This gourmet specialty cheese shop is tucked away on a beautiful leafy street South of Broad. It's the ideal place to pick up all of your picnic accoutrements before heading to White Point Gardens.

This bar that separates Church and State (streets, that is) has been a local haunt since 1803. It's the perfect place to sit in the charming brick-walled courtyard and do as the Charlestonians do.

Prepare for an absolute riot of an afternoon with one of Mary Helen Dantzler and Therese Smythe's (the two sisters in question!) walking tours through downtown Charleston. They give you the true local experience as well as lots of welcome local colour.

Southern Italy meets the American South at Sorelle. This sprawling, two-story restaurant lives a thousand lives in one building: market, pizza counter, spritz bar and elegant dining dining room. Just think of it as Charleston's very own Eataly. But much, much better.