# Best things to do in Charleston, South Carolina

Rainbow Row, plantations and Fort Sumter: Charleston's top experiences according to TripAdvisor and travel bloggers.

- 185 votes · 12 items
- Jun 21, 2021 · Matthew R.
- https://even.best/en/l/1083/best-things-to-do-in-charleston-south-carolina

## Top 10

1. **Rainbow Row** (22 · ▲22 ▼0) — Row of pastel Georgian houses on East Bay Street.
2. **Waterfront Park** (19 · ▲21 ▼2) — Park with the Pineapple Fountain.
3. **The Battery and White Point Garden** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — Seawall promenade lined with antebellum mansions.
4. **King Street** (14 · ▲15 ▼1) — The city's main shopping street.
5. **Magnolia Plantation and Gardens** (13 · ▲14 ▼1) — Romantic gardens dating from the 1680s.
6. **Charleston City Market** (10 · ▲12 ▼2) — Historic market famous for sweetgrass baskets.
7. **Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge** (9 · ▲13 ▼4) — Walk or cycle the cable-stayed bridge.
8. **Old Slave Mart Museum** (8 · ▲10 ▼2) — Museum on Charleston's role in the slave trade.
9. **Middleton Place** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — America's oldest landscaped gardens.
10. **Angel Oak** (7 · ▲10 ▼3) — Live oak estimated to be several hundred years old on Johns Island.
11. **Fort Sumter National Monument** (7 · ▲9 ▼2) — Where the Civil War began, reached by ferry.
12. **Nathaniel Russell House** (4 · ▲7 ▼3) — Federal-style house with a free-flying spiral staircase.

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