Palmetto Carriage Works & Palmetto Tours

Palmetto Carriage Works & Palmetto Tours Established in 1972, Palmetto Carriage Works is the oldest carriage company in Charleston, S.C.
(1914)

Family-owned and operated, the company offers guided horse and mule-drawn tours of historic Downtown Charleston.

Your chariot awaits! 👑 Whether you are whisking away a significant other for the most romantic afternoon Charleston has ...
06/17/2026

Your chariot awaits! 👑 Whether you are whisking away a significant other for the most romantic afternoon Charleston has ever seen or rounding up your closest friends for the kind of summer experience that absolutely dominates the group chat for weeks, our private carriage is ready and waiting for you. Just your people, an elegant carriage, and 30 blocks of the most breathtaking streets in America, completely to yourselves.

Private carriage rides are one of the most popular ways to see Charleston, and honestly, once you experience it, you will completely understand why. There is nothing quite like rolling through this city at your own pace with a guide who is entirely focused on making your time here unforgettable. And when you do it with the oldest carriage company in Charleston? That is not just a tour. That is a story you will be telling for years. 🌴❤️

Your chariot is ready when you are. Book your seat at palmettocarriage.com

People come to us from every corner of the world, and we genuinely could not love that more. Some come for the iconic la...
06/15/2026

People come to us from every corner of the world, and we genuinely could not love that more. Some come for the iconic landmarks they have seen in every Charleston photo ever taken. The architecture. The cobblestones. The harbor. The sights that put this city on every must-visit list on the planet. 🌍

But our favorite part? The tucked-away streets and secret gardens and stories behind buildings that most visitors would walk right past without ever knowing what they were looking at. That is what our guides live for. Sharing all of it with someone experiencing Charleston for the very first time and watching their face when they realize this city goes so much deeper than they ever expected. 🥹🌴

Come, let us show you our corner of South Carolina at palmettocarriage.com

You know that look kids get when something is so wonderful their whole face just cannot contain it? 🥹🐴 That is what happ...
06/13/2026

You know that look kids get when something is so wonderful their whole face just cannot contain it? 🥹🐴 That is what happens here every single day of summer break without fail. A child walks up to one of our horses, and something magical just takes over completely. The wonder. The joy. The absolute inability to look away from an animal this big, this beautiful, and this genuinely unbothered by all the attention.

Local Charleston kids who pass our barn regularly still react like it is the first time every single time.

So let us ask you something. If THIS is the reaction from kids who practically grew up down the street from us, what do you think happens when a child from out of state, someone who has never been this close to a horse in their entire life, comes around that corner for the very first time?

Join us to find out at palmettocarriage.com

06/12/2026

Couples, solo travelers, families, it doesn't matter. When you want to understand Charleston before anything else, you find Palmetto Carriage Works. What they don't expect is the bond. 🐴

Because somewhere on those cobblestone streets with the breeze in your hair and the city unfolding all around you, you stop being a visitor and you start feeling something real. For Charleston. For the stories. And most of all for the horse who carried you through every single block of it.

You reach out and touch their nose before you go. Your kid looks back three times. The solo traveler who came alone leaves somehow feeling less so. And then the last morning of vacation arrives, and you already know what you're doing before checkout. One more ride. One more goodbye.

Because some bonds you don't walk away from without a proper farewell. 🥹❤️

Come find your new pal at palmettocarriage.com

Meet Bezos. No, not from Amazon-Bezos, from Palmetto-Bezos. 🐴 He might not have a superyacht. He might not have a rocket...
06/09/2026

Meet Bezos. No, not from Amazon-Bezos, from Palmetto-Bezos. 🐴 He might not have a superyacht. He might not have a rocket ship. But what he DOES have is a tiny friend wandering around his hooves like he owns the whole barn, and honestly, that kind of energy is worth more than any fortune. 😂

This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship, and Bezos did not ask for it, did not plan for it, and is handling it with the kind of quiet dignity that only a Palmetto carriage horse truly has.

