Drayton Hall Admission Ticket with Interpreter-Guided Tour
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Charleston, USA
- 1 to 2 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
As the oldest preserved plantation house in the country that’s still open to the public, Drayton Hall allows visitors to tour this early 1700s estate. Along with an admission ticket, this activity includes a guided tour of the estate as well as free time for you to take a self-guided stroll of the grounds. Drayton Hall is close to downtown Charleston and has free parking, making it a great activity for travelers short on time.
- Watch an orientation video about the plantation with your guide
- Tour the Gates Gallery and the Almeida Gallery at your leisure
- Visit an 18th century African American cemetery
- This is a family-friendly attraction, great for groups of 15 or less
What's Included
- 1-Hour Interpreter-Led Tour
- All-Inclusive Admission to Drayton Hall
- Orientation Video
- Gates Gallery
- Almeida Gallery
- 18th Century African-American Cemetery
- Free Parking
- Transportation to/from Drayton Hall
Meeting and Pickup
Departure Point
- Drayton Hall, 3380 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC 29414
What To Expect
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Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Most travelers can participate
- 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.
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Breathtaking tour, currently under restoration but that just makes it so much more interesting. Our guide was like a walking encyclopedia of knowledge. My only advice is to bring water and make sure you empty your bladder at the beginning of the tour ❤️
It’s helpful to tour a building undergoing restoration. You are able to see the brick interior wall, servants staircase, window casings changes and upgrades, beam support structures and building framework as well as ornamentations.
Very informative , Tourist should wear comfortable shoes . They give a very good over view of life on a plantation. Tour takes about an hour.
Our guide, the grounds, the history, and the intricate woodworking made this trip a great one for us! Our guide Susan made a point to share our interests. Every single person we encountered was friendly and helpful!
Five Stars!
It’s a beautiful estate. It’s very hot, bring water and go to the morning tour to really enjoy it…..
Wonderful experience. Our guide was very knowledgeable. The gift shop is great and the exhibits are very impressive.
Beautiful property and exceptional tour guide! They have several things to see and have an archeological dig as well with many artifacts displayed
It was great. The tour guide was very kind and knowledgeable. He answered all of our questions and knew a lot about the history of the homoand property.
Take time to ask about daily life of the family.
Go down to the riverside to take pictures and view the home from the waterfront.
Loved the historical highlights. Really enjoyed our tour guide. I have a background in Art History as an instructor. Her body of information on the tour was right on. I appreciate intelligent information delivered in a tour and she was well prepared and knowledgeable.
Bring an umbrella if it's cloudy. It's beautiful and the tour was great. I would have liked to explore the grounds more than I was able to because of mobility issues.
Very informative. Learned many interesting facts about the Drayton family and the history of the house and property. Enjoyed the tour!
Our tour guide Caroline, was so knowledgeable and she made the experience a wonderful and vivid historical experience. The property was beautiful and the artifact gallery was really nice.
The house was in use thru seven generations beginning in 1738...remarkable! It has such an interesting history and is on a beautiful piece of property.
Family history is so interesting history; Cody, our guide, was wonderful. House is architecturally significant.
From the check in greeter to the tour guide my experience was great. Everyone was friendly, knowledgeable and genuine. The history at this site is definitely worth learning.
So interesting. Great tour with knowledgeable guide. Hall has not been restored and illustrates the reality of the time.
One can see how properties change over time, including earthquake and changing styles and colors. Also changing economic conditions caused different decisions to maintain the property.
Excellent very authentic !! Loved the tour guide Thomas !! Very knowledgeable .. beautiful grounds !
really good tour with good highlights, good insight into the family, unique building and decorative features
Autumn Hall was a great tour guide. Her research is fascinating and her ability to use person first language to tell the story of the plantation in a historically and geopolitically accurate fashion really distinguish her from other tour guides I have experienced. I was super happy to hear her say that she will remain on staff after her fellowship.
It is a preservation, not a restoration, which we liked. The people are incredibly nice and love to answer questions. The archeologists at the on site dig are wonderful to talk to.
Very knowledgeable guide. Not your usual plantation tour. This is not a Mount Vernon tour. More of an archeological progress. But still a great tour
This was a great tour. Our guide did a wonderful job of explaining the history of Drayton Hall. Easy place to get around and explore the grounds.
Drayton Hall is a miraculously-complete fossil, displaying the actual materials of its construction almost 3 centuries ago rather than trying to *look like* it did back then. Stabilized rather than renovated/restored.
As such it differs from every other such structure I've seen, in a very good way. Kudos to the National Trust for their efforts.
Our guide Cody was at least as knowledgeable as he was personable, a winning combination.
Beautiful Plantation and excellent guided tour. We enjoyed the gift shop and the video presentation.
Def listen and take the time to walk the property. It's so informative how they excavate and clean the artifacts they find
Drayton Hall has been on our list forever and our visit did not disappoint. Autumn provided us with a wonderful in depth tour. We recommend it to anyone interested in preservation.
Great tour and actually very moving to hear what the experience was back then, especially the plight of the slaves. Autumn told the stories so well, you almost felt the ghosts of the manor and the stories they wanted told
Drayton Hall is a must see plantation when you are in the Charleston area. We learned the valuable difference between “preserved” and “restored” when it comes to the historical accuracy represented from the Civil War and pre-Civil War era. We were enlightened and saddened too, to learn more about the abuse the south played in the lives of African Americans by wealthy plantation owners. Drayton Hall is carefully preserved to give visitors a glimpse of life as it was up to 300 years ago. The huge and striking trees, and the artifacts on display tell show the affluence of the era and Drayton family. Visit as many plantations as you can when in the area, but don’t miss this “preserved” rather than “restored” plantation.
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