Sightseeing
IconicRainbow Row
FreeSee 13 pastel-painted historic row houses lining East Bay Street between Tradd and Elliott Streets.
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The Battery
The Battery is a sightseeing stop in Charleston, SC, part of the Lowcountry guide. Cost: free.
East Battery and Murray Blvd at White Point Garden · Charleston, SC
Why you should go…
The Battery is a seawall and promenade at the tip of the Charleston peninsula, where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers meet to form the harbor. You walk past antebellum mansions such as the Edmondston-Alston House, with Fort Sumter and Castle Pinckney visible across the water. At the point is White Point Garden, a city park with oak trees, a central gazebo, Civil War-era cannons and monuments. The seawall has been a public promenade since 1838.
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- #historic district
- #harbor views
- #city park
- #antebellum mansions
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