12 Must-Do Charleston Activities for Year-Round Fun
Did you make a New Year’s resolution in 2015? Maybe you vowed to exercise regularly, eat better, stop smoking or work less and play more. Was travel or exploration on that list? There’s a good chance Charleston is on your travel bucket list and there’s no time like the New Year to make your vacation […]
Small Town Charm is on Display in Summerville
Known as Flowertown in the Pines, the town of Summerville is about a 20-minute drive from downtown Charleston. It’s the perfect spot to visit for a dose of small town charm, rich history and Southern hospitality. Situated on a pine-forested ridge, Summerville was first inhabited in the late 1700s as Charlestonians and Lowcountry residents flocked […]
Summerville: Adventure Awaits Just Beyond Charleston
Guest blog by Mary Alice Monroe The secret’s out … my beloved city of Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the best destinations in the world! The news made local headlines with The Post and Courier reporting that Travel + Leisure magazine ranked the Holy City as No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada. Charleston […]
From Strawberries to Grits, It’s Festival Time in Charleston
Charleston’s springtime calendar is filled with festivals and events that celebrate everything from grits to strawberries and from art to tea. Here are some of our favorite upcoming festivals: Flowertown Festival: From April 4-6, Summerville’s Azalea Park and surrounding streets will be filled with more than 200 arts and crafts displays. Visitors can take in […]
Summerville: Tastes Like Sweet Tea
It doesn’t get much more Southern than a glass of iced tea. But what you might not realize is that the very glass of tea you love has its roots right here in the Charleston area – in the town of Summerville, to be precise. Now the town is celebrating its tea history with the […]
Celebrating Christmas in Charleston
The first greenery and red bows showed up on street lampposts late last week. The lights went on at the Holiday Festival of Lights. And the calendar of holiday events in Charleston exploded. Christmastime in Charleston is here! Start getting your holiday calendar in order so you don’t miss a single tree lighting ceremony, parade, […]
Charleston’s Downtown is Tops
On the heels of our best city accolades from the readers of Conde Nast Traveler comes more love for the city of Charleston and, in particular, our downtown. Livability.com ranked Charleston No. 2 on its list of Top 10 Downtowns in 2012. Here’s what the site had to say about our downtown: Downtown Charleston comprises […]
Flowers Steal the Show at Annual Festival
This year Summerville celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Flowertown Festival, an event that started as a fundraiser for the Young Women’s Christian Organization and has grown to one of the top 20 events in the Southeast welcoming some 200,000 attendees. The festival remains a major fundraiser, benefiting the Summerville YMCA. The festival not only […]
