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Charleston

United States · CHS · UTC-5
32.78°N
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79.93°W
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US
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US
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A picturesque view of Charleston, SC, featuring a historic church tower amidst vibrant buildings.
Avg trip cost · 5 nights
€768
mid-range, all-in
Best month
Apr
20°C · mild crowds
CO₂ from Berlin
1240 kg
short/long-haul · DEFRA
Match for "culture + food"
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category match
Cost across the year

5-night trip · all-in · per traveler

flight + lodging + on-ground · 7-day rolling median

€648
cheapest · Jan
€650 €750 €850 €950 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec €720 · best
↑ peak summer · €1008 (Jun) · ↓ winter dip · €648 (Jan)
Best time to visit

Apr. By a mile.

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Climate comfort
91
Crowd level
88
Price index
70
Sunshine
100
Event impact
72
Things to do

Six honest picks. Not sixty.

From Wikipedia + OpenStreetMap. No affiliate links, no crowd bias.

Museums

Mace Brown Museum of Natural History

The Mace Brown Museum of Natural History is a public natural history museum situated on the campus of The College of Charleston, a public liberal arts college in Charleston, South Carolina. With a collection of over 30,000 vertebrate and invertebrate fossils, the museum focuses on the paleontology of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Admission to the museum is free, and donations are welcome. The museum has the holotype specimens of Coronodon, Cotylocara, and Inermorostrum, as well as the reference specimen of Ankylorhiza tiedemani

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The Best Friend Train Museum

The Best Friend of Charleston was a steam-powered railroad locomotive widely considered the first locomotive to be built entirely within the United States for revenue service. It was also the first locomotive to suffer a boiler explosion in the United States.

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Louis G. Gregory Bahá'í Museum

Louis George Gregory was a prominent American member of the Baháʼí Faith who was devoted to its expansion in the United States and elsewhere. He traveled especially in the South to spread his religion as well as advocating for racial unity.

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The George Walton Williams Mansion

The Williams Mansion is a Victorian house at 16 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina. The mansion is open for public tours.

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Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is a naval museum located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Cooper River on the Charleston Harbor, across from Charleston.

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The Old Slave Mart

The Old Slave Mart is a building located at 6 Chalmers Street in Charleston, South Carolina that once housed an antebellum-period slave-auction gallery. Constructed in 1859, the building is believed to be the last extant slave auction facility in South Carolina. In 1975, the Old Slave Mart was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its role in Charleston's African American history. Today, the building houses the Old Slave Mart Museum.

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Getting there

Open Best Way
Flight from Berlin
recommended
door-to-door · 1 traveler
time
9h 15m
cost
€480
CO₂
1240 kg
Train (multi-leg)
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