A meticulously preserved historic attraction is rolling back its admission price for the next month in deal that’s just for locals. Drayton Hall is offering a reduced $10 ticket for residents of Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester and Colleton counties and active-duty military. Proof of residency is required.
Adult general admission tickets are typically $29 online and $32 if purchased in person. Patty Sailer , spokeswoman for the Ashley River Road attraction, said the discount is usually offered every January to kick off the new year. Staff decided to bring it back during the summer while children are out of school.
“We want to increase local visitation and reduce cost barriers,” she said. Sailer said children 7 and get in free, and educators can visit Drayton Hall property free of charge with a staff ID. The owner of the peninsula’s next full-service luxury hotel has released fresh renderings showing what guests and visitors can expect when it opens next summer.
The Cooper is being constructed on Concord Street, near the end of Market Street and next to Waterfront Park . The newly issued architectural artistry gives a glimpse of what the 225-room hotel, owned by Ben Navarro ‘s Beemok Hospitality Collection , will look like. A rendering shows The Cooper as viewed from near the entrance to Waterfront Park, where Vendue Range meets Concord Street.
One rendering shows the fourth-floor infinity pool and rooftop restaurant facing Charleston Harbor. Others depict the event spaces, including a large inside ballroom and a grand staircase leading down to an outdoor lawn area where weddings and other gatherings can be held. Lukus Grace , The Cooper’s managing director, said the landscaping phase will begin soon, now that much of the exterior work is completed.
A rendering shows the pool bar and lounge on the fourth floor of The Cooper, which opens next summer. “One of the things BHC is most excited about is the addition of four new dining venues to the area,” he said. The Cooper’s dining options will include an all-day café, a burger bistro, and two full-service restaurants.
All will be open to the general public, he said. The hotel will also extend access to the adjacent park and have a marina. The development has been in the works since early 2020, when Los Angeles-based Lowe broke ground at the site of the S.
C. State Ports Authority ‘s former offices. Beemok, which also owns The Charleston Place , later acquired the hotel and revisited nearly aspect of the project.
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens is shifting Tuesday hours until Aug. 31 for visitors who want a cooler golden-hour walk through the gardens. The attraction will be open Tuesdays from 1 to 8 p.
m. Regular hours of 9 a.m.
to 5 p.m. are in effect for the rest of the week.
With a $35 adult general admission ticket, visitors can explore the property’s gardens, walking and biking trails, walk along the Audubon Swamp Garden and take a “ From Slavery to Freedom ” tour. Fishing for a caus e The South Carolina Aquarium ‘s third annual JuLionfish Festival is back. The event built around an invasive species serves several purposes: to educate, entertain and help raise funds for the attraction’s Reef Research Program, which supports fieldwork opportunities to sustain a balanced ocean.
The festival opens the aquarium up to nighttime visitors, offering sampling from culinary partners and a lionfish filleting demonstration. The event is the culmination of the three-month-long culling competition where registered divers participate by chartering offshore, collecting invasive lionfish from nonnative environments and tracking their catch. Arnold Postell , dive safety officer and curator of large exhibits at the aquarium, called it a “great collaboration” with the local community.
“Together, we’re slowing the spread of invasive lionfish off our coast,” he said. Lionfish have threatened ecosystems in the Atlantic Ocean for decades, according to the S.C.
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