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The Harbour Town Lighthouse on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Harbour Town Lighthouse, Hilton Head Island: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

The Harbour Town Lighthouse and Museum is a famous red-and-white-striped beacon and historical museum situated in the Harbour Town Yacht Basin on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport, parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This comprehensive visitor guide…

Boone Hall Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina.

Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens, Mount Pleasant: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

Boone Hall Plantation & Gardens is a historic 1681 estate and working farm located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport, parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. To skip the detail and just book your tickets, head this way.…

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, Charleston: ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

Magnolia Plantation & Gardens is a 600-acre historic plantation and public garden located at 3550 Ashley River Road, approximately 13 miles north-west of downtown Charleston, South Carolina. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, parking, accessibility, and practical tips for planning your visit. Updated May…

Dolphins are found along much of the South Carolina coast.

The best places to see dolphins in South Carolina: Your complete guide

South Carolina's coastline is one of the finest stretches of bottlenose dolphin habitat on the US Atlantic seaboard. The state's network of tidal creeks, salt marshes and sheltered sounds creates ideal conditions for the resident pods that live here year-round. Add the Intracoastal Waterway threading…

The best places to see alligators in Florida

Florida has more American alligators than any other state — an estimated 1.3 million of them, living in virtually every freshwater habitat in the peninsula. They occupy lakes, rivers, marshes, roadside ditches and, occasionally, suburban golf courses. Seeing an alligator in Florida is not difficult.…

Visiting Middleton Place, Charleston: ticket prices, hours and tips

Middleton Place is a National Historic Landmark plantation estate located at 4300 Ashley River Road, Charleston, South Carolina, encompassing 110 acres. It includes America's oldest landscaped gardens, a house museum, working stableyards, a restaurant, and an inn. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport…

Château de Gruyères, Switzerland: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

Château de Gruyères is a historic 13th-century fortress and museum located in the hilltop town of Gruyères, Switzerland. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport, parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. Our comprehensive visitor guide was updated in May 2026 to reflect the latest…

Big Bula Waterpark, Denarau Island: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

Big Bula Waterpark is an inflatables and slides water attraction located on Denarau Island in Fiji. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. To skip the explanation and just book your tickets, head this way. This guide…

Elephanta Caves, Mumbai: ticket prices, ferry hours and tips – plan your visit

The Elephanta Caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of rock-cut cave temples carved into basalt on Elephanta Island (Gharapuri). The site is approximately 10 kilometres east of the Gateway of India in Mumbai Harbour, Maharashtra, India. Managed by the Archaeological Survey of India…

Liverpool Beatles Museum, Liverpool: Ticket prices, hours and tips – plan your visit

The Liverpool Beatles Museum is an extensive collection of authentic band memorabilia located on Mathew Street in the centre of Liverpool. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport or parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. To skip queues on the door, book your Liverpool…