Historic downtown Abbeville, South Carolina. Photo: Jo Clark
Last month, travel writer Jo Clark introduced us to Ninety Six National Historic Site. This month she keeps the road trip rolling through South Carolina's Old 96 District, with historic inns, a night in a caboose, wine, peaches, pecans, barbecue and a whole lot of small-town charm.
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South Carolina's Old 96 District Road Trip
Jo's full travel guide, The Ultimate Old 96 District Trip: B&Bs to Battlefields, lists the restaurants, lodging and must-see stops. On the podcast, she and Lisa talk through the highlights, and they have plenty of fun doing it.
City Scape Winery in Pelzer. Photo: Jo Clark
On This Road Trip
Spartanburg: a walkable downtown with public art, Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve, and a stay at Clevedale Historic Inn and Gardens, where Jo slept in a vintage caboose.
City Scape Winery in Pelzer: a winery stop that turned into a full-circle moment.
Wade's Restaurant: a James Beard-honored meat-and-three, famous for its rolls.
Greenwood: a barbecue festival and a chat with pitmaster Petey Marshall of Off the Bone BBQ.
Ninety Six: candied pecans at the 96 Pecan Company, plus a nod back to last month's national historic site.
Abbeville: the Veranda on Main, the Belmont Inn and the town's historic opera house, plus a meal at Indigenous Underground.
Edgefield: Old Edgefield Pottery, farm-to-table dining at Christine's Farm to Fork, the Old Edgefield Grille, and peach country at Titan Farms and Three Star Vineyard and Orchard.
Entry to Hatcher Gardens. Photo: Jo Clark
Jo also stopped at Francis Beidler Forest on her way. Read the Beidler Forest article.
Jo's advice for visiting? Be flexible. These smaller towns are full of bed and breakfasts and family-owned restaurants rather than chain hotels, and you'll be pleasantly surprised. And since it's the holiday season, pecans and wine from South Carolina make great gifts.
Plan Your Trip: Jo's Old 96 District Guide on RecipesTravelCulture.com
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