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Drayton Hall Admission Ticket with Interpreter-Guided Tour

Drayton Hall Admission Ticket with Interpreter-Guided Tour

Overview

Discover historic Drayton Hall, the oldest preserved Plantation house in America still open to the public. Founded in 1738, Drayton Hall is the nation’s earliest example of fully executed Palladian architecture. Enjoy a 1-hour interpreter-guided tour of this historic estate and complete your visit with a self-guided tour of the grounds as well as access to two galleries and an 18t-century African-American cemetery. Explore Drayton Hall on this family-friendly excursion from downtown Charleston; guarantee admission to this popular site by booking ahead.

Ticket includes admission to all Drayton Hall attractions. Plenty of free parking makes for an easy drive.

City: Charleston

Sun 23 Feb

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Sun 23 Feb

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What's Included

All-Inclusive Admission to Drayton Hall

Almeida Gallery

Free Parking

18th Century African-American Cemetery

Gates Gallery

Orientation Video

1-Hour Interpreter-Led Tour

Route and map

Meeting point

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Charleston
3380 Ashley River Rd,

Our interpreter led tour has limited availability and requires that all guests arrive on time. Our entrance gates will open at 8:45 am and the tour starts promptly at 9:00 am in the McDaniel Education Pavilion. Please plan accordingly as late arrivals will not be permitted to join the tour after the start and refunds will not be given for late arrivals.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Handicapped Accessible through exhibits, garden, museum shop, and walking trails (however wheelchairs, walkers and motorized scooters may have difficulty maneuvering on the unpaved paths). The guided House Tour does require walking up the portico steps into the house. Personal wheelchairs and scooters are prohibited on House Tours.
Check-in with valid photo ID is required.
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Face masks provided for travellers
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Guides required to regularly wash hands

What To Expect

Drayton Hall

Drayton Hall plantation c. 1738 is located in the Ashley River Historic District of Charleston, SC. Our Interpreter-Guided House Tour is led by professional interpreters who have worked with and in the house for years and have deep understanding of the history and fabric of the house and all the lives which have touched Drayton Hall throughout its three centuries. Offered once-daily on each open day at 9 am sharp (gate opens at 8:45 am). The tour begins with an orientation video in the visitor center and at the conclusion, tour guests are encouraged to take the self-guided landscape tour of the plantation property, taking in the historic landscape, sweeping views of the Ashley River, and enjoying the exciting Lowcountry vistas and wildlife which vary from location to location across this vast estate.  Tickets are all-inclusive, there are no extra fees for a landscape visit or to visit Drayton Hall's museum galleries. 

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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JJ R

Jul 2022

This is a strange place. It's the first plantation home that I have been in that is completely empty. The building of this house is very strange as well. Style is Georgian Palladian. It was short tour. The guide didn't know much about each of the rooms. Once inside the house we just wandered around. I left a little let done.

TrustedTraveller2

May 2022

Our experience was Good in general, but that's not one of the options so I picked Average. Our Uber driver dropped us off at the front gate because it hadn't opened yet and the website made a big deal about being on time or the tour would leave without you if you weren't there at 9 am. Interestingly, the gate blocked the driveway, but there was no fence so we just walked around it and started walking up the long, tree-lined road to the visitor center. Luckily, a very nice young lady employee drove by and asked if we were there for a tour and, seeing that we were seniors, offered to come back and pick us up in a golf cart, which she did and we appreciated. The new visitor center with video, small museum and gift shop is very well done, and the property is beautiful. The docent started the tour with a longish introduction a short distance from the visitor center so I'm not sure why someone who arrived a little after 9:00 couldn't have joined in at that time, but that seems to be the rule. My husband thought the tour was very interesting, but I was disappointed that we didn't really get to see that much, such as the second floor of the house because it is still under conservation. And, while the docent was informative, her "story" wasn't particularly easy to follow. I realize that docents are volunteers but, as a docent myself, I also know it's important to make the tour "flow" and not keep saying, "Oh, and I forgot to tell you...."

Amber_G

May 2022

Genuinely enjoy our guide Rosemary. We enjoyed knowing more of the story thru artifacts found at the plantation. She gave us her card if we have more questions. Maybe next time the upstairs will be reopned.