— Region —
Folly & Sullivan's Island.
Folly Beach is Charleston's beach (12 miles southeast). Sullivan's Island is the quieter version (10 miles east). Together they're a small but real boutique-inn ecosystem — Tides Folly Beach (independent oceanfront), Water's Edge Inn, and the Folly Beach guesthouses. Chain hotels stay on Highway 17 — these stay coastal.
3 hotels on the list
Folly Beach, SC
Tides Folly Beach
Folly Beach's only oceanfront hotel — 132 rooms, Blu Restaurant on the pier, family-owned.
Photography coming
Sullivan's Island, SC
Inn at Sullivan's Island
Seven rooms in a 1920s coastal cottage — Sullivan's Island's only inn, Edgar Allan Poe-adjacent.
Photography coming
Folly Beach, SC
Water's Edge Inn
Seven rooms a block off the beach — the boutique alternative to Folly's chain motels.
Aesthetics present in Folly & Sullivan's Island
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