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Charleston Map: Cypress GardensCypress Gardens Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Hours Daily 9am-5pm
Address 3030 Cypress Gardens Rd
Location U.S. 52
Transportation Take U.S. 52 some 24 miles north of Charleston
Phone 843/553-0515
Web site www.cypressgardens.info
Prices $10 adults, $9 seniors, $5 children 6-12, free for children 5 and under
Season Closed major holidays

Frommer's Review

This 163-acre swamp garden was used as a freshwater reserve for Dean Hall, a huge Cooper River rice plantation, and was given to the city in 1963. Today the giant cypress trees draped with Spanish moss provide an unforgettable setting for flat-bottom boats that glide among their knobby roots. Footpaths in the garden wind through a profusion of azaleas, camellias, daffodils, and other colorful blooms. Visitors share the swamp with alligators, pileated woodpeckers, wood ducks, otters, barred owls, and other abundant species. The gardens are worth a visit at any time of year, but they're at their most colorful in March and April. Also on-site are a reptile center, aquarium, and aviary, plus a butterfly house.

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