For a quiet vacation, a weekend getaway, or a mid-week business conference, The Inn at Middleton Place offers relaxing accommodations in an atmosphere of unsurpassed natural beauty. The Inn’s 55 rooms are secluded among tall pines and live oaks, only a short stroll from the Gardens at Middleton Place, icon of the South Carolina Low Country and home to America’s oldest landscaped Gardens. A recipient of the American Institute of Architects highest award, The Inn features exquisitely designed and elegantly simple rooms. Hand-crafted furnishings, wide plantation shutters, braided rugs, warm cypress paneling and wood burning replaces evoke a feeling of the past, while large marble-floored bathrooms provide modern comfort. Dramatic floor-to-ceiling windows bring into every room all the rich tones of the outdoor woodland setting with sweeping views over the winding Ashley River, where the rice plantation culture flourished in days gone by. Included in the room tariff, guests have unlimited access to all that Middleton Place has to offer. In addition to the gardens, begun in 1741, the House Museum interprets four generations of the Middleton Family (including a signer of the Declaration of Independence) and the Stableyards bring to life the sights and sounds of a self-sustaining plantation. There is also horseback riding, carriage driving, kayaking, bicycling, nature walks and educational tours. The Inn provides a Continental Breakfast and evening Happy Hour. The Middleton Place Restaurant serves Low Country lunch daily and elegant candlelight dinners. A stay at The Inn can be an action-packed adventure or a quiet retreat from the pressures of modern life. Any day of the week, any season of the year, The Inn at Middleton Place offers a rich experience in history and nature.