| there's also a business center with workstations and printers, and 9 meeting rooms. the american restaurant serves breakfast and dinner as well as all-day drinks, including starbucks coffee. social spaces include a living room-style lobby and an outdoor courtyard. check-in time: 4:00 pmcheck-out time: 11:00 am. across the street from marion square, this modern hotel is an 11-minute walk from the south carolina aquarium. suites add separate living areas and kitchenettes. contemporary-styled rooms offer free wifi, desks, flat-screen tvs with premium cable channels, minifridges and coffeemakers. other amenities include an outdoor heated pool and an exercise room
Charleston International Airport 26 min
Joe Riley Waterfront Park (9 min)
Well-known park with water views plus a large lawn, walkways & 2 fountains. South Carolina Aquarium (7 min)
Massive aquarium with interactive exhibits & hundreds of creatures, including many native species. Old Slave Mart Museum (10 min)
Displays in this former slave auction building tell the story of the slave trade in Charleston. Rainbow Row (6 min)
Historic District cluster of 13 pastel-painted Georgian-style rowhouses dating from 1748 to 1845. Aiken-Rhett House Museum (7 min)
Tours of this historic home of an influential 1800s family include a back lot where slaves lived. Historic Charleston City Market (5 min)
4-block city market over 200 years old, with vendors of food, art & crafts like sweetgrass baskets. Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge (5 min)
Sleek car bridge (with a bike/walking lane) whose triangular arches are illuminated at night. Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum (9 min)
Visitors can explore a retired Naval aircraft carrier, destroyer & submarine docked here year-round. Fort Sumter National Monument (1 min)
Accessed by boat, this fort with ruins, gun emplacements & a museum saw the Civil War’s first shots. Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon (5 min)
Costumed docents lead tours of this historic building, formerly a Revolutionary prison & City Hall. The Charleston Museum (3 min)
America's first museum, founded in 1773, exhibits relics from South Carolina & Confederate history. Nathaniel Russell House (11 min)
Ornate, circa-1808 home known for its free-flying 3-story spiral staircase, with guided tours. Gibbes Museum of Art (8 min)
Portraits & landscapes dating back to the 1700s, housed in a century-old beaux arts-style building. White Point Garden (6 min)
This public garden beside the water offers paved paths, military statues, canons & picnic areas. The Battery (9 min)
Landmark defensive seawall & promenade, lined by stately antebellum homes & historical monuments. | 
