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South Carolina: the cinematic South
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South Carolina distills all the languid charm of the deep South. Charleston, the state's jewel, lines up cobblestone streets, antebellum mansions with wrought-iron balconies, and plantations fringed by live oaks draped in Spanish moss. Farther north, Myrtle Beach rolls out a festive coastline of more than sixty miles, its lively boardwalk and family amusement parks. To the south, Hilton Head charms golfers and lovers of quiet beaches. In between, salt marshes, Lowcountry creeks, and Gullah-Geechee cuisine form a singular identity rooted in the coast's African American history. With a mild climate, warm welcome, and easygoing pace, South Carolina is best lived slowly, sweet tea in hand, between colonial heritage and stretches of sand.
The Notebook (2004) was filmed at Boone Hall Plantation near Charleston, where Noah's car hitting the iron gate was a real accident.
On Wadmalaw Island near Charleston grows the Charleston Tea Garden, the only place tea is commercially grown and harvested in the U.S.
On Johns Island, visit the Angel Oak: a centuries-old live oak whose massive branches sweep nearly down to the ground.
Spring and autumn offer the most pleasant conditions, with bearable heat and smaller crowds; summer is hot, humid, and swim-friendly, but also peak beach season. A car makes it easy to travel between Charleston, Myrtle Beach, and Hilton Head, which are several hours apart. Book plantation tours and lodging well ahead in high season, and keep an eye on hurricane season from June to November. As for connectivity, 4G/5G coverage is excellent along the tourist coast and in cities, but patchier in the marshes and rural Lowcountry inland.