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Myrtle Beach
6 days · 8 things to do
Best time to go: May to June and September to October
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Welcome
Myrtle Beach, in a few days
The seaside capital of the two Carolinas lines up hotel towers facing the Atlantic, a big wheel, a boardwalk and dozens of golf courses along the Grand Strand, 97 km of unbroken sand. Head south and you find another Carolina: salt marshes, sculpture gardens under the oaks and old rice ports.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 2 things
- D2 Day 2 1 thing
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- D4 Day 4 1 thing
- D5 Day 5 1 thing
- D6 Day 6 1 thing
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Myrtle Beach Boardwalk free · about 2 hA 2 km seafront promenade rebuilt in 2010 to replace the 1930s original lost to Hurricane Hazel, passing The Bowery, the 1944 bar where Alabama played, and the Gay Dolphin souvenir shop.
- Afternoon · SkyWheel · about 20 minA 57-metre big wheel on the boardwalk, opened in 2011 as the tallest in the eastern United States, whose air-conditioned gondolas make four turns with views along the Grand Strand.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Breakers Myrtle Beach Resort ↗ · All places to stay by budget →€150 a night
D2
Day 2
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Broadway at the Beach free · half a dayA 140-hectare complex around a lake, with some hundred shops, restaurants, bars, three theatres and Ripley's Aquarium with its tunnel beneath a shark tank, drawing more than 14 million visitors a year.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Breakers Myrtle Beach Resort ↗€150 a night
D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Myrtle Beach State Park · half a daySouth Carolina's first state park opened to the public, in 1936, protecting one of the Grand Strand's last maritime forests, with a fishing pier, a nature centre and a calm beach for children.
- Late afternoon · Murrells Inlet MarshWalk free · 2 to 3 hAn 800-metre wooden boardwalk along the salt marsh of an old fishing village, lined with eight restaurant terraces with live music every night and docks for fishing, kayak and dolphin trips.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Breakers Myrtle Beach Resort ↗€150 a night
D4
Day 4
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Huntington Beach State Park and Atalaya · half a day5 km of undeveloped beach, a freshwater lagoon where alligators bask and salt marshes prized by birdwatchers, beside Atalaya, the Huntingtons' Moorish-style winter home built from 1931 to 1933.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Breakers Myrtle Beach Resort ↗€150 a night
D5
Day 5
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Brookgreen Gardens · half a dayA sculpture garden founded in 1931 on four former rice plantations, with avenues of moss-draped live oaks framing a major collection of American figurative sculpture, a small wildlife zoo and marsh boat rides.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Breakers Myrtle Beach Resort ↗€150 a night
D6
Day 6
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Georgetown free · half a daySouth Carolina's third-oldest town, founded in 1729 on Winyah Bay and once the great port for slave-grown rice, with colonial houses, the Harborwalk and a rice museum in the old clock-towered market.
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Burgers and barbecue: brisket and ribs cooked low and slow, done differently in every state.
- Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl: the classic lunch on the San Francisco waterfront.
- Mexican food: tacos from a truck in Los Angeles, a Mission burrito in San Francisco.
- Pancakes and weekend brunch: a national habit, generous to the point of excess.
- Craft beer, and California wine from Napa and Sonoma.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Tipping is not optional: add 15 to 20% in restaurants and bars.
- Prices on menus and in shops exclude sales tax, which is added at the till.
- Do not plan more than four or five hours of driving a day: the distances are larger than they look on the map.
- Never travel without health insurance. A night in hospital can cost thousands of dollars.
- In summer, do not hike down into the Grand Canyon in the heat of the day: the climb back out is where people get into trouble.
Getting by
Words that help
🗣️ English is the main language here, so there is nothing to learn by heart.
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyUS dollar (USD, $)
BudgetAbout €140 a day, mid-range
Best seasonMay to June and September to October
PlugA/B · 120V
Tap waterSafe to drink
Tipping15 to 20%, expected
Emergency911
EntryUK, Australian and most EU passports need an ESTA, applied for online before departure, for stays of up to 90 days; a few EU countries sit outside the Visa Waiver Program and need a full visa. Canadians need neither, only a passport. Anyone who has been to Cuba since January 2021 cannot use an ESTA and must apply for a visa.
HealthNo vaccination required. Keep tetanus, diphtheria and polio up to date; hepatitis A is worth considering if you eat well off the tourist trail. In the desert parks, the heat is the real risk.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
Have a good trip.
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