Charleston International Airport [CHS]
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Airport Information
Charleston International passengers can enjoy all the travel advantages.
combined with a unique and refreshing level of personal services and attention. Travelers can select from over 100 flights daily that provide connections around the world. Due to modern facilities, state-of-the-art operations and proximity to Charleston, the Charleston International Airport is quickly becoming a principal transportation hub for the southeastern United States and a gateway to the world.
Charleston International Airport primarily serves passengers whose travel originates or terminates in the three county Charleston metropolitan area. In 2002, a total of 791,341 passengers were enplaned on the scheduled, commuter and charter airlines serving the airport. Travelers can select from over 100 flights daily that provide connections around the world.
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Airport Contact Details
Charleston International Airport
5500 international Blvd. #101
Charleston, SC
Phone: 843-767-1100, 843-767-7009
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City Information
Charleston is located near the middle of South Carolina's coast at the point "where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers meet to form the Atlantic Ocean." It is the state's second largest city and the county seat of Charleston County. Charleston was originally called Charles Town (in honor of King Charles II of England), and its nickname is "The Holy City."
Charleston is rich in history and culture. History, romance, good food, and Southern hospitality add up to one incredible experience in Charleston. The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences provides a realm of activities for visitors to explore. Charleston has several beautiful golf courses, public swimming pools, tennis courts, boating activities, public parks, and historic sights for citizens and visitors to enjoy. The city offers a variety of fine cuisine with four and five star rated restaurants. Bookstores, art galleries, specialty shops, and quaint cafes border tree-lined streets in our downtown area. Charleston is a progressive, interesting, and safe place to live, work, and visit - a showcase city and location destination that West Virginians can be proud to call their Capital City.
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Ground Transportation for Charleston International Airport [CHS]
For airport transfers via Shared Shuttle Vans, Charter/Private Vans, Sedans, Luxury Stretch Limousines, or Coaches, contact Suvana Airport Transfers at 1 877 478 8262(USA toll free) or 1 267 315 4122(international callers) or visit www.suvana.com to make confirmed reservations for superior transportation at discounted rates.
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City Attractions
Gibbes Museum of Art
135 Meeting Street. (843) 722-2706
Opened in 1905, the Gibbes Museum of Art houses a nationally significant collection of American and European paintings from portraits and landscapes of the Colonial South to the era of Porgy and Bess and the preservation of America's most beautiful city, visitors come face to face with Charleston's history.
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Charleston Museum
360 Meeting Street. (843) 722-2996
The Charleston Museum, founded in 1773, is the first and oldest museum in America. The museum also is noted for its exhibits on African-American history, crafts and slavery. Celebrate history and enjoy the eclectic array of Charleston's most cherished treasures.
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Middleton Place
4300 Ashley River Road. (843) 556-6020
The gardens begun in 1741 reflect the elegant symmetry of European. Ornamental lakes, terraces, and plantings of camellias, azaleas, magnolias, and crape myrtle accent the grand design. Today, this National Historic Landmark includes America's oldest landscaped gardens, the Middleton Place House, and the Plantation stable yards.
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Nathaniel Russell House
51 Meeting Street. (843) 724-8481
Nathaniel Russell was one of Charleston's richest merchants. His house is celebrated architecturally for its "free-flying" staircase, spiraling unsupported for three floors. The staircase's elliptical shape is repeated throughout the house.
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Palmetto Islands County Park
The Palmetto Islands County Park is less wild than the Old Santee Canal State Park. It offers more organized fun in the form of a big toy playground, mile-long canoe trails, picnic sites, an observation tower, a water playground, toddler slides, marsh boardwalks, and plenty of jogging trails and bicycle paths.
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Aiken-Rhett House
48 Elizabeth Street. (843) 723-1159
Built in 1818 and expanded and remodeled by Gov. William Aiken Jr., this palatial town residence showcases city life in antebellum Charleston. The intact work yard is one of the nation's most complete and compelling examples of African-American urban life.
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Avery Research Center
This beautifully restored site of Avery School (c.1865) is now a research center to document and preserve the history and cultural heritage of Low country African-Americans. Nearly 100 manuscripts and photograph collections are archived here.
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Dock Street Theatre
135 Church Street. (843) 720-3968
The first theatre in the colonies, Dock Street opened in 1736 and was lost in the fire of 1740. The theatre has been in constant use since 1937 and is a major venue for Spoleto Festival USA each spring. Charleston Stage offers popular Broadway musicals, award winning dramas and world premiere original works.
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Eliza's House
4300 Ashley River Road. (843) 556-6020
This 19th-century two-family Freedman's cabin is on the grounds of Middleton Place, a National Historic Landmark and a carefully preserved 18th-century plantation. The plantation includes America's oldest landscaped gardens and a Colonial period stable yard, which are open for tours. At Middleton place.
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South Carolina Aquarium
350 Concord Street. (843) 720-1990
In the Aquarium visitors can explore Southern aquatic life in an attraction filled with thousands of creatures and plants in astonishing habitats. The biggest attraction is a 93,000-square-foot aquarium featuring a two-story Great Ocean Tank Exhibition. Contained within are some 800 animals, including sharks, sea turtles and stingrays. Every afternoon the aquarium offers a dolphin program, where bottle-nosed dolphins can be viewed from an open-air terrace.
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Thomas Elfe House
54 Queen Street. (843) 722-9161
It was built by Thomas Elfe, one of America's most prolific and acclaimed cabinetmakers. The quality of the woodwork is rare. China cabinets and closets are artfully worked into each chimney alcove. Finely cut cornice moldings encircle each room with beautiful simplicity. It is a showplace for 18th- and 19th-century furnishings.
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