🌸 Charleston Travel Guide: America's Most Charming Southern City 🇺🇸

📍 *"September/October is the BEST time to visit! This historic, elegant Southern gem is perfect for a 2-3 day getaway."* 🎭 What to Do: 1️⃣ Downtown’s Colorful Streets 🌈 Rainbow Row, Church St, King St – Pastel houses with European flair + vintage shops & boutiques. 2️⃣ The Battery 🌊 Giant oaks + harbor views. "Swing on benches, breathe in the salty air!" 3️⃣ Old Slave Mart Museum 🕊️ A heavy but essential stop. "Once the largest slave auction site in the U.S.—humbling and heartbreaking." 4️⃣ Cypress Gardens � (The Notebook filming spot!) $10 entry | $5 guided boat tour (worth it for the stories + no paddling!). 5️⃣ Magnolia Plantation 🏛️ Ancient oaks + antebellum manor = "a living oil painting." 🍽️ What to Eat: 🦪 SEAFOOD (A MUST!) 📍 Amen Street Fish & Raw Bar Happy hour oysters! + pulled shrimp & mussels. 📍 Fleet Landing Waterfront dining | Try the she-crab soup 🦀 🥘 SOUTHERN CUISINE 📍 Slightly North of Broad Local’s top pick for shrimp & grits! ☕ COFFEE & BRUNCH 📍 Harken Cafe Tropical salads + Hawaiian pineapple bowls 🍍 📍 Babas on Cannon Instagrammable maple lattes & chic vibes. 💡 Quick Tips: Walk everywhere – Downtown is compact & gorgeous. Book restaurants ahead – They fill fast! Bug spray – Those gardens are sneaky. 🦟 "Three days of pastel streets, haunting history, and buttery biscuits—this is the South at its most seductive." 💋 #CharlestonSC #SouthernCharm #TravelGuide #USAWeekend