Judy, I grew up in Charleston and am jealous of your trip... Say Hi to all my friends back home when you're there, okay???
That said, in Charleston, there is TONS to do... Patriots Point, make sure you go to some of the plantations, walk the Battery - there are some great houses and churches there to visit and Cabbage Row and Rainbow Row, go to the Market, maybe take a carriage ride, see the forts, tour The Citadel (if you ever get to go during the school year, plan to go to the Citadel on a Friday afternoon for Parade) IoP has awesome restaurants with seafood galore. Drive over the "new" bridge. See the lighthouses - one in Mt. Pleasant near (on?) Ft. Moultrie and my favorite is on the James Island/Folly Beach side - Morris Island Lighthouse - you can't go in that one as the island is gone and it is sitting alone in the waves. If you go that way, see if you can still get into see Angel Oak
This should get you started....
Mount Pleasant side Patriots Point -
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Hall Plantation -
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(filmed in Gone w/ the Wind) Restaurants - soooo many to choose from! go to Shem Creek and pick one Ft. Moultrie -
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Palmetto Islands County Park Isle of Palms Sullivan's Island
Downtown People Places & Quilts -
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Market -
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Tours -
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(one company, you can pick from several at the Market)Ft. Sumter Cruise -
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Museum -
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Exchange Building -
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ride by: Four Corners of Law, Rainbow Row, Old Citadel, Edmunston Alston House,The Citadel -
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DH's alma mater Museum Mile -
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West Ashley side Charlestowne Landing -
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it has been redone since last I went, so I can't speak for it... but it
*needed* help 10 yrs ago!!! Magnolia Plantation -
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Plantation -
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Hall -
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Oak -
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Beach/James Island
you did know that Charleston is where the Ashley and Cooper rivers come together to form the Atlantic Ocean didn't you? They taught me that in 4th grade
and if you have tons of time on your hands, drive out to Summerville