Hampton Inn Charleston-Historic District - Charleston, South Carolina Hotel with Outdoor Swimming Pool, Business Center and Rooms for Special Events

The Hampton Inn Charleston-Historic District is situated at Meeting Street in Charleston, South Carolina and is approximately 12 miles from Charleston International Airport. The hotel is located in the heart of downtown Charleston, and is adjacent to the Charleston Museum. Parking is available at the city garage for a daily fee, whilst pets are not allowed at the hotel.

Restored from an 1860 railroad warehouse, this five story inn is the only antebellum hotel in the area and features pre-Civil War dycor with pine floors, mahogany furniture and oriental carpets. There are 171 guest rooms in a variety of styles with a choice of smoking or non smoking. Each room contains either a king-sized bed or one or two queen sized beds and may vary in terms of available amenities from room to room.

All rooms include TV, telephone, complimentary high speed internet access, coffee/tea maker and ironing facilities. Bathroom features include a tub with a hand held shower and a hair dryer. The hotel also has non smoking accessible rooms with either a king-sized bed or queen-sized bed.

Complimentary breakfast is offered to guests until 10.30am in the hotel with a choice of hot foods, juices and coffee. For those not able to stop and eat breakfast on site, a take away breakfast bag can be prepared by hotel staff from Monday to Friday. There are no restaurants within the hotel but guests can find many places to eat within a short distance including 82 Queen, A.W Shuck's, Boathouse, Bocci's Italian Restaurant, Carolina's, Magnolia's to name but a few.

Hotel staff can cater for families by providing various additional services for children including baby sitting, children's activities, cribs for the rooms and high chairs. Guests also have access to the hotel's outdoor swimming pool and fitness center. There are several 18-hole golf courses in and around Charleston.

Meetings, weddings and other special events can be catered for at the hotel, with its largest room being a 2448 square foot meeting room. For business travelers the hotel business center offers various services including express mail, modem, photocopying, fax, printing and secretarial and audio and visual equipment can also be rented. Hotel staff can help arrange details for weddings as well, with advice given on the most suitable room available for the reception or any special event.

One of many museums in the area is the oldest museum in the United States, the Charleston Museum as well as Gibbes Museum of Art and the American Military Museum. Hotel staff can also provide advice on other tourist attractions in the area such as Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired, and the USS Yorktown in Patriot's Point, located in nearby Mount Pleasant. Guests interested in wildlife and nature might like to visit the South Carolina Aquarium, which houses over 10,000 plants and animals or Angel Oak, a 1,400-year-old oak tree.