Charleston

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Charleston

In the destination Charleston and Savannah.

In the photo: Pink House on Chalmers Street in Charleston

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The city

What to expect from Charleston.

City in South Carolina founded in 1670 on a peninsula between the Ashley and Cooper rivers. The historic center has colorful houses like those of Rainbow Row, the waterfront of The Battery, markets and churches. Ferries from the harbor go to Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began. Nearby are the gardens of the former Magnolia and Middleton Place plantations and the Angel Oak on Johns Island.

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Rainbow Row and The Battery
Historic centre

Rainbow Row and The Battery

The colorful houses of East Bay Street and the waterfront of The Battery, with 19th-century mansions and White Point Garden at the tip of the peninsula.

Fort Sumter
Fort

Fort Sumter

Fort on an island in Charleston Harbor where the Civil War began in April 1861; visited by ferry from the city center or from Mount Pleasant.

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens
Garden

Magnolia Plantation and Gardens

Former riverside plantation with gardens open to the public since the 19th century, azaleas, swamps and a trail about slavery on the site.

Middleton Place
Garden

Middleton Place

Former rice plantation with the country’s oldest landscaped gardens, mid‑18th century, butterfly‑shaped ponds and a museum about the lives of enslaved people.

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Angel Oak
Historic tree

Angel Oak

Oak estimated to be several hundred years old on Johns Island, with limbs that extend and rest on the ground, in a municipal park.

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