is vital to our understanding of early American history. A true example of historic preservation.
Folly Beach
11.6 miles
One of Charleston, South Carolina's popular beaches is a barrier island featuring picnic areas and a pier stretching more than 1,000 feet into the ocean.
Sullivan's Island
9.9 miles
Famously known for Fort Moultrie, the setting of Edgar Allan Poe's The Gold-Bug, Sullivan's Island is a part of Charleston's quaint metropolitan area.
Isle of Palms
17.9 miles
Sea turtles nest on this slender barrier island backed by condos and eateries. An oceanfront park also features a beach, picnic areas, and a playground.
Winter
December:
Holiday Festival of Lights
Holiday Parade of Boats
January:
Charleston Restaurant Week
Charleston Jazz Festival
February:
Folly Gras
Carolina Challenge Cup
Spring
March:
Charleston Wine + Food Festival
Festival of Houses and Gardens
April:
Cooper River Bridge Run
Lowcountry Cajun Festival
May:
North Charleston Arts Fest
Spoleto Festival
Summer
June:
Sweetgrass Cultural Arts Festival
Charleston Rum Festival
July:
Patriots Point Fourth of July Fireworks Blast
August:
ArtWalk
Fall
September:
Taste of Charleston Festival
MOJA Arts Festival
October:
Charleston Oktoberfest
Follypalooza
November:
Coastal Carolina Fair
Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival