Go shopping on Bay St and browse through dozens of locally owned boutiques, antique shops, art galleries, and jewelry shops that reside in renovated 19th century storefronts. Enjoy Beaufort's "First Friday" on Oct. 2—a celebration of Downtown shops, restaurants, cultural venues, and community. It’s a fun night for the downtown businesses and for locals!
Wren Bistro & Bar is a hip neighborhood restaurant that boasts a relaxing, yet upscale environment. They serve delectible dishes with locally grown ingredients, unique micro brews and carefully selected wines.
A delicious place serving breakfast and lunch seven days a week. The market also offers a wonderful selection of wines, beer, spices, prepared foods, cheeses, etc and of course all of the products that Lowcountry Produce hand makes and hand packs such as preserves, soups, pickled peaches, chutneys and numerous pickled products.
Saltus River Grill is a cutting-edge urban seafood grill offering exceptional fare, breathtaking water front views, incomparable service and a sophisticated bar that has shaken and stirred not only Beaufortonians on both sides of the Broad River, but also visitors worldwide.
Eclectic wood-fired pies served along with hearty Italian dishes, craft beers & unique wines in a sleek historic setting in downtown Beaufort, South Carolina.
Travel out to Hunting Island State Park by driving less than 20 miles to this natural wonderland, occupying an entire barrier island and boasting four miles of oceanfront beaches. Take your shoes off and soak up all the beach has to offer.
Downtown Beaufort’s gem is its waterfront park that lets you enjoy it all. It is pet friendly, always open and offers bench swings. You can take advantage of the jogging / walking path along the seawall. You may even be able to spot a dolphin or two.
Take a stroll through Beaufort’s Point neighborhood Home to some of the most beautiful houses in the south, downtown’s Point Neighborhood goes way back to Beaufort’s earliest days, and was actually the location of an old shipyard back in the early 1700s. You’ll find locally and nationally prominent homes including Tidalholm (The Big Chill house), the B.B. Sams House and The Castle along your walk under beautiful live oak trees draped in rustic Spanish moss.
During the Colonial period, chapels of ease were constructed by rice and cotton planters as houses of worship because their plantations were located so far from the churches in Beaufort. This tabby walled church was constructed between 1742 and 1747 for the planters of St. Helena Island.