Do you have one of those to do list for vacations? I do. Charleston, South Carolina is on it. (Along with everything from Connecticut up, everything on Route 66 I can still get to and Decatur, Illinois and Missoula, Montana to visit friends.) Somehow, I keep heading to the mountains and going hiking on my vacations lately. I think I will break out of my vacation rut with Charleston.
Charleston is a gorgeous old city and I drool over pictures of those historic homes with their lovely gardens filled with magnificent Magnolias and Camelias. The city is so filled with fascinating history and interesting places to visit.
I guess the best way to be sure you are seeing all the popular sites is to take guided tours for a few days and then go back and explore your favorite places on your own for a few days. I had a lot of fun doing that when I went to Gatlinburg the other year, because the guides took me to spots I never would have found on my own and I got to see these really neat salamanders and a wild orchid.
Anyway, back to Charleston Tours. I’d be doing the historic homes tour because I’d get to see inside all of those droolworthy houses and visit their gardens. However, I suspect that my brother would want to sign up for the pirates and buccaneers tour and I wouldn’t mind tagging along because I love history. If we got things together fast enough, I think going near the end of the month and taking a ghosts and legends of Charleston tour would be a ton of fun.
Next up? Perhaps a round of Boston Tours in the late spring. (A friend of mine was snowed in there for over a week when she visited during the winter!)
Photo of Historic Charleston home by David Oakes