Charleston, SC | Carriage Ride & City Market

We were advised to take a carriage ride and to specifically look for “the big red barn”. We walked from our hotel to PalmettoCarriage rides. The barn was very clean and everything seemed well organized. Our tour guide Jason was very knowledgeable and had fun anecdotes to tell. We were surprised when Jason first told us he didn’t know what route he was taking us. We thought he was joking but it was the truth. The route for every carriage tour is determined by the city’s “bingo” machine. Once we made our stop to this bingo machine and got our route, we headed towards our tour. It was fantastic!

A lot of old buildings have these circles in their façades. It turned out to be rods screwed into the buildings to prevent structural damage due to earthquakes. 

This is King Street, where our hotel was located. 

The Charleston City Market was fun to visit. It reminded me of our own “Second Street Market” but in a much larger scale. 

I was very excited to see these baskets. They are locally made with sweet grass that grows in the marsh. They are very durable and somewhat heavy.

The Charleston Shoe Company had really cute sandals and shoes. I turned one over and it had the “Made in Mexico” seal. I asked the vendor where in Mexico they were made and she said San Miguel de Allende.