Location: Georgetown
Top Things to do in Georgetown
Top Restaurants in Georgetown
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Brimming with historical attractions, boutique shops, antebellum mansions, restaurants, art galleries and antique shops, historic Georgetown offers a delightful escape from daily modern life. The oak-lined avenues of Georgetown, dubbed “little Charleston”, are alive with history and small town commerce. If you’ve ever wanted to see antebellum mansions, Georgetown is the place for you. There are an amazing 50-plus antebellum mansions in the area. One of the best ways to see Georgetown is by boat. Take a tour in and around Winyah Bay and the surrounding rivers and you’ll pass plantation mansions and long-abandoned rice fields. Two of the most visited plantations are Hopsewee Plantation and the Hampton Plantation State Historic Site. High on your list of local don’t miss attractions should be the Kaminski House Museum, the stately former home of a Confederate sea captain, and The Rice Museum, which details the history of this important crop through dioramas, maps, artifacts and other exhibits. Other popular activities in the Georgetown area include golf, sailing charters, eco-tours, shell collecting, deep-sea fishing and beach activities at nearby beaches. If you want to tee up, try Wedgefield Plantation Golf Club and Heritage Club, which are less than 10 minutes from Georgetown. Once you’ve geared down and de-stressed in slower paced Georgetown, you’ll have easy access to two dynamic destinations, Myrtle Beach, 36 miles away, and Charleston, 60 miles away. Myrtle Beach, known as America’s Great Golf Vacation Destination, offers more than 100 golf courses, 1,600 restaurants, shopping complexes, amusement parks and live entertainment theaters. Charleston, which is loaded with museums, Civil War sites and plantation homes and gardens, also has superb golf offerings highlighted by the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Resort.
Restaurants in Georgetown
1. Cap'n Rod's Lowcountry Shell Island & Plantation Tours
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 533 reviews
Visit an unspoiled barrier island. Who knows what Mother Nature has in store? A lighthouse, eagles, dolphin, maybe even a turtle. You Plantation will have one and a half hours to leisurely stroll an unspoiled beach, accessible only by boat. Peace and quiet galore! One of our most popular tours!
2. Hopsewee Plantation
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4.5 based on 1,010 reviews
Hopsewee Plantation is an original lowcountry rice plantation on the North Santee Rive built between 1735 and 1740. Birthplace of Thomas Lynch Jr., Hopsewee is one of just 12 remaining birthplaces of Signers of the Declaration of Independence. The home has not been modified from its original design and is furnished with 18th and 19th century antiques. Two original slave cabins remain on the property. The guided tour explores the history of the Patriots and Planters who lived at Hopsewee while you explore the architectural features of the house from Attic to Cellar. Enjoy the hour long tour or just come for lunch in The River Oak Cottage Tearoom with Lowcountry favorites such as Shrimp and Grits, Pulled Pork, Soups and Sandwiches and our Southern Tea service modeled after a British Afternoon Tea.
Reviewed By penell2015 - Lowville, United States
Ths is my 3rd visit to Hopsewee. Our tour guide was excellent each time,explaining the pre-Civil War rice culture, the plantation owners' lifestyle and the African-American contribution to society, Interesting history of the Lynch family. Beautiful grounds.
3. Hobcaw Barony
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4.5 based on 145 reviews
Bernard M. Baruch family estate
Reviewed By experienceineating
This is an incredible and insightful history tour of southern history. The only thing I would change would ask the volunteers not apologize for the past. Slaves and the Civil War happened. Move on. No apologies necessary.
4. Hampton Plantation State Historic Site
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4.5 based on 199 reviews
Reviewed By 962anthonyp - Charleston, United States
This fantastic park features a plantation house and rice fields from Washington’s day. The rice fields are crisscrossed with walking trails that are abundant with wildlife - myself having seen alligators and even a wild boar on occasion. During the regular days business, one can also tour the house and the tree Washington purportedly saved. However, this park is anything but regular, and I mean that in the best way possible. Check the S.C. Parks website before coming out. This park often has living history exhibits, which range from tea service to revolutionary war days featuring live fire demonstrations - and more. During the summer months bring some “Off” as it can get a bit buggy.
5. Gullah Museum
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4.0 based on 37 reviews
Reviewed By 247nellg - Iowa, United States
Beautiful art, artifacts, story quilts, old tools & much more about the history of the Gullah culture & people who came from Africa as slaves to work in rice fields. This Hill area of South Carolina and even further south is full of amazing stories of this culture as well as how their crops and rice agriculture fed the nation through decades. The history is fascinating. The lovely little museum is very dear and a precious gift to this area. I am so glad I visited and would love to go again.
