Neighbourhoods
Charleston: French Quarter and waterfront
Charleston City Market → Old Slave Mart Museum → Waterfront Park Pier
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Charleston, on foot
French Quarter, harbour and historic houses. 12 walks, 47 places. Area guides and walking routes
Read, then explore
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Neighbourhoods
Charleston: South of Broad: houses and the Battery
St Michael’s Church → White Point Garden → Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
Neighbourhoods
Charleston: Museums and Wraggborough
Marion Square → The Charleston Museum → Best Friend Train Museum
Neighbourhoods
Charleston: College and Harleston
Avery Research Center → Louis G Gregory Museum → Marion Square
Neighbourhoods
Charleston African American history: a self-guided walking map
Link the Old Slave Mart Museum, International African American Museum, Emanuel AME Church and Aiken–Rhett House without rushing museum visits
Architecture
Philip Simmons in Charleston: workshop and neighbourhood walk
A walking map from Aiken–Rhett House to Philip Simmons Park, the blacksmith’s house and workshop, and Charleston’s museum quarter
All walking routes
French Quarter and waterfront ↗
Charleston City Market → The Powder Magazine → St Philip’s Church → Philadelphia Alley → Dock Street Theatre → French Huguenot Church → Old Slave Mart Museum → Pink House → Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon → Rainbow Row → Joe Riley Waterfront Park → Pineapple Fountain → Waterfront Park Pier
South of Broad: houses and the Battery ↗
St Michael’s Church → Nathaniel Russell House → Williams Mansion → White Point Garden → Heyward-Washington House → Rainbow Row → Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
Museums and Wraggborough ↗
Marion Square → Emanuel AME Church → Wragg Square → Joseph Manigault House → The Charleston Museum → Aiken-Rhett House → Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry → Best Friend Train Museum
College and Harleston ↗
Avery Research Center → Grace Church Cathedral → Cistern Yard → Mace Brown Museum of Natural History → Louis G Gregory Museum → Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art → St Matthew’s Lutheran Church → Marion Square
African American history of the peninsula ↗
Old Slave Mart Museum → Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon → International African American Museum → Liberty Square → Emanuel AME Church → Aiken-Rhett House
Harbour museums and Liberty Square ↗
City Gallery → Pineapple Fountain → Waterfront Park Pier → International African American Museum → Liberty Square → South Carolina Aquarium
Charleston churches and synagogue ↗
Cathedral of St John the Baptist → Unitarian Church in Charleston → St Michael’s Church → French Huguenot Church → St Philip’s Church → Circular Congregational Church → Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
Broad Street and art ↗
Cathedral of St John the Baptist → Postal Museum → St Michael’s Church → Charleston City Hall → Fireproof Building → Gibbes Museum of Art → Circular Congregational Church → Charleston City Market
Southern centre house museums ↗
Pink House → Heyward-Washington House → White Point Garden → Williams Mansion → Nathaniel Russell House → Charleston City Hall
Simmons workshop and northern neighbourhoods ↗
Aiken-Rhett House → Philip Simmons Park → Philip Simmons House and Workshop → The Charleston Museum → Joseph Manigault House
Family museum walk ↗
Mace Brown Museum of Natural History → Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art → Marion Square → Best Friend Train Museum → Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry → The Charleston Museum
First Charleston walk ↗
Charleston City Market → The Powder Magazine → St Philip’s Church → Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon → Rainbow Row → Pineapple Fountain → Waterfront Park Pier
Places on the map
- Rainbow Row
- Joe Riley Waterfront Park
- Pineapple Fountain
- Waterfront Park Pier
- Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon
- Old Slave Mart Museum
- Dock Street Theatre
- French Huguenot Church
- St Philip’s Church
- Pink House
- Philadelphia Alley
- The Powder Magazine
- Charleston City Market
- City Gallery
- White Point Garden
- Nathaniel Russell House
- Heyward-Washington House
- Williams Mansion
- St Michael’s Church
- Charleston City Hall
- Postal Museum
- Fireproof Building
- Circular Congregational Church
- Gibbes Museum of Art
- Cathedral of St John the Baptist
- Unitarian Church in Charleston
- Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim
- Marion Square
- Emanuel AME Church
- The Charleston Museum
- Joseph Manigault House
- Aiken-Rhett House
- Wragg Square
- Best Friend Train Museum
- Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry
- International African American Museum
- Liberty Square
- South Carolina Aquarium
- Cistern Yard
- Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art
- Mace Brown Museum of Natural History
- Grace Church Cathedral
- Avery Research Center
- St Matthew’s Lutheran Church
- Louis G Gregory Museum
- Philip Simmons House and Workshop
- Philip Simmons Park
How these guides are made
Sources: tourism organisations, museums and heritage sites. Distance follows the walking track; time and elevation are estimates. Sources are checked remotely; an on-site walk has not been confirmed