Rainbow Row, Charleston, South Carolina. June 22, 2008.
As I’ve mentioned before, Betsy and I were in Charleston, South Carolina, on Sunday, June 22, 2008. We attended church at St. Michael’s and then walked around The Battery.
We enjoyed our walking tour of The Battery, but it was a very hot day and walking soon lost its charm. Several horse- and mule-drawn carriages passed us as we walked, so we decided that would be a better way to see Charleston.
We found Palmetto Carriage and bought our tickets. We were directed to the nearby barn of the company and told that our tour would soon start. It was there that we discovered that Palmetto Carriage uses mule-drawn carriages.
Our tour guide was excellent and very knowledgeable. The city of Charleston has a system to limit the number of carriages in any given part of the historic district. All carriages have to stop at a control point after they are loaded and it is then that they are assigned one of four routes. So the guides have to be familiar with all four.
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour. The carriage moved at a slow enough pace that we could see what the guide was talking about. We would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Charleston, especially first-time visitors.
To see more of our carriage tour, click HERE.
Tags: Charleston, Travel
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