Charleston Area Convention & Visitor Bureau - Charleston, SC
Marion Square, King St. & Calhoun St.
Charleston, SC 29401
County: Charleston
Contact: Sarah Cothran
Phone: (843) 724-7309
E-Mail:
farmersmarket@ci.charleston.sc.us
Open Year-Round: No
Saturday, 8:00 AM- 2:00 PM
James Island Presbyterian Church Farmers Market
1632 Ft. Johnson Rd., Ft. Johnson & Folly Rd.
Charleston, SC 29412
County: Charleston
Contact: Donna Bryan
Phone: (843) 795-3111
Open Year-Round: No
Saturday, 8:00 AM- 2:00 PM
Mount
Pleasant Farmers Market
Coleman Blvd. & Simmons St.,Moultrie Middle School
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
County: Charleston
Contact: Sasha Harris
Phone: (843) 884-8517
E-Mail:
sharris@townofmountpleasant.com
Open Year-Round: No
April - October
Tuesday, 4:00 PM- until dark
Events:
Spoleto Festival USA, an
international arts festival in Charleston, South Carolina for three weeks
beginning each Memorial Day weekend. Prices for events
start at about $25.
Attractions:
*** Visit the formal
gardens near Charleston. The section of U.S. 61 between
Charleston and
Summerville is home to some of the most beautiful gardens
in the world.
Former plantation land has been
transformed into botanical wonderlands at Magnolia
(800-367-3517). Middleton Place (800-782-3608) and
Drayton Hall (843-769-2600) and the buildings are pretty
spectacular too.
The colors are most grand in the
spring, but these old plantations are special year round.
The guided tours help you to understand the history and the
natural wonders.
*** Watch a sunrise from an
oceanfront fishing pier. Piers jut out from dunes all
along the state's coast, and they provide venues for more than
fishing. They are great places to watch the sun peak
above the horizon in the morning or slip below it later in the
day. One of the best piers for sunrise is the Edwin
Taylor Pier at Folly Beach.
It's free to walk on the county owned structure, and its
positioning allows a view of the sun coming coming up
over the waves without massive hotels in the foreground.
They call Folly Beach the Edge of
America. The pier goes out another 1,045 feet. For
more information call 843-795-4386.
*** Spend the night and
dine at The Woodlands Resort and Inn in
Summerville. The
Woodlands is the state's only five-star restaurant.
Menus change daily and incorporate the freshest ingredients
from local farmers and fisherman.
A day spa and luxury
accommodations at the resort invite visitors to stay long past
dinner. The resort is at 125 Parson's Road. For
more information, call 843-875-2600.
*** Experience the movies
in a whole new way at the Charleston IMAX Theater. A
five-story screen and 44 speaker digital surround sound offer
viewers a larger than life experience. The theater is
the only 3-D complex in the state, though it also offers
standard two-dimensional movies.
The Charleston IMAX Theater is
located at the Citadel Mall in West Ashley.
*** Two places to see the
ancient basket weaving is at small stands along US 17
North leading out of Charleston and the Old City Market in
downtown Charleston, South
Carolina.
Originally, the baskets were made
for practical purposes. Now, the baskets are prized more
for their beauty. Skilled artisans work for hours, days
and even months weaving sweet-grass into all shapes and sizes.
Baskets range in price depending on size, patterns and
vendors.
The stands along the highway are
usually manned seasonally during the warmer weather. The
Old City Market in downtown Charleston is open from dawn to
dusk all year round.
*** The Citadel's
picturesque campus sits on the banks of the Ashley River in
Charleston and is open to visitors year round.
Visitors can watch uniformed
cadets in the private military college march each Friday
during the academic year in the Citadel Parade. other
campus attractions include Summerall Chapel and the Citadel
Museum. The school is 171 Moultrie Street, Charleston.
For more information call 843-225-3294
*** Fort Sumter, the target
for the first shots of the Civil War now is one of the top
tourism destinations in South Carolina. Citadel cadets
fired on the fort in the middle of the Charleston harbor in
1861, and Federal forces surrendered the structure 34 hours
later.
The National Park Service tells
the story of the fort and the war that split the young country
with exhibits at its mainland visitors center in Charleston
and at the fort. For some children, the best part about
visiting the fort is the boat ride to the fort.
And while you are in the military
mood, drive across the Ravenel bridge to
Sullivan's Island
and visit Fort Moultrie, site of the first major battle of the
Revolutionary War in South Carolina.
*** Visit the Charleston
Tea Plantation on Maybank Highway near
Kiawah Island.
This is a one-of-a-kind experience in the United States as it
is the ONLY tea garden operation here. Purchased by
Bigelow Co., the 127 acre tea farm was never a traditional
plantation. Its plants originated, however, from a tea
plantation in Summerville. Tours are available year
round. For more information call 843-559-0383.
*** Take one of the many
Carriage Tours to see the
historic homes
and buildings in downtown Charleston. A one-hour
carriage tour of historic Charleston will give you a true
sense of the city. And it will allow you to see what you
might want to explore more. Or take a walking tour with
one of the many walking tour companies downtown.
*** Take a culinary tour of
Charleston restaurants, grand mansions kitchens, markets and
bakeries with Carolina Food Pros. Owned and managed by
Amanda Dew Manning, a 1oth generation South Carolinian,
Carolina Food Pros is a member of the chorus shouting for more
locally grown ingredients and encouraging the layman's
understanding of where good food originates.
Depending on which tour you
select, Manning or members of her staff take you to the
kitchens of some of the city's grandest old homes, to area
bakeries and markets or into kitchen of Charleston's best
restaurants. Prices range from $35 to $45 per person.
877-728-2783
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