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A Charleston favorite, The French Quarter Inn is regularly featured in leading print magazines and included in articles about Charleston. Explore what in-the-know editors are saying about one of the city's most highly rated hotels.
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Rooms are filled with French-inspired decor and sumptuous beds finished in luxurious European linens. There's even a pillow menu to ensure a restful night: Choose among buckwheat, hypoallergenic and Swedish massage pillows. Other thoughtful amenities include evening turndown service, an in-room sound machine and a nightly wine and cheese reception.
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Guests visiting during December can book the Sleigh Bell Suite. Decorated with garlands and mistletoe, the suite also features an in-room eggnog bar and classic holiday movie screenings.
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"The service remains as personal as ever, with an admirable attention to detail—staff remember names and preferences—served with a dose of quiet hospitality."
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"Celebrate the holidays in the Holy City...book the French Quarter Inn's Sleigh Bell Suite, which comes fully decked out in holiday decor and features an in-room eggnog bar, cookies and milk."
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"After admiring the area's historical homes as you stroll hand in hand through the Battery promenade, retreat to the French Quarter Inn, a boutique hotel known for its Southern hospitality."
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"There's a lot to love about Charleston, South Carolina. From cobblestoned streets lined with candy-colored houses and the Ravenel Bridge soaring high above the harbor, to the latest trendy restaurants, hotels, and rooftop lounges, the "Holy City" is at once traditional and ever-changing."
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"The French Quarter Inn, voted the best hotel in Charleston by our readers, will be fully decked out with a 15-foot Christmas tree and free gingerbread cookies in the rotunda, while the Sleigh Bell Suite comes with even more festive amenities: an in-room eggnog bar, freshly-baked cookies served by the fireplace, holiday movie screenings, and a special reading of ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas from Santa himself."
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"The French Quarter Inn, voted the best hotel in Charleston by our readers, is fully decked out with a 15-foot Christmas tree and free gingerbread cookies in the rotunda."
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"Travel and good sleep notoriously don’t mix—but the French Quarter Inn is working to change that by way of a partnership with the sleep app SleepSpace... And to help you doze off even more easily when the time comes, the hotel offers free sleep sound machines, sleepytime tea, and a Sound Sleep pillow menu."
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"The French Quarter Inn welcomes guests with a flute of champagne—and that’s just the beginning. Opened in 2002, the hotel is known for its opulent decor and services, which include port and cookies at evening turndown, a nightly wine and cheese reception, and daily continental breakfast with pastries, fruit, and biscuits delivered to your door or served on the terrace."
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"Craft cocktails, fresh baked cookies, and complementary champagne await at the French Quarter Inn, one of the plushest boutique hotels to be found in Charleston's most historic neighborhood..."
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"With its traditional, home-baroque interior, the French Quarter Inn is a masterclass in providing glamour along with the world-class hospitality."
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"The French Quarter Inn (another World’s Best Award-winner) goes all-out with classic decorations in the lobby, but the hotel’s merriest room — the Sleigh Bell Suite — offers the ultimate holiday experience."
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"The French Quarter Inn, a T+L World’s Best Award winner, goes all out for the holidays, with sparkling decor in the lobby and a gingerbread house replica of St. Philip’s Church, a Holy City landmark."
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"For the second year in a row, the best hotel in the US is the French Quarter Inn, a 50-room boutique hotel in Charleston, South Carolina, according to Tripadvisor's 2020 Travelers' Choice Awards."
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