The harbour, the battery, and dinner you booked in March
Charleston, South Carolina · 3 nights · Oct · Nov · Mar · Apr · May · up to 8
Charleston is a restaurant town first, and the good tables are booked further ahead than the flights. Do that before anything else. The peninsula is walkable end to end, the harbour is the reason the city is where it is, and a sunset sail puts you looking back at the skyline rather than at the water — which is the better view and the less obvious choice.
The ending
A waterfront park at the tip of the peninsula, with the harbour opening out and the pineapple fountain behind you, at the hour the day-trippers have gone back up Meeting Street.
That is Waterfront Park & the Pineapple Fountain. See how private it is and when it’s open.
Do
- Charleston Harbor Sunset Sail
- Cooking Class at Charleston Cooks
- Magnolia Plantation Garden Walk + Luxe Picnic
- Charleston Food Tours
Eat
- FIG (Food Is Good)
- Husk
Stay
Nothing here clears our bar yet.
How far ahead for dinner?
Weeks, for the ones worth going to. This is the single thing most likely to be the constraint on your dates.
Why is there no hotel listed?
Because our catalog has no boutique hotel or resort in Charleston yet that clears our bar. We would rather leave it blank than name one we have not got.
The planner doesn’t build Charleston, South Carolina yet — we can name the places here but not yet enough of them around it to fill 3 nights without repeating. Read this one, then build your own somewhere we can.