Information on South Carolina
South Carolina holiday's offers a lush agricultural landscape of enchanting plantations and rolling hillsides in the interior, along with some beautiful coastal landscapes in the small American state. The flat plains and the undulating pastoral landscapes hold little of interest for the visitor; the South Carolina coast is the true jewel of the state and has most of the attractions.
From the Grand Strand in the north of South Carolina, to the Savannah River at the southern most point are stretches of beautiful white sand beaches that go on for miles. The glitzy heart of the coast is the popular tourist resort of Myrtle Beach that is famous for its family entertainment, amusement park attractions and recreational activities, especially golf. A string of resorts are dotted along the coast to historic Georgetown, sitting between the carnival atmosphere of Myrtle Beach and the old port grandeur of Charleston, one of the most elegant cities in the country. South of Charleston the coastline breaks up into small marshy islands that preserve traces of the Gullah culture. These Sea Islands are home to black communities, descendants of the West African slaves brought to the plantations who were given land when they were freed in 1865, and who speak a dialect known as Gullah that is unique to the African-Americans of the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia.
South Carolina is home to rich and vivid history, which is documented in the picturesque district of Charleston, with Civil War sites, including Fort Sumter in Charleston harbour, and the restored plantation estates. In the 1800's the state depended heavily on slave labour to work the plantations, and as a result was the first state to secede from the Union and was a leader in the dispute over slavery.
