"It felt like we were taken back in time" at this former dry goods store near City Market, where today the lobby has an eight-foot oil portrait and a grand antique Asian rug. The inn's two buildings surround a courtyard with palm trees and fountains. "We dined in the courtyard one night, the whole city was out there!"the "prime location," puts "all of Charleston at your fingertips." Southern-style rooms have traditional four-poster canopied beds and high ceilings. The Peninsula Grill, where the cuisine skews classic American, "effortlessly catered to my wife's special food needs."
(64 rooms)
Also featured on the: Gold List for 2005, Gold List for 2006, Gold List for 2007, Gold List for 2010