Travel Information for South Carolina Hotel Guests
If you are searching for an inn, hotel, motel or resort near a South Carolina attraction, amusement and theme parks, or close to shopping, cultural events, historic sites, museums and performing arts centers, or nearby zoos, a festival, a golf course, a South Carolina state park, this is where you will find it.
SOUTH CAROLINA is one of the original American Colonies with a rich history and culture shaped by European, African and Caribbean influences. Visitors will discover cherished American historic sites, cultural and artistic treasures, award-winning museums, and fantastic shopping and dining. Outdoors South Carolina has sunny beaches, crystal lakes, historic towns, and scenic mountains, state parks, championship golf courses, clear and salt water fishing, hiking, white water rafting, boating, kayaking and scuba diving with alligators.
Located in South Carolina’s Old 96th District, ABBEVILLE is regarded by some as the Cradle and the Grave of the Confederacy; it is home to the Burt-Stark House where President Jefferson Davis formally disbanded the Confederate armies.
AIKEN in the heart of Thoroughbred Country, has the Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame; other attractions include its three historic districts, and the DuPont Planetarium.
The 16-block Downtown Historic District of ANDERSON features historic buildings including the Old Anderson County Courthouse and the Blue Ridge Railway Passenger Station; the Tennis Hall of Fame is at nearby Belton.
BEAUFORT is part of South Carolina's Treasured Coast, one of the low country resort islands with a historic district; one of the attractions is the Beaufort Arsenal Museum.
Near Beaufort, on ST. HELENA ISLAND, is Penn Center, established during the Civil War as the first school for freed slaves in the South. Also nearby is Hunting Island State Park, a large secluded barrier island with an historic 1859 lighthouse as its centerpiece and semi-tropical plants and wildlife.
The aristocratic colonial port of CHARLESTON boasts 73 pre-Revolutionary buildings and attractions including Ft Moultire and Ft Sumter, the Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon, and the Slave Mart Museum; some of the plantations and mansions are Drayton Hall, Magnolia Plantation and Its Gardens, and Middleton Place House Museum. The coastal communities near Charleston include Folly Beach, a seven-mile beachfront town, Isle of Palms, Kiawah Island Resort, Seabrook Island Resort, and Sullivan's Island.
Located in South Carolina’s Olde English District with its postcard-pretty mainstreet towns, the CHERAW Historic District has more than 50 antebellum buildings and numerous Victorian and classical revival homes.
A capital with down-home Southern charm, COLUM BIA’s attractions include the Riverbanks Zoo & Botanical Garden, the South Carolina State Museum, antebellum homes and historic churches, the Ft. Jackson Museum, the South Carolina Criminal Justice Hall of Fame and the Columbia Museum of Art; the McKissick Museum of the University of South Carolina features gemstones, seashells, minerals and fossils, and the Confederate Relic Room and Museum showcases weapons.
West of Columbia, Lake Murray offers a variety of water and other outdoor activities. DARLINGTON is the Mecca for NASCAR fans and home to the Joe Weatherly NMPA Stock Car Hall of Fame.
The War Between the States Museum in FLORENCE is one of America's premier sources for Civil War photography.
FORT MILL is home to Paramount's Carowinds water and theme park.
GREENVILLE attractions include downtown Greenville's Pettigru Historic District with the 16th SC Volunteers Museum of Confederate History, and the Bob Jones University Museum and Gallery.
BMW’s Zentrum in GREER features a collection of vintage cars.
At HARTSVILLE the driving tour of the South Carolina Cotton Trail highlights the cotton industry.
Highly developed, yet in harmony with nature, HILTON HEAD ISLAND has no billboards, neon signs, roller coasters or skyscrapers.
Hollywild Animal Park in INMAN is home to a large private collections of rare and exotic animals.
The aircraft-carrier USS Yorktown and other historic naval craft are at Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in MOUNT PLEASANT.
The small, picturesque fishing village MURRELL'S INLET is home to Brookgreen Gardens with the country’s largest collection of outdoor sculptures.
MYRTLE BEACH is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the United States with attractions including the Myrtle Beach Pavilion Amusement Park, Ripley's Believe it or Not and Ripleys Aquarium, Myrtle Waves Water Park, Wild Water and Wheels, and the Family Kingdom Amusement Park; other attractions include the IMAX Discovery Theater, the Children's Museum of South Carolina, Medieval Times, and the 26-acre NASCAR SpeedPark.
Four small beach towns - Windy Hill Beach, Crescent Beach, Ocean Drive Beach and Cherry Grove Beach - located on the northern edge of the Grand Strand, joined forces to form the City of NORTH MYRTLE BEACH where the attractions include the entertainment complex, Barefoot Landing , Alligator Adventure and Myrtle Beach Grand Prix Family Thrill Parks, both north and south, each featuring a variety of racing cars and tracks
Many old homes and churches in ORANGEBURG County have survived time and are steeped in the history of area; the Edisot Memorial Gardens is home to more than 70 variety of roses.
Nearby, south of Orangeburg at COPE, visitors can experience cotton ginning and follow the crop from field to bale at Vallentines.
Known for its gardens and manicured landscapes, ROCK HILL’s attractions include the Museum of York County and the Catawba Cultural Center with exhibits and a video about the Catawba Indian Nation. Near Rock Hill is Historic Brattonsville, a 720-acre living history village and Revolutionary War battlefield site.
Located in South Carolina’s Santee Cooper Country, which has Lakes Moultrie and Marion at its heart, the SANTEE National Wildlife Refuge is frequented by migrating waterfowl.
SUMTER is named for Revolutionary War hero General Thomas Sumter; wildlife and hiking/biking trails can be found at Sumter National Forest.
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