Charleston SC Hotels

Charleston is a "laid-back" city in South Carolina. The city offers visitors a variety of accommodation options, including varies hotel chains from budget to luxury, bed and breakfasts, inns and motels.

Fast Facts

1. Country: United States
2. State: South Carolina
3. County: Charleston, Berkeley
4. Mayor: Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
5. City population: 118,492 (2007 Population Estimate) ¹
6. Founded: 1670 by a group of English aristocrats as Charlestown or Charles Towne, Carolina ²
7. Currency: U.S. Dollar
8. Area code: 843
9. Time zone: Eastern Standard Time
10. Nickname: "The Holy City" ³
11. It is the largest city and county seat of Charleston County.

Luxury Stay

Wentworth Mansion seems to be the luxurious, well-rated place to stay in Charleston. It's earned a Frommer's exceptional rating, as well as listed on the Travel + Leisure 500 list and Condé Nast Traveler gold list. AAA has given them their highest rating of five-diamonds and it's a member of the "Small Luxury Hotels of America." The accommodations are "grand,"⁴ with "Tiffany stained-glass windows"⁴ and most rooms have "working gas fireplaces."⁴

Affordable Stay

For a comfortable, affordable stay, a budget hotel chain is usually your best bet. That is the case in Charleston; the La Quinta Charleston offers "comfortably laid out"⁴ rooms in a "well-designed"⁴ building. They offer free high-speed internet access in all rooms,⁵ as well as a location with in a short distance to many of the areas attractions.⁵

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