Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Post Office
(
www.usps.com
;
83 Broad St;
11:30am-3:30pm)
Public Library
(68 Calhoun St;
9am-8pm Mon-Thu, to 6pm Fri & Sat, 2-5pm Sun)
Free inter-
net access.
University Hospital
(Medical University of South Carolina;
843-792-1414; 171 Ashley Ave;
24hr)
Emergency room.
Visitor Center
( 843-853-8000;
www.charlestoncvb.com
; 375 Meeting St; 8:30am-5pm)
Find help with accommodations and tours or watch a half-hour video on Charleston his-
tory in this spacious renovated warehouse.
Getting There & Around
Charleston International Airport
(CHS; 843-767-7000;
www.chs-airport.com
;
5500 Inter-
national Blvd)
is 12 miles outside of town in North Charleston, with 124 daily flights to 17
destinations.
The
Greyhound station
(3610 Dorchester Rd)
and the
Amtrak train station
(4565 Gaynor
Ave)
are both in North Charleston.
do three loop routes from the visitor center.
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Mt Pleasant
Across the Cooper River from Charleston is the residential and vacation community of
Mt Pleasant, originally a summer retreat for early Charlestonians, along with the slim
barrier resort islands of
Isle of Palms
and
Sullivan's Island
. Though increasingly glutted
with traffic and strip malls, the area still has some charm, especially in the historic down-
town, called the
Old Village
. Some good seafood restaurants sit overlooking the water at
Shem Creek
, where it's fun to dine creekside at sunset and watch the incoming fishing-
boat crews unload their catch. This is also a good place to rent kayaks to tour the estuary.
Sights
Patriot's Point Naval & Maritime Museum
MUSEUM
(
www.patriotspoint.org
;
40 Patriots Point Rd; adult/child $18/11; 9am-6:30pm)
Patriot's Point
Naval & Maritime Museum is home to the USS
Yorktown
, a giant aircraft carrier used
