Maggie

I will go on business trip to Columbia for the first time and will have 2 free days.
Any recommendations (tour, shopping, restaurants) are welcome.

Thanks,

Maggie

Kim

Harbison Blvd - Home to Columbiana Center Mall and loads of restaurants. If you're into zoos at all, Riverbanks is a nice one, off Greystone Blvd.
There are historical tours offered downtown. Also in town is the Vista area, with a lot of neat restaurants, antique shops, etc.

sam

Maggie, how old are you. columbia is a college towm. Are you single, married? married and flirting?

angela

We were in Columbia for a family event and like you wanted to make something of the visit. Columbia was very quiet and we opted to drive down to Charleston and take the plane back from there. I loved Charleston and it remains one of my favourite cities in the US.

xx

Columbia is a beautiful city and has much to offer. Don't miss seeing the two murals on the sides of buildings. One is of a road giong into the sunset that people have actually tried to turn onto. The other is of trains.

Contact the Columbia CVB for info. They are great people and will be very helpful. I recently attended a reunion seminar in Columbia and the CVB people were tops.

xxx

Thanks for the great ideas on how to spend two days in Columbia, xx. Now after we've seen the murals in the first 10 minutes, what do we do for the next 47 hours and 50 minutes???

xx

That's why I suggested contacting the CVB. What appeals to me may not appeal to you. For example, I found the tour of Fort Jackson very interesting, would you?

hm

rent a car and go to charleston, which is less than a 2-hour drive from columbia.

i've lived in both cities; there's not much to see in columbia - sorry - but charleston is great.

xxx

Harbison Boulevard??? Are you daft? That is the ugliest part of the city.

The museum is nice for about two hours. Go shopping and walk along Gervais Street in the Vista. The art museum is very close to the University of South Carolina. The public library downtown is fascinating and huge. Go to the park downtown (name escapes me).

zxzz

Left out restaurants;

Motor Supply Company
Vista Brewing Company (also bar)
Mertage (Tapas Bar)
Goatfeathere (really cool place for desert or bar)
Yesterdays
Willy's (old train station)
Blue Marlin.

See

I suggest going to see the cocks at play.

xxx

No more home football games this season. Roundball starts pretty soon.