For your next pilgrimage to the Holy City, consider these wallet-friendly hotels that double down on old-world Lowcountry charm and Southern hospitality. Below, we curated a list of our favorite affordable stays when in Charleston.
Post House Inn
| Key Points: • Website • 3 Stars • Starting Nightly Rate: $245 • Rooms: 7 • Airport: Charleston International Airport | Amenities: • Free WiFi • Beach towels • Daily housekeeping • Free Parking • 1 Bar & Restaurant |
Located just across the harbor, Post House Inn occupies an 1896 building in Mount Pleasant’s Old Village. This boutique hotel and restaurant make for a smashing choice for visitors craving a stylish yet tranquil retreat within walking distance of bustling Shem Creek. Each of the seven cheerful rooms is uniquely furnished and decorated.
Meeting Street Inn
| Key Points: • Website • 3 Stars • Starting Nightly Rate: $249 • Rooms: 56 • Airport: Charleston International Airport | Amenities: • Outdoor garden • Jacuzzi • Complimentary continental breakfast |
Housed in a 19th-century pinkish building that was once the Charleston Theatre, Meeting Street Inn holds tight to the old-fashioned allure of yesteryear. The darling property maintains a classic bed and breakfast ambiance thanks to antique wooden furniture, four-poster canopy beds, floral wallpaper, and warm service. It sits opposite the open-air City Market, one of the oldest public markets in the U.S.
Indigo Inn
| Key Points: • Website • 3 Stars • Starting Nightly Rate: $219 • Rooms: 40 • Airport: Charleston International Airport | Amenities: • Free WiFi • Terrace • Garden • Front desk cafe |
The Indigo Inn was built on the site of an old inventory warehouse that stored indigo dye. Today, only the Victorian cast-iron ornamentation that adorns the eggshell blue facade remains. The location of this 40-key downtown Charleston hideaway can’t be beat—neither can the homey atmosphere.
Ansonborough Inn
| Key Points: • Website • 3 Stars • Starting Nightly Rate: $228 • Rooms: 45 • Airport: Charleston International Airport | Amenities: • Free WiFi • Rooftop terrace • Fitness center • Pet-friendly • 1 Bar & Restaurant |
The Ansonborough Inn is an all-suite hotel in the historic district that thoughtfully balances antique charms with modern amenities. Exposed red brick, exposed heart pine beams, and original oil paintings in the 45 sizable rooms inspire a sense of place informed by the building’s storied beginnings as a stationer’s warehouse in 1902.
The Jasmine House
| Key Points: • Website • 3 Stars • Starting Nightly Rate: $248 • Rooms: 11 • Airport: Charleston International Airport | Amenities: • Free WiFi • Complimentary continental breakfast • Evening Wine & Cheese Reception • Outdoor garden courtyard |
Whether you’re diving into a page turner on the front porch or taking advantage of its central location, the Jasmine House is a superb upscale bed and breakfast. There are seven romantic rooms in the Main House—one of the most iconic Greek Revivalist mansions in the Ansonborough neighborhood—and four in the detached carriage house just off in the shaded courtyard.
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