Isle of Palms & Mount Pleasant South Carolina Area Information

Isle of Palms

There's a reason that so many visitors return to the Isle of Palms year after year... and it's because the island offers so much for your vacation time and money!

The Isle of Palms is different than other vacation spots because it's a residential island, where there just happens to be plenty of rental property.

If the beach is your primary purpose, you won't find a wider more beautiful beach anywhere... perfect for sunning, swimming, biking, and building castles of sand. There's also exceptional surf fishing, sailing, windsurfing, and shelling. And perhaps the most attractive aspect to it all is that our beach always has room for you to spread out and enjoy yourself without the next family spilling their beverages on your towel!

Should the sun go behind a cloud, an Isle of Palms vacation is far from over.  You'll find an entire world of additional outdoor activities. Right behind the island is the Intracoastal Waterway and convenient rental services make possible boating, crabbing, shrimping, fishing, jet skiing, wave running, and sightseeing. Isle of Palms is also home to Wild Dunes... over 1,000 acres of beauty, accommodations, and fun!

The Isle of Palms offers more than a laid-back, beach-town atmosphere; it also offers all the vacation conveniences you could possibly want! There are a number of excellent restaurants on the island and shopping and entertainment are readily available. In addition, you'll find our unique stores carry just about everything — clothing, groceries, video rentals, dry cleaning, hair styling, massages, manicures, beach gear and bike rentals...even pizza delivery. Isle of Palms offers what you're looking for, and all just twenty minutes from the Historic District of Charleston!

Mount Pleasant

Mount Pleasant is Charleston’s link to Sullivan’s Island and Isle of Palms. Mount Pleasant is separated from Charleston by the Cooper River. For many years it was primarily populated seasonally by Charleston residents wealthy enough to afford summer homes across the river from the Charleston peninsula. The population of Mount Pleasant was centered in an area of the town now known as "The Old Village."

In 1928, a bridge from the Charleston Peninsula to Mount Pleasant was built. The two-lane Grace Memorial Bridge was opened as a toll bridge. A second and larger bridge, the Silas N. Pearman Bridge, opened in 1966. On July 16, 2005, the eight-lane Arthur Ravenel Bridge also known as the Cooper River Bridge opened for automotive traffic, replacing the two aging bridges.

The choices of things to do and see in Mount Pleasant are almost endless. The suburban town of Mount Pleasant is known for its picturesque dining, area attractions, and the numerous sweetgrass basket stands along Highway 17N. Sweetgrass basket making has been a part of the Mount Pleasant community for over 300 years.

A favorite spot for dining is on Shem Creek which displays spectacular views of shrimp boats bringing in their catch of the day, dolphins playing and breathtaking sunsets not to mention its outstanding view of the Charleston Harbor. Take a bike ride through the historic old village boasting colonial and antebellum period homes, historic churches and the old Pitt Street Bridge. Dine at the Old Village Post House known for its fine cuisine at moderate prices.

Venture out to many of Mount Pleasant’s area attractions from Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum, Boone Hall Plantation to Palmetto Island’s County Park. Venture up the road on Highway 17N to Blackbeard’s Cove Fun Park for an afternoon of fun for all ages. While you’re out that way be sure to stop by Jack’s Cosmic Dogs for a good old fashioned fifties style hotdog and root beer float.

Ready to shop till you drop? Towne Centre is an outdoor mall including many restaurants and a movie theater, the Shoppes at Seaside Farms offer a variety of boutiques, restaurants and gift shops and the Belle Hall Shopping Center has over sixty specialty shops, salons and restaurants.

Mount Pleasant is a golfer’s dream with four scenic golf courses: Charleston National, Dunes West, Patriots Point Links and RiverTowne. 

Be sure to explore all Mount Pleasant has to offer during your stay with us!