For your information, there are actually 4 carriage rides.
Each ride has a different route so the blue blood locals aren't incovenienced with the carriage traffic.
If you do take a carriage ride ask the guide which route you are taking. If you have the money & time you might want to take several carriage rides.
SOB means south of broad st. SNOB means slightly north of broad street. Two different types of the rich blue bloods.
I highly recommend a tour of the Calhoun House.
Another place to visit is outside the city limits, that being Cypress Gardens in Berkeley County ajacent to the Cooper river. Its about 20 miles north of center city.
Enjoy the sites of the Holy City. Bill

Hi Ms Maine,

Wish I could join on this idea, but can't swing another Charleston trip in April. I posted some pics from a walkabout back in January while in town there. Looks like some good ideas already have been added. I'd also suggest: the Yorktown aircraft carrier, the cemeteries at St Micheal's and St Philip's, around the Battery at 6am to 8am, around Rainbow Row at dusk or a partly cloudy / sunny morning, and long walk down Meeting Street either going toward the water or from the Battery to Market. Enjoy! Oh yes, the ferry out to Fort Sumter has great opportunities on the water and at the fort. /paul

We were there several years ago. Two great photo ops are the tour of Fort Sumter (requires a short boat ride to get there and back), and a walking tour of historic downtown Charleston. The walking tour lasted two hours, and was at a reasonable enough pace to allow for photo ops along the way.

Great city! Just don't mention the Civil War. Down there is is still the "late unpleasantness".