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 The King Charles Inn, featuring accommodations fit for a modern monarch and thoughtful service for the discerning traveler, is the preeminent hotel of Downtown Charleston's Museum Mile. Central to the enchanting destinations of Downtown Charleston and beyond, the King Charles Inn places the best of the Holy City at your feet; the region's renowned attractions, historical sites, famed restaurants, and shopping are within walking distance of our hotel at the corner of Meeting and Hasell Streets. 

With 91 classically appointed, endlessly comfortable guest rooms and suites, the accommodations at the King Charles Inn make visits to the area an experience in authentic Southern hospitality. Brimming with quintessential Charleston charm, elegance, and warmth, each of our rooms are ideal for any stay. Choose from cozy traditional rooms or more spacious suites, the choice is yours, the pleasure is ours.

Created with a focus on traditional hospitality and the embodiment of warmth of Southern Charm, King Charles Inn is pleased to offer guests an array of amenities and services to enhance their hotel stay in Charleston, SC. 

 Boone Hall is one of America's oldest plantations, established in 1681 by Major John Boone. The famous Avenue of Oaks, a breathtaking three-quarter mile drive lined with giant live oaks draped with Spanish-moss, dates to 1743. The plantation manor dates back to 1936. Bordering the avenue of oaks are nine original slave cabins, which housed the plantation's house servants and skilled craftsmen. This cluster of cabins is one of the few groups of such historic structures remaining intact in the Southeast and the only brick slave street in the U.S. Boone Hall and its grounds were prominently featured in the TV mini-series "North & South" Civil War epic by John Jakes, and Alex Haley's "Queen," among others. Crops have been continuously grown and produced here for more than 330 years. Peaches, strawberries, and tomatoes as well as many other fruits and vegetables are still grown, with U-Pick fields open in season. Admission Includes:

• Entry down the famous Avenue Of Oaks
• Black History In America Exhibit
• Plantation House Tour
• The Slave Street and History Talk
• Exploring The Gullah Culture Live!
• The Butterfly Pavilion Open May-Sept.
• Free Parking
• The Plantation Coach Tour (weather permitting)

Palmetto Carriage Works is the oldest carriage tour company in Charleston and has developed the greatest carriage experience in the city! A Palmetto Carriage tour offers a blend of knowledge, wit, humor and history and is exciting and ever changing, a seamless fusion of 19th century conveyance in a 21st century city. During this tour you will:

• Experience 25-30 blocks of Charleston's historic downtown district
• See houses, gardens, mansions, churches & parks
• Learn about buildings, history, architecture, flora & the people that make up the "Holy City"
• Learn everything that Charleston has to offer on a Palmetto Carriage tour

 Relaxing and informative 90-minute bus tour of the Holy City. Professional and knowledgeable guides will share 350 years of Charleston history while cruising through the city's historic district in cool, air conditioned comfort.  Highlights of the 1.5-hour Historic City Tour may include:

• Select stories from 350 years of Charleston history
• Beautiful architecture in the historic district
• Drive through The Citadel, the South's most famous military academy
• The Old City Market, lovely gardens, wrought iron art, and many of the city's 210 churches are just some of the sights you will see!
• Tour around the Battery and stop for a photo opportunity with Fort Sumter in the background
• Many other historic sights of Charleston!

 The comfortable climate controlled 20 to 25-passenger minibuses are specially designed to traverse downtown Charleston's narrow historic streets. Accessing cobblestone streets and alleyways provides close-up views of some of the citys most significant details that large buses often miss.Highlights Include:

• Charleston historic homes
• The Battery sea wall
• Historic churches
• Old Market area
• Four Corners of Law
• Rainbow Row and many more sites

Fleet is carefully maintained and regularly updated for passenger comfort and safety and is the only tour bus company in Charleston that offers a handicap-accessible vehicle.
 

Learn fascinating Charleston history while you cruise the gentle waves of her harbor. You will see notable American landmarks, such as Fort Sumter, the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, The Battery, the Ravenel Bridge, Castle Pinckney and other sites from the past and present.

You will hear enthralling tales of the city's colorful past as well as scintillating facts about her most-interesting former citizens. Do you know why we call Charleston the "Holy City"? Find out on our 90-minute Charleston Harbor tour. 

 Climb aboard the 80-foot Carolina Belle to enjoy the beauty of the Charleston Harbor and learn the rich history of the Holy City. During the scenic and relaxing 90 minute tour, you will see over 75 landmarks and points of interest! Your professional USCG licensed captain will narrate history, sights, and facts about the Charleston Harbor as you pass locations critical to United States history.Highlights of the tour

• Fort Sumter: One of Charleston's most popular landmarks, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired
• Confederate and Union army Forts Moultrie and Johnson
• USS Yorktown: the famous World War II Fighting Lady
• St. Michaels Church: A survivor of both the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, whose steeple was painted black so as not to be an easy target
• Stately homes on the Battery: Symbols of Southern elegance and perseverance
• Cooper River Bridge, including the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge: A state of the art span that accommodates the largest ships in the world
• Dolphins skimming the surface of the water and pelicans diving for food

 Take a historic Charleston walking tour, where carriages and motor-coaches are not allowed. This fascinating tour is filled with stories and traditions revealing Charleston's rich history and colorful past. This two-hour walking tour through America's most charming historic district is sure to be the highlight of your visit to historic Charleston. Some historic highlights on the Charleston Stroll walking tour will include:

• Rainbow Row
• Historic Waterfront Battery
• Antebellum Mansions
• A visual tour of Fort Sumter
• Hidden Gardens & Courtyards
• Historic Churches & Graveyards
• The Revolutionary and Civil War

 Come explore the Holy City's oldest streets, cemeteries, churches, and its pre-revolutionary dungeon along the dark edges of Charleston's Haunted Historic District.Our experienced guides will chill you with stories of:

• Low country superstitions of night time spirits like Plateyes and Boo Hags. Find out how to protect yourself from being followed home or ridden in your sleep. 
• Haunted houses and structures like the South End Brewery where a famous Charlestonian tippler committed suicide after watching his family fortune burn and sink to the bottom of the harbor. Learn what the owners of the brewery had to do for him to save their business...
• Criminals, pirates, and others, including Revolutionary hero Isaac Hayne played by Mel Gibson in The Patriot. After the British hanged him for treason, he haunted the home of his daughters until December 20, 1860. Find out why he stopped on that fateful day.
• Charleston's ghosts, poltergeists, and spirits doomed to the realm of mortals.

 Come and walk with us when the sun goes down. The Charleston Ghost and Graveyard Tour gives you an exclusive opportunity to walk inside the gates of one of Charleston's oldest graveyards after dark. When all the other walking tours are looking in through the wrought iron fence, you'll be on the inside. Explore the graveyard's dark corners, closely inspect the headstones to see what you might learn, and take a moment to step across the graves - if you dare.Learn about the history of Charleston's graveyards, and hear the stories of the famous individuals who found their final resting place in the Holy City. You've heard the spooky Charleston ghost stories, right? Well, now you can experience them on this up-close-and-personal tour that takes you where others won't. Graveyards are endearing pockets of Charleston - so much so that they are often referred to here as simply "gardens." We love them - they're full of history, intrigue, and tales of love and loss.Hear about Charleston's spirits and gruesome tales:

• The ghost of Sue Howard, a grieving mother who prays at the grave of her dead child from the spirit world. We've got the picture to prove it!
• Tales of being buried alive! Doctors in old Charlestowne didn't take chances with contagious diseases. Fall unconscious in a hospital, wake up in a grave!
• Learn why the terms saved by the bell and graveyard shift were coined. You'll be glad you weren't around when they were!