Middleton Place Guided Tour with Lunch and Transportation
4.8
13 Ratings
Charleston
Discover Middleton Place with a guided tour, luxurious transport, and authentic Lowcountry lunch. Explore gardens, historic house, and more. Book your exclusive experience now.
Duration: 5 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Middleton Place - Tour Itinerary:

9:00am: Depart from the Charleston Visitors Center at 375 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29403.
9:45am: Arrive at Middleton Place
10:00am: Guided Tour of Gardens
11:00am: Tour House Museum (self-paced)
12:00pm: Lowcountry Buffet Lunch
1:15pm: Museum Shop and Garden Market
1:45pm: Depart Middleton Place
2:30pm: Return to the Charleston Visitors Center

What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Lunch
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
Additional Information

The Middleton Place tour is an all-inclusive tour experience of one of Charleston’s most beloved historic sites. Chicora Tours prides itself on being the only tour operator in Charleston to offer this tour. Our Middleton Place tour has smaller groups sizes, transportation in a luxurious Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van with licensed tour guides to answer your questions.

The tour begins with a guided tour of the Middleton Place gardens. It is proceeded by a historic house tour and then a delicious and authentic Lowcountry styled lunch. Guests will also have time to see the wildlife on site, learn about the enslaved people of Middleton Place and shop at the Museum shop and Garden Market. Guests will be picked up from the Charleston Visitors Center.

Let Chicora Tours show you this beautiful plantation in the most upscale and enjoyable way!

Location
375 Meeting St
Meeting Street
Please meet us at the Bus Shed Terminal side of the Charleston Visitors Center at 375 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401. The Bus Shed Terminal is located right outside the Charleston Visitors gift shop and where all the tour busses are parked.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(13 Ratings)
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Pamela_d
May 23, 2024
Time travel in beautiful South Carolina - We loved the House Tour, and the grounds are beautiful. The staff onsite are cordial and helpful, We met one of the curators and had a great conversation about period textiles and needlework implements. Loved the docents’ stories too.
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317russs
May 15, 2024
Top Notch Tour - We booked the Middleton Plantation Tour with Nick, the owner of Chicora Tours. He picked us up at our hotel and was extremely personable and professional. Nick provided us with an overview of Charleston history while we were driving to the plantation. Upon our arrival, the knowledgeable docents gave detailed tours about the Middleton family, the land, and buildings. There were several demonstrations going on that day including how indigo dye was made, the harvesting of rice, and how wool is prepared. A delicious buffet lunch was included as part of our tour package at the restaurant on site. We were enjoying ourselves so much that Nick agreed to pick us up a half hour later than planned. On the return trip to Charleston Nick continued our history lesson and pointed out several historical neighborhoods and homes. On a side note, we were interested in a ghost tour, so Nick set that up for us as well. He promised that our guide was one of the best and Darian did not let us down. Her great knowledge of history and ghostly stories was totally engaging and enthralling. We spent 2 hours with Darian and could have listened for much longer.
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Elyshag2024
May 5, 2024
Wonderful experience - Matthew was very well versed in the history of the area, and was so professional and courteous. The restaurant and bar were tasty and refreshing, and the gardens were stunning. (You will see gators!). Keep in mind, this was an operating plantation at one time, so expect some sadness and sobering history. I would definitely do this again.
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Tracybd4669vd
Apr 17, 2024
Extremely satisfied!!! I highly recommend the guided tour with lunch and transportation. - Chicora Tours did and excellent job planning our trip to the Middleton Place from pick up to drop off at the meeting place. Our driver gave so much history to the location. We were going to just go down by ourselves and I am so glad we did the tour. We got our itinerary as soon we got off the bus and the guide took it from there. As soon as we were done, our driver was waiting at the exit. Extremely satisfied!!!!
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Bill_s
Apr 13, 2024
A great day in Charleston - This tour was well organized and very interesting. Out driver Matthew shared a ton of information throughout our trip to and from the plantation. While on the property the guides and docents were friendly and knowledgeable. The lunch was all you can eat and the food and service were great. The tour was a mix of guided and independent. I recommend this experience!
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Aj51
Mar 21, 2024
Great estate, great tour! - Chicora Tours arranged our transportation and tour. They did an excellent job. The perfect weather certainly pushed our tour of the estate over the top. We like to walk and the estate was fabulous- the grounds are fantastic and azaleas were near peak - so abundant, wow! Our tour included the buffet which we enjoyed and the house tour. We were picked up in Charleston near our hotel and dropped off at the hotel after a short, narrated tour of the city. The driver was knowledgeable and personable He really added to the trip What a great tour!
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H1596iojosephv
Mar 4, 2024
A fun and knowledgeable tour - Great tour, Nick was able to showcase the history and also answer every question we had. Being able to take the tour with him was ab enjoyable experience and enhanced the tour of Middleton Place.
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Debra_j
May 29, 2024
Girls Trip - Lunch is very good. Garden’s are beautiful. Driver was kind enough to pick us up at and return us our hotel.
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Steven_m
Mar 19, 2024
Matt, our driver, gave a... - Matt, our driver, gave a great tour while driving to and from Middleton. Very knowledgeable and personable. The reason for 4 stars: the lunch was only ok and we were finished with lunch by the time they had fried chicken. Middleton didn't plan very well ahead of time to make sure that the buffet was properly stocked.
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