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The Market District.
Bring your wallet and your appetite. There is some unbelievable food there.
Hank's Seafood. Wife and I have eaten there twice while in Charleston. Can't rave enough about the food. Not cheap, but quality seldom is.
There is a desert and liquor restaurant just outside the district. Always crowded because they have some crazy food for the sweet tooth. I think it's called Kilwin's but I'm not sure.
If you drink wine try Social Wine Bar. The serve "flights" of wine. Several types in small glasses that let you sample a wide variety.
The rooftop bar at the Vendue Inn has a great nighttime view of the waterfront and pretty decent food.
Bay St. and the Market District.
Eat, drink, be merry.
The Doubletree Inn is right in the district and the rooms are beautiful, very nice place. Not cheap, but first rate. We spent a few days over New Years there and were impressed. Love Charleston.
Bring your wallet and your appetite. There is some unbelievable food there.
Hank's Seafood. Wife and I have eaten there twice while in Charleston. Can't rave enough about the food. Not cheap, but quality seldom is.
There is a desert and liquor restaurant just outside the district. Always crowded because they have some crazy food for the sweet tooth. I think it's called Kilwin's but I'm not sure.
If you drink wine try Social Wine Bar. The serve "flights" of wine. Several types in small glasses that let you sample a wide variety.
The rooftop bar at the Vendue Inn has a great nighttime view of the waterfront and pretty decent food.
Bay St. and the Market District.
Eat, drink, be merry.The Doubletree Inn is right in the district and the rooms are beautiful, very nice place. Not cheap, but first rate. We spent a few days over New Years there and were impressed. Love Charleston.
Last edited by Toypuller; Mar 26, 2010 at 01:08 PM.
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Lived here all my life so far--45 yrs. Downtown is ok but it cost to play downtown, not my cup of tea to up tight for us! If ya are on a budget you can save quite a bit of money if you stay away from there. Lots of history to check out, forts, hunley, and much more. Check out the welcome center i think it is on meeting st Hope you have a blast should be good weather.
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My wife and I got up this morning and rode down to Charleston. We took back roads the whole way. It's about 140 miles each way from our house. We rode around down town and went over to Sullivan's Island for some fried shrimp and a cold beer. Came back home this evening. The whole trip was about 350 miles in one day. Thats my longest ride so far since I bought my bike back in November. Call it training for my trip to Thunder Beach. That will be about 400 miles each way.
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Check out Sullivans Island for the history stuff. Go to Reds Ice House on Shem Creek. Tour the Yorktown in Patriots Point. Fort Sumpter. Lots to see and do there after you get done in Charlston. Yourktown will take about 4 or so hours to see it all.
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On the North side of the big bridge you can tour Navy warships and a submarine if your into that. I thought it was pretty cool. We always rode down to Charleston while doing Myrtle Beach bike week. But us bikers aren't welcome in Myrtle any more.
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my wife and i always go to the old slave market to look around. then ride down meeting street to the battery, for lunch we go to hymans seafood, southern liveing has vote hymans best on east coast 15 to 20 years now. the old light house on folly beach is nice to see and the old ship yard. there are some large swings at water forunt park.and dont forget low country harley on dorchester road.
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my wife and i always go to the old slave market to look around. then ride down meeting street to the battery, for lunch we go to hymans seafood, southern liveing has vote hymans best on east coast 15 to 20 years now. the old light house on folly beach is nice to see and the old ship yard. there are some large swings at water forunt park.and dont forget low country harley on dorchester road.
Although it's typically called the Slave market, no slaves were in fact sold there. They were actually sold elsewhere. I think the ladies weaving the sweet grass baskets there are cool. Charleston seafood house is good. Also, if interested in history, check out some of the plantations like Boone Hall plantation.
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The fort Sumter tour is really interesting if you like that kind of thing. Start by walking the Charleston Battery and looking out to sea. Then take the tour boat from the city marina to fort Sumter. Just a little bit of time on the water shows the city from a whole new perspective. You can see the fort with union shells still embedded in the walls and imagine the cannons from Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie across the harbor converging to protect the mouth of Charleston Harbor. Ships that made it past the forts had to face the cannons from the Charleston Battery....Interesting stuff.
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