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Plan a relaxing day at Folly Beach, which is just a few miles south of the city. This is a long stretch of coastline with a huge sandy beach. It is a beach for everyone as there is surfing and fishing from the pier, or if you feel like just ‘watching the world go by,’ there are beach bars and small restaurants. Plan to get there early as it does get busy. Sunbeds and umbrellas are also available for rent.

Combining history and good entertainment, the Charleston Music Hall is a popular concert venue. The building was once a depot for the railroad before it closed during the Great Depression. Later it was converted into a music hall and, over the years, has hosted performances by many top entertainers.

It is a sad fact of life that there was once a huge slave trade in the south, and the Old Slave Mart was used as an auction house until November 1863. Today, it is one of only a few such buildings that exist, and it has been turned into a museum where visitors can learn the sad and distressing stories of some of the thousands of slaves that were auctioned there.