Welcome to Charleston
This lovely city will embrace you with the warmth and hospitality of an old and dear friend – who died in the 18th century. We jest, but the cannons, cemeteries and carriage rides do conjure an earlier era. And that historic romanticism, along with the food and Southern graciousness, is what makes Charleston one of the most popular tourist destinations in the South, drawing more than 4.8 million visitors every year... Read More
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City snapshot: Charleston, South Carolina
If Charleston were a person, she'd be an achingly beautiful debutante in a white dress, gardenias in her hair. From a venerable old Southern family – Mother's in the Daughters of the Confederacy, Father's a wealthy shipper – she has impeccable etiquette (Charleston has been voted "Best-Mannered City in America" for eleven years running) and is schooled in all the aristocratic arts – waltzing, watercolors, the correct use of the oyster fork.
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