RoomsPiazza Room
- 330 sq ft
- 1 king
- Sleeps 2
Doors onto a shaded piazza with two rockers.
From$209
/ night
Check datesCharleston, South Carolina
Salt air and
old brick
A hundred and twenty rooms around a brick cistern yard. Piazzas on every floor, a gaming room in the old rainwater vault, and a harbour you can smell before you see.
The Vault
Piazza Room
Yuvarelta
The Lanes
The Harbour
Where you sleep
Six ways to stay, and no bad one
From the standard room to the villa, the difference is space and view, never the quality of anything you touch.
Rooms
RoomsYard Double
- 380 sq ft
- 2 queens
- Sleeps 4
Two queens overlooking the cistern yard.
From$229
/ night
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RoomsHarbour King
- 420 sq ft
- 1 king
- Sleeps 3
Top floors, with the masts showing over the rooftops.
From$269
/ night
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SuitesYuvarelta Suite
- 720 sq ft
- 1 king + sofa bed
- Sleeps 4
A parlour with the original brick barrel vault.
From$399
/ night
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VillasThe Carriage House
- 1350 sq ft
- 2 kings + sofa
- Sleeps 5
A separate house across the yard with its own garden.
From$749
/ night
Check datesEat and drink
The food, in order of appearance
The wine list stays close to home, the spirits list does not, and both are priced without theatre.
All venues
What there is to do
Things worth getting up for
Most of this is included. Where it is not, the price is on the page rather than on the bill.
Everything here
The Vault
Gaming
Seven thousand square feet in the old rainwater vault, brick overhead and cool without trying. A hundred machines, eight tables, and never a crowd.
MoreThe Harbour
Water
Two blocks down. Sunset sails on a wooden ketch, a shrimp boat trip on Saturdays and a ferry that is free.
MoreThe Lanes
The city
A guided hour through the lanes at five with somebody who grew up here, free to guests, and bicycles at the gate.
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The Icehouse
Spa
Four treatment rooms in the old icehouse, a cold plunge and a steam room lined in cypress.
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Rooms and suites
1802
Year the cistern was dug
5
Restaurants and bars
2
Blocks to the harbour
Offers
Packages we would actually book
Offers apply to the flexible rate unless stated otherwise, so you can still change your mind.
Code PIAZZAPiazza Days
Third night free
Three nights, pay for two, with breakfast on the piazza included.
Terms and bookingOyster Season
A dozen a day, October to March
Two nights and a dozen oysters each evening at Saltline, which is exactly as good as it sounds.
Terms and bookingCode LOWSEASONLow Season
30% off, July and August
It is hot, the city empties, and the piazzas do their job.
Terms and bookingGetting here
18 Cistern Yard
Charleston, SC 29401
- Free self-parking for every guest
- A short walk from the centre of town
- (843) 555-0190 — reservations, 7 AM to 9 PM
