Charleston · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Folly Beach
Peter Halvorsen The Nordics
These are my five favourites in Charleston, out of the 9 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 5 down to 4.7.
All five are within 5.4 km of Folly Beach.
Highest rated of the five
Vera Hotel
★★★★★5 from 68 reviews
Vera Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 5 from 68 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is found under poi and around $251 a night on the dates we checked.
9 hotels in Charleston qualified for this list and five made it. The Rathershacks is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
- Step free accesslevel entry and a lift
- Dogs allowedno kennel to arrange before you fly
All five, ranked
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1
Vera Hotel
★★★★★5 from 68 reviews
3.4 km from Folly Beach
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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3Water's Edge Inn
★★★★★4.7 from 244 reviews
3.7 km from Folly Beach
- Spa
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
- Airport shuttle
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4Regatta Inn
★★★★★4.8 from 397 reviews
5.4 km from Folly Beach
- Parking
- Air conditioning
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5Hotel Folly
★★★★★4.8 from 143 reviews
3.5 km from Folly Beach
- Parking
- Kitchen
- Pet friendly
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
How this list was put together
9 Charleston hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Folly Beach second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Peter Halvorsen The Nordics
Twenty-six years of teaching means 26 long summers. Trains and driving through most of Europe, now further afield, usually alone with a tent. Keeps every train ticket since 1994.
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