Planters Inn

Overview:

In a city that emanates stately Georgian Era elegance, the AAA Four-Diamond Planters Inn historic hotel is no exception. With its soaring ten-foot ceilings, dozens of working fireplaces, silk window dressings, heart pine floors, stunning antiques, and Baker Historic Charleston Collection décor, Planters Inn transcends a typical hotel experience. Hushed tones of buttercream, Lowcountry greens, and pale powder blue create a tranquil environment, with a stately four-poster king bed in every guest room.

Guests are welcomed into an intimate parlor, a jewel-box-like setting similar to the elegant sitting rooms found in Charleston’s famed historic mansions. This beautiful sense of arrival was the vision of the incomparable Amelia Handegan, the nationally-acclaimed designer whose imprint on Planters Inn is found at every turn.

Reigning over the famed Historic District, the 175-year-old Grande Dame hotel holds a secret: A hidden garden courtyard illuminated by flickering lanterns and candles provides a splendid sense of arrival to Peninsula Grill, one of the most romantic dining experiences in the South and the home of the wildly popular 12-layer Ultimate Coconut Cake.