Like a Southern Belle entering a ballroom, Boone Hall makes a grand entrance. A magnificent double row of sprawling, moss-draped oak trees lines the long drive leading to the white columned portico of America’s most-photographed plantation. Planted in 1743, the plantation’s famous Avenue of Oaks has seen more than 265 years of Charleston history pass beneath its leafy canopy. One of America’s oldest living, working plantations, Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina has been producing crops for more than 320 years. Open to the public since 1956, today the plantation offers an enchanting look at the genteel life of the Old South.
Through a cheery red door festooned with an elegant fruited wreath, visitors to Boone Hall are transported back to the antebellum South when Charleston’s elite lived a life of stately elegance in magnificent manor homes. A living history museum with a year-round schedule of wonderful festivals and special events, Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens is a Charleston vacation “must see” at any time of year; but a Christmas visit to the plantation is a special treat.
A Boone Hall Plantation Christmas glows with the twinkling lights of the magnificently decorated trees that grace every room. A dazzling feast for the eyes, each room in the plantation home is sumptuously decorated for the holidays. Keep an eye out for unique low country decorations crafted from native sweetgrass, cotton and magnolia leaves. Costumed guides explain life on the plantation, recreating an important era of American history.
The opportunity to explore American history is just one of Charleston’s charms. Wonderful restaurants, beautiful beaches, biking and hiking trails, art galleries, antique stores, theaters and delightful boutiques offer Charleston vacationers a delightful variety of activities to choose from. Allow yourself to succumb to Charleston’s southern charm, book your Charleston vacation rental on iTrip.net today.