Come meet Bezos, and maybe he'll even let you meet his new best friend this summer at palmettocarriage.com

06/05/2026

There's a version of summer that lives somewhere in the back of your memory. ☀️ You probably haven't felt it in a while. Life gets busy. Summers get complicated. But Charleston has this thing it does to people. The second that breeze hits you off the water and the city slows down around you, something in your chest just unclenches.

Add a horse-drawn carriage from the oldest carriage company in Charleston, the smell of the sea in the air, moss-draped streets going golden in the afternoon sun, and suddenly you're a kid again in the best possible way.

That's what we do at Palmetto Carriage Works. We give you your summer back.

Book at palmettocarriage.com and feel that sensation all over again!

Wanna hear something that will completely change the way you see Charleston this summer? Horse-drawn carriages have been...
06/04/2026

Wanna hear something that will completely change the way you see Charleston this summer? Horse-drawn carriages have been rolling through Charleston since 1670. By 1750, there were already speed limits because apparently people were out here absolutely flying down the cobblestones. 😂 And by the 1800s, Charleston had a full horse-drawn street railway with 144 horses and one mule, who we can only assume was doing the work of several horses. 😳

We wrote it all up in a blog post, and it is a genuinely fascinating read that makes every single street in this city feel even more alive than it already is. Read it, fall even more in love with Charleston than you already are, then come, let the oldest carriage company in the city show you all of it in person this summer.

Check out our blog at https://palmettocarriage.com/history-of-horse-drawn-carriages-in-charleston/

That moment when you check the calendar and realize June is here, and you have not booked your Charleston carriage tour ...
06/01/2026

That moment when you check the calendar and realize June is here, and you have not booked your Charleston carriage tour yet! 😂🐴 This is the only correct reaction.

The good news is there is still time. The bad news is these spots go fast, and this horse is watching you very closely right now. 👀

What're you waiting for? You know what to do! Reserve your summer seat at palmettocarriage.com

Jo Lyn, this made our whole day. 🥹🐴 Big Mike and Josh are going to hear about this, and honestly, they deserve every sin...
05/31/2026

Jo Lyn, this made our whole day. 🥹🐴 Big Mike and Josh are going to hear about this, and honestly, they deserve every single word. This is exactly what we love most. The people who almost didn't book because "haunted" sounds scary and then end up having the time of their trip because the history, the stories, and the city itself just pulls you right in. 👏

And that is the magic of Charleston after dark. One of the most haunted cities in America, with stories stretching back to the early 1800s, the Circular Church graveyard, the Old Exchange building, the Provost Dungeon, and guides who weave it all together in a way that feels more like sitting around a fire than anything scary.

If YOU'VE been on the fence about our Evening Ghost Tour, consider this your sign. Daily tours run from 5:30 to 8 pm year-round. Up to 16 people. $50 a seat and worth every penny.

Book at palmettocarriage.com and come see why Charleston nights hit different from the back of a carriage: https://palmettocarriage.com/public-carriage-rides/charleston-haunted-history-tour/

05/29/2026

There's seeing Charleston. And then there's actually experiencing with us. 🌇 Seeing it is fine. You walk around, you take pictures, you check it off the list. Cool! Great! But experiencing it? That's something different entirely.

That's the clip clop of hooves on cobblestones while your guide tells you something about this city that makes your jaw drop. That's the breeze off the harbor, the Spanish moss overhead, the kids leaning out of the carriage, pointing at anything and everything they lay their eyes on 😅

Palmetto Carriage Works has been doing this longer than anyone else in the city. We're not just a tour. We're the oldest carriage company in Charleston, and we've been showing people what this place is really made of for decades.

Don't just see Charleston the typical way. Book at palmettocarriage.com and let us show you the difference.

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8 Guignard Street
Charleston, SC
29401

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

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