Park Pleasantly, Play Downtown in Mt. Pleasant

Welcome to the best place to enjoy your visit to Charleston. Mount Pleasant is safe, clean and offers spacious accommodations with first class amenities.

We're located between charming, but cramped and congested, downtown Charleston and two beautiful beaches at the Isle of Palms and Sullivan's Island. We have our own award winning restaurants and attractions like the Old Village, Shem Creek and Boone Hall Plantation. 

How to get to Downtown Charleston and the Beach

Public transit links most of our hotels to the Visitor's Center downtown and the free DASH bus system which will let you get anywhere downtown you need to go for free, without fighting traffic in your car. You can also take the free #20 upper King Street bus downtown to reach locations in the Northern part of the historic city including Redux Art Center, the Brewery District and Rodney Scotts, BBQ.

Shem Creek, Mt. Pleasant

You can plan any transit trip to and from Charleston using Google Transit. Just select the Charleston Visitor's center or somewhere else as your destination downtown and click the bus icon to generated directions to the nearest stop and on the bus to where you want to go. 

You can also use the Transit App on your smart phone to locate the nearest stops, plan trips and get real time ETAs on the arrival time for your bus. 

Hotels located near Patriots Point and the Ravenel Bridge are linked to Charleston by the #40 Mount Pleasant and #41 Coleman Blvd. bus routes, with service running every 30 to 60 minutes, 15 hours per day. Hotels located near Mt. Pleasant Town Center can use the #40 to reach Charleston every hour. Hotels along Stuart Ingalls Blvd. can use the #40 and the #2 Express. Google or the Transit app will figure out your options automatically. 

Bus stop, Mt. Pleasant Town Hall

Image, Right, Bus stop at Mt. Pleasant Town Hall, (With a swing) used for travel to Charleston on the #41, Use the stop on the other side of the road to reach Charleston on the #40. 

On weekends during the summer the Beach Reach Shuttle will take you out to the Isle of Palms every hour, directly from the Hotels near the IOP Connector and Town Centre and Via the #40 Bus from hotels near the bridge and Stuart Ingalls. 

While the bus may take a bit longer, you avoid a lot of stress from beach traffic and the horrific congestion downtown. Even if you decide to stay late downtown, after bus service ends, an Uber home will still be cheaper and easier than paying for and fighting parking in Charleston's cramped parking garages. 

Please note that the stops you need to use to reach Downtown are

• Houston Northcutt- West Side of road, near Harris Teeter for the #40, In front of Town Hall with the swing for the #41. 
• Town Centre- All the stops with shelters will work fine. Be sure to board the #40. The #42 is for travel to locations further out from Charleston. 
• Stuart Ingalls- Use the stops opposite Walmart and on the same side of the road as your hotel. 
• Coleman Blvd, Shem Creek- Use stops on the North side of Coleman Blvd. In front of Moultrie Plaza and near the Shelter Bar/Common. 
• Johnny Dodds, use the stops on the North Side of the road for inboud travel to the City. 

You can also walk- While you certainly wouldn't want to use it for every trip, the walkway on the Ravenel Bridge takes about an hour and a half to walk to the city and is utterly spectacular. Once downtown, use the free DASH and #20 buses to get around and the regular buses to get back home. Be sure to walk South all the way to Chapel St. before turning West to complete your walk to the Visitors Center and make this walk only during the day. 

Make sure to take advantage of the bathrooms at the Visitors Center and in the basement of Charleston City Hall, which are the cleanest and best maintained in the old city. 

More Help

If the links in this post don't tell you what you need to know and your kids can't figure it out for you on their smart phones, contact Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit / Hungryneck Straphanger division and we'll talk you through it. Contact William Hamilton at (843) 870-5299 or wjhamilton29464@gmail.com 

You can also try contacting CARTA. 

Support us and Contact Us

• You can support our continuing efforts for better transit by making a contribution online on Act Blue
• You can reach us by emailing executive director William Hamilton at wjhamilton29464@gmail.com or by calling 843-870-5299.