Two "Grand Tour" passes to Middleton Place, the elegant and sprawling plantation on the Ashley River.  The Grand Tour is the most conprehensive way to experience Middleton Place. Lead by a very senior guide or staff member, this in-depth tour includes all aspects of 18th and 19th century plantation life at Middleton Place.  A wonderful highlight for the next time you are in Charleston, SC!

     The Grand Tour offers a unique and personalized tour of the Gardens, House Museum and the Plantation Stableywards. Topics discussed will include Colonia gardens and landscape architecture, Carolina Gold Rice Cultivation, the Founding Fathers and American history, decorative arts and antiques, and African American history.

     The gardens, begun in 1741, reflect the elegant symmetry of European gardens of that period. Ornamental lakes, terraces, and plantings of camellias, azaleas, magnolias, and crape myrtle accent the grand design.

     The Middleton Place House itself was built in 1755, but in 1865, all but the south flank was ransacked and burned by Union troops. The house was restored in the 1870s as a family residence and today houses collections of fine silver, furniture, rare first editions by Catesby and Audubon, and portraits by Benjamin West and Thomas Sully. In the stableyards, craftspeople demonstrate life on a plantation of yesteryear. There are also horses, mules, hogs, cows, sheep, and goats.