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Charleston: Rainbow Row, Fort Sumter, Gullah history
North Charleston, South Carolina, US · 6 stops · 18.9 mi (30 km) · about 37 min driving · 8 spoken stories
From the airport through downtown Charleston's Civil War and Gullah heritage sites, ending at The Battery with harbor views. You'll see pastel Rainbow Row, the Old Slave Mart Museum, and historic markets where Gullah artisans still work. About 37 minutes, 19 miles.
Photo: Brian Stansberry, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From Charleston International Airport (CHS) to The Battery, Charleston
The stops
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1
Bertha's Kitchen
lunchBertha's Kitchen is a restaurant in Charleston, South Carolina. The restaurant was in 2017 named one of America's Classics by the James Beard Foundation.
“First things first, let's eat.”
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2
Charleston City Market
City Market is a historic market complex in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. Established in the 1790s, the market stretches for four city blocks from the architecturally significant Market Hall, which faces Meeting Street, through a continuous series of one-story market sheds, the last of which terminates at East B…
“We're at the Charleston City Market, established back in the seventeen nineties.”
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3
Old Slave Mart Museum
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.
“Six Chalmers Street, on one of the last cobblestone lanes downtown, is the Old Slave Mart.”
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Waterfront Park
Waterfront Park is an eight-acre park along approximately one-half mile of the Cooper River in Charleston, South Carolina. The park received the 2007 Landmark Award from the American Society of Landscape Architects and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
“Waterfront Park is eight acres stretched along about half a mile of the Cooper River.”
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Rainbow Row
Rainbow Row is the name for a series of thirteen colorful historic houses in Charleston, South Carolina. The houses are located north of Tradd St. and south of Elliott St. on East Bay Street, that is, 79 to 107 East Bay Street.
“Here it is, Rainbow Row.”
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White Point Garden
White Point Garden is a 5.7 acre public park located in peninsular Charleston, South Carolina, at the tip of the peninsula. It is the southern terminus for the Battery, a defensive seawall and promenade. It is bounded by East Battery, Murray Blvd., King St., and South Battery.
“White Point Garden sits at the very tip of the peninsula, five and seven tenths acres of live oaks where the Cooper and Ashley Rivers come together.”
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