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Splendor Tours

Architectural Splendor and Garden Splendor tours offer exclusive and intimate tours of the most magnificent properties on the peninsula, with expert guides, for a more elevated experience. 

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Features of a Splendor Tour

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Elevated & Intimate Tours

The Architectural Splendor and Garden Splendor Tours offer guests a more intimate experience with smaller tour groups, led by expert guides and historians. This exclusive opportunity allows guests to explore a handful of carefully selected properties south of Broad Street in Charleston's Old and Historic Districts.

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Expert Guides

Expert horticulturalists, and passionate historians, and experts are located at each magnificent property to present guests with a more detailed look into the stunning architectural features and landscape designs. With intimate groups, guests have then opportunity to engage with each expert on location. 

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Once-in-a-lifetime Tours

Select properties on the Architectural and Garden Splendor Tours are private homes and we are very fortunate that each homeowner supports the Foundation by opening up their homes for the Festival. The Charleston Festival may be your only opportunity to see behind the gates and inside some of the most historic and magnificent properties in Charleston, South Carolina. 

Architectural Splendor Tours

Magnificent architectural treasures and their incredible decorative arts and furnishings by leading local experts during this once-in-a-lifetime tour. Guests will gather in a small intimate groups to visit four select properties in the Old and Historic Districts. 

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  • Thu, Mar 20
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Mar 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Mar 20, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Architectural Splendor tours offer exclusive and intimate tours of the most magnificent properties on the peninsula, with expert guides for the most elevated architectural tour of the Festival. $250.
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  • Thu, Mar 27
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    Mar 27, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Mar 27, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Architectural Splendor tours offer exclusive and intimate tours of the most magnificent properties on the peninsula, with expert guides for the most elevated architectural tour of the Festival. $250.
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  • Fri, Mar 28
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    Mar 28, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
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    Mar 28, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Architectural Splendor tours offer exclusive and intimate tours of the most magnificent properties on the peninsula, with expert guides for the most elevated architectural tour of the Festival. $250.
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Garden Splendor Tours

Passionate gardeners and horticulture devotees will savor four spectacular gardens in the historic district. Enthusiasts will gather in small, intimate groups to learn the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of designing and maintaining a select group of Charleston's most celebrated gardens. 

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  • Thu, Apr 03
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Apr 03, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Apr 03, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Garden Splendor tours offer exclusive and intimate tours of the most magnificent properties on the peninsula, with expert guides, for the most elevated tour experience of the Festival.  $250.
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  • Thu, Apr 10
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    Apr 10, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Apr 10, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Garden Splendor tours offer exclusive and intimate tours of the most magnificent properties on the peninsula, with expert guides, for the most elevated tour experience of the Festival.  $250.
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  • Fri, Apr 11
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    Apr 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Apr 11, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
    Locations to be sent prior to tour.
    Garden Splendor tours offer exclusive and intimate tours of the most magnificent properties on the peninsula, with expert guides, for the most elevated tour experience of the Festival.  $250.
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