15 Minutes from Your Doorstep
Discover Charleston’s favorite spots just minutes from John Rutledge House Inn®. With the city’s best dining, shopping, and attractions all within a 15-minute stroll, your perfect Charleston experience is right at your doorstep.
Sorelle Mercato
Distance: 2 minute walk
Where: 88 Broad Street
The Mercato offers a relaxed yet refined dining experience featuring salads, paninis, Sicilian-style pizzas, and pastries. Guests can also browse the marketplace for a curated selection of authentic Italian goods to enjoy or share at home.
Millers All Day
Distance: 2 minute walk
Where: 120 King Street
This iconic spot celebrates breakfast and craft cocktails with a focus on locally sourced ingredients and timeless Southern flavors. Guests enjoy small-batch grains, fresh eggs, and creative dishes, highlighted by an antique corn mill in the front window that turns tradition into every plate.
Gibbes Museum of Art
Distance: 6 minute walk
Where: 135 Meeting Street
The Gibbes Museum of Art showcases Southern art and culture in a historic Beaux Arts building in the heart of Charleston.
Look Up Charleston Art Collective
Distance: 6 minute walk
Where: 128 Meeting Street
Look Up Charleston, the city’s newest indoor art, fashion, and gift collective, brings together artwork, jewelry, gifts, clothing, vintage fashion, studio and event space, and even acting classes—all under one creative roof.
Meyer Vogl Gallery
Distance: 6 minute walk
Where: 122 Meeting Street
Meyer Vogl Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery situated in Charleston’s vibrant gallery district within the historic French Quarter.
Nathaniel Russell House
Distance: 7 minute walk
Where: 51 Meeting Street
The Nathaniel Russell House is a landmark of neoclassical architecture, offering a glimpse into early 19th-century Charleston history.
Queen Street Grocery
Distance: 7 minute walk
Where: 133 Queen Street
An old-fashioned grocery and café offering breakfast, hot-pressed sandwiches, crêpes, and fresh smoothies.
The Riviera Theater
Distance: 8 minute walk
Where: 7227 King Street
The Riviera is a beautifully restored Art Deco theater that captures the glamour of the 1930s, blending historic elegance with a relaxed, intimate atmosphere.
Heyward-Washington House
Distance: 8 minute walk
Where: 87 Church Street
The Heyward-Washington House is a preserved 18th-century home that once hosted George Washington and belonged to a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Distance: 8 minute walk
Where: 122 E. Bay Street
The Old Exchange is one of the nation’s most significant Colonial public buildings, where key moments in South Carolina’s political and revolutionary history unfolded.
Corrigan Gallery
Distance: 8 minute walk
Where: 38 Queen Street
The gallery features local contemporary fine art and Charleston Renaissance works, offering pieces for all budgets—from artists represented in museum collections to emerging talents on the rise.
Old Slave Mart Museum
Distance: 8 minute walk
Where: 6 Chalmers Street
The Old Slave Mart, built in 1859, stands as the last remaining slave auction gallery in South Carolina, offering a solemn and important glimpse into Charleston’s history.
Charleston City Market
Distance: 9 minute walk
Where: 188 Meeting Street
The Charleston City Market is a historic four-block marketplace dating back to the 1790s, offering local goods in an iconic downtown setting.
Burbages
Distance: 9 minute walk
Where: 157 Broad Street
Burbage’s Grocery blends local charm, family recipes, and warm hospitality in the heart of Broad Street.
Old City Jail
Distance: 9 minute walk
Where: 6 Chalmers Street
Join Bulldog Tours to visit The Old City Jail, a striking historic structure that once housed Charleston’s most notorious criminals, pirates, and Civil War prisoners.
Rainbow Row
Distance: 10 minute walk
Where: 79-107 E. Bay Street
Rainbow Row is a charming row of pastel-colored homes in Charleston’s historic district, celebrated as one of the city’s most iconic and photographed landmarks.
Larry Moore Studios
Distance: 10 minute walk
Where: 79-107 E. Bay Street
Larry Moore Studios offers fine art sales and specialized workshop instruction in Charleston, SC, combining hands-on learning with access to original artworks.
Pineapple Fountain in Joe Riley Waterfront Park
Distance: 11 minute walk
Where: 1 Vendue Range, Charleston
The iconic Pineapple Fountain is a beloved Charleston landmark, symbolizing hospitality and offering a picturesque spot along the waterfront.
Colonial Lake Park
Distance: 11 minute walk
Where: 46-54 Ashley Ave.
Colonial Lake is a scenic tidal pond nestled in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, surrounded by broad walkways ideal for a stroll, jog, or simply unwinding by the water. Today, it’s a popular public park and gathering spot, though longtime locals may still refer to it by its original name, the Rutledge Street Pond—or simply, “The Pond.”
The Battery
Distance: 11 minute walk
Where: East Battery
The Battery is a historic seawall and promenade at the tip of the Charleston peninsula, offering scenic harbor views and a glimpse into the city’s layered military and architectural past.
Edmondston-Alston House
Distance: 13 minute walk
Where: 21 E Battery
Built in 1825, the Edmondston-Alston House offers a glimpse into Charleston’s antebellum past with Greek Revival elegance and powerful stories of those who lived and labored there.
Circa 1886
Distance: 13 minute walk
Where: 149 Wentworth Street
Located in the original carriage house of the historic Wentworth Mansion®, Circa 1886 has long reigned as one of Charleston’s finest restaurants, elevating even an ordinary night out to spectacular new heights.
To uncover more of what makes Charleston special, explore our other guides. Whether you're seeking hidden gems, historic landmarks, or culinary experiences, there's always more to discover just beyond the doorstep of John Rutledge House Inn®.
