Charleston
A colonial port of coloured houses, church spires and plantations, with some of the best cooking in the South. The Civil War began here.
What to see
Rainbow Row Neighbourhood
Thirteen pastel houses on East Bay Street.
Fort Sumter History
Take the boat to the fort where the first shots were fired in 1861.
Magnolia Plantation Nature
Gardens on the Ashley River, and the story of those enslaved there.
National parks nearby
Tours that go there
The Smokies and the Carolinas
from €2,200 p.p.