Once an art deco building from the 1920s is today a luxurious hotel sitting amid quintessential Charleston-excitement. Choose between a king or double-queen rooms — or spacious suites — all with marble bathrooms (with posh amenities like heated towel racks), a mini-fridge, flat-screens, and complimentary Wi-Fi. Love coffee? Check out the room’s Nespresso coffee machine with the foil-wrapped pods in jewel colors. Upgrade to a city view or a balcony. Suites also come with an evening turndown and your own butler.

A complimentary breakfast tempts each morning and guests are encouraged to use the properties’ loaner bikes. You won’t find onsite dining for lunch or dinner, but local restaurants will deliver, and the hotel’s jazz bar is excellent. The property doesn’t have a pool, but you’re central to so much activity in Charleston, you might not care.

The Spectator Hotel is 0.3-miles to the Waterfront Park, 358-feet to the Charleston City Market, 12-miles to family-friendly Folly Beach, 1-mile to the South Carolina Aquarium, 1.1-mile to The Children’s Museum of the Low country, 1-mile to Fort Sumter Tours (where Civil War’s first shots were fired), 5.8-miles to Wild Blue Ropes Adventure Park.