Awards
Conde Nast Award Winner, Travel & Leisure Award Winner
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Charleston offers a unique urban resort experience for the discriminating traveler. Narrow cobble-stoned streets, continental ambiance and old world-style architecture add to the city's European flair. Antique shops, award-winning dining, art galleries and shopping are all part of the Charleston experience, with plantations, historic gardens, beaches, golf courses, the South Carolina Aquarium, Ft. Sumter, the Yorktown WWII aircraft carrier, and the H.S. Hunley counted among the many attractions. Visitors to Charleston, South Carolina are often artistically inspired by the antebellum architecture, intricate iron gates and century old gardens of this historic City. Charleston Place caters to both the beginner and expert artist with an Inspired Artist Kit (A portable easel, sketch paper and charcoal) they can borrow on a complimentary basis. In addition, the concierge can arrange for medium specific art supplies (oils, watercolors, pastels, etc.) to be delivered to the guests room.
Banquets & Meetings
Offering the ultimate in flexible meeting space, with a total of 22,000 square feet within the hotel, including the Grand Ballroom (14,000+ square feet), ten more function rooms, six hospitality suites, the Grand Hall, and several other outdoor courtyards.
Business Center
The Business Center at Charleston Place offers services ranging from photocopies to extensive presentation materials. Use the business center as your own personal assistant while away from the office.
Fine Dining on Site
The experience of dining in the Charleston Grill is something that will shine as a bright star amidst the southern elegance and refinement of Charleston itself. Reward yourself with an evening of highly creative and uniquely presented cuisine served flawlessly by skilled and knowledgeable staff. Relax in the warm and intimate ambiance created by mahogany panelling, hand stenciled hardwood flooring, and the soft sounds of the live jazz trio.
Fitness Center
Located at the Spa, the fully equipped gym features free weights and state-of-the-art Cyber, Life Fitness and Stairmaster equipment. Professional trainers are on-hand to provide instruction, as well as to lead classes in aerobics, body sculpting, yoga and even power walking through the historic district.
Child Programs
The hotel offers special programs for their younger guests, with amenities just for children, including a special welcome package with pint size robes, free meals in the Palmetto Cafe, and summer programs that vary from summer sea camps to etiquette lessons.
Pool, Outdoor
In the spa, enjoy the stunning horizon edged swimming pool. Small kids will especially enjoy the children's splash pool located on the rooftop sun terrace.
Spa Facility
The hotel's spa was voted the "Best City Hotel Spa in North America" by Travel & Leisure Magazine. The Spa at Charleston Place offers a full range of services for you to relax and unwind. Facials, pedicures, manicures, exotic body scrubs and wraps, hot stone- and aroma-therapy, shiatsu, Thai, neuromuscular, sports and pregnancy massage are all available. After a little pampering, guests can lounge by the horizon edged swimming pool with its retractable glass roof, which guarantees the best weather, rain or shine, or soak away any tension in the spacious Jacuzzi while stargazing through the glass roof above.
Beach
For beach lovers, the areas beautiful shorelines of white sand are a favorite for surfing, sailing and dolphin watching. The hotel can provide beach accessories and picnics to ensure a pleasant stress free day.
Golfing
Golfers can select from more than 21 courses, including Kiawah Island's Ocean Course, home of the most fiercely contested Ryder Cup, also Wild Dunes and the new Arnold Palmer signature course.
Shopping
The Shops at Charleston Place include a collection of 32 upscale shops and boutiques, including Gucci, Laura Ashley, Crabtree and Evelyn, Godiva Chocolatiers and more. Additionally, the hotel is located in the center of what has been the premiere shopping district for more than two hundred years. Today, boutique shops, elegant clothiers, antique merchants and local crafts people, nestled in buildings dating back to the 1700's, offer their wares, including the true Charleston Sweet Grass Basket. For discerning shoppers who prefer private consultations, Charleston Place can arrange for personal shoppers, in-room fittings, or guided antique and silver tours.
Recommended Rooms
"The Club" floor at Charleston Place offers the hotel's most distinctive level of service, exclusively available on the top two floors of the property. With 79 guestrooms, "The Club" offers a private personal concierge and an array of culinary offerings, including complimentary continental breakfast, afternoon tea, evening cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and after dinner cordials and desserts.
