Those carriage tours are popular, but the city is so walkable that it’s best experienced on foot,”

To fully appreciate a historic city like Charleston, you shouldn’t speed through it in car. In fact, even taking a horse-drawn buggy might be rushing it.

“Those carriage tours are popular, but the city is so walkable that it’s best experienced on foot,” says Caroline Eubanks, an Atlantan whose travel blog focuses on the South. “You see much more interesting things this way—like narrow alleys with street art, plaques denoting historic homes, and the stamps on each brick that tell where they’re from.”