Charleston International Airport 29 min
The Battery (6 min)
Landmark defensive seawall & promenade, lined by stately antebellum homes & historical monuments. Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum (14 min)
Visitors can explore a retired Naval aircraft carrier, destroyer & submarine docked here year-round. Fort Sumter National Monument (7 min)
Accessed by boat, this fort with ruins, gun emplacements & a museum saw the Civil War’s first shots. Rainbow Row (19 min)
Historic District cluster of 13 pastel-painted Georgian-style rowhouses dating from 1748 to 1845. The Charleston Museum (6 min)
America's first museum, founded in 1773, exhibits relics from South Carolina & Confederate history. Aiken-Rhett House Museum (8 min)
Tours of this historic home of an influential 1800s family include a back lot where slaves lived. Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon (17 min)
Costumed docents lead tours of this historic building, formerly a Revolutionary prison & City Hall. South Carolina Aquarium (9 min)
Massive aquarium with interactive exhibits & hundreds of creatures, including many native species. White Point Garden (19 min)
This public garden beside the water offers paved paths, military statues, canons & picnic areas. Gibbes Museum of Art (13 min)
Portraits & landscapes dating back to the 1700s, housed in a century-old beaux arts-style building. Historic Charleston City Market (14 min)
4-block city market over 200 years old, with vendors of food, art & crafts like sweetgrass baskets. Joe Riley Waterfront Park (17 min)
Well-known park with water views plus a large lawn, walkways & 2 fountains. Old Slave Mart Museum (15 min)
Displays in this former slave auction building tell the story of the slave trade in Charleston. Nathaniel Russell House (16 min)
Ornate, circa-1808 home known for its free-flying 3-story spiral staircase, with guided tours. Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (10 min)
Sleek car bridge (with a bike/walking lane) whose triangular arches are illuminated at night. | 
