Middleton Place Guided Tour with Lunch and Transportation

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 lunch in the Middleton Place restuarant. 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!

Visit us at www.chicoratours.com for more tours and experiences of Charleston.

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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Tim_p
Aug 1, 2024
Worth the Money - Really enjoyed our day, beautiful property, very knowledgeable guides, lunch was good! Also took the rice field guide, was worth the extra 25.00 a piece.
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Dawnsi4098dl
Jul 30, 2024
Their gardens don't look quite as lush as when I saw them in 2012 - I actually went years ago while on business (not in 2023) It was very lush and impressive then however, I've seen recent pics and perhaps their 2015 hurricane did some damage; the European landscaped gardens don't look the same in the most recent photos but still worth a visit.
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Matt_h
Jul 7, 2024
Awesome plantation tour with Nick - Nick provided an awesome trip from our hotel pickup through the drop off. Tour was very relaxed yet informative. The golf cart tour of grounds definitely was great! Ask for Nick when you book!
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Trail65356670195
Jun 30, 2024
Don’t miss this tour! - Nick with Chicora tours was excellent. Very knowledgeable and friendly. The Middleton Plantation was our favorite historical tour. We highly recommend it to anyone visiting Charleston.
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Tracy_s
Jun 28, 2024
Amazing tour to Middleton Place - We went to Middleton Place with Chicoro tours. Nick the owner drove us there and did an excellent job explaining the history of the area. We took a garden tour to explore the beautiful grounds. The lunch was amazing! I highly recommend this tour.
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Mary_p
Jun 4, 2024
I just wish we had had... - I just wish we had had more time at Middleton. So much to see. When our ride arrived, we still had not seen a lot of the grounds or outbuildings. Lunch was great.
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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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Betty_m
Jun 25, 2024
Not enough time to do it right - The tour time was too short! We didn't get to see everything and felt very rushed. Was given confusing directions by an employee when we got there, and spent precious time trying to figure out where we were supposed to go. Definitely too short, considering the amount of money spent. Next time will just drive myself out there...
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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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