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Location
Best time
Visit during spring azalea bloom (typically March-April) for the most stunning visual experience and best photography opportunities. Multiple reviews highlight the exceptional beauty of the azaleas during peak bloom season, making it ideal for both casual visitors and special occasions like weddings.
Visitor tip
Take the daily guided tours and enslaved persons history tours to deepen your understanding of the three centuries of stories at Middleton Place. Reviewers emphasize that tours significantly enhance the educational value and historical context of what you're seeing.
Visitor tip
Don't miss the Stableyards where you can meet resident artisans including blacksmiths and interact with heritage breed livestock. This interactive experience differentiates Middleton Place from typical garden-only venues and provides unique educational engagement.
About Middleton Place
Upscale inn rooms on a former plantation. Sprawling Ashley River rice plantation dating to the 1730s, with gardens and refined lodging.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Historic Plantation & Gardens
- Location
- Charleston, South Carolina (National Historic Landmark)
- Highlights
- America's oldest landscaped gardens, House Museum, Stableyards with artisans, enslaved persons history tours
- Notable Feature
- Home to a signer of the Declaration of Independence
What visitors say
Nice place to see some amazing sights. Gardens are beautiful and well maintained. They have a few very informative tours. Lots of historical things there to learn about. Really enjoyed my time there and learned quite a bit. Highly…
Middleton Place is truly special and has such a sense of serenity. There's a beautiful variety in landscapes and gardens and it really encapsulates the lowcountry perfectly. As a wedding venue, guests are going to feel those special…
The grounds are absolutely gorgeous, the history is well represented, and all staff and volunteers were incredibly welcoming and helpful! We spent three hours and could have spent longer! A bit pricey but I’m sure the upkeep is costly.
From 3,071 Google reviews
Did You Know?
- Middleton Place features America's oldest landscaped gardens, dating to the 1730s on a former Ashley River rice plantation
- The Stableyards feature resident artisans demonstrating historical trades and maintain heritage breed livestock on the grounds
- Middleton Place offers specialized enslaved persons history tours that reveal three centuries of stories on the plantation grounds
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