Hopsewee Plantation

Barbara Monroe

The location and grounds and tea room is grand. The tour of the home was a challenge. The speaker Elizabeth Robertson Hutsinger was short and pressed for time and annoyed. The group felt like they were in first grade. Perhaps speaker was overwhelmed? She felt the need to impress alot of rules and restraints rather than focus on the tour people's excitement for the grand number of things on display. Loved the array of items and the home upkeep. Would have enjoyed more time talking history. The tea room gumbo and array of tea was really good! Very pleased. The person on phone helping make arrangements and reservations was very helpful.

Alison Wright

My family had our own private tour of the plantation house learning about the old rice plantation and the history of the past owners. Since we're not huge on history, it wasn't really our cup of tea, but it was quiet and away from the bustle of Charleston. My kids loved the cat who followed them around for a while outside, but were a bit bored with the history lesson. Photos are not allowed in the house itself, which was unfortunate given some of the cool features of the house such as the melting candle accents on several of the rooms' moldings. Given the huge crowds heading to other plantations in the area, this was definitely a breath of fresh air to explore.

Apzr

Short tour but interesting. The owner is still residing in house and for that reason no pictures are allowed inside. Beautiful property!

Robert Gould

The plantation was nice but the tour left something to be desired. The tour started late and was very rushed. The tour guide started talking before everybody was even into a room. The tour description claimed the tour included the attic but in reality we just got to look up into the attic from the bottom of the stairs. The gentleman who was talking to the group before the official tour was far more interesting than the lady giving the tour.