Sanctuary at Kiawah Island | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Sanctuary at Kiawah Island

Secluded 3-year-old seaside estate on an Atlantic barrier island beach, 30 minutes south of Charleston.

Score 90.07
Stats 255 rooms; 3 restaurants; 3 bars.
Competitive Edge A sports enthusiast's dream, with 90 holes of golf and world-class tennis.
Rooms to Book Oceanfront suites face the water; No. 578 has 3 balconies.
Don't Miss A round of golf on the Pete Dye-designed Ocean Course.
Cost Doubles from $395.
Contact 1 Sanctuary Beach Drive
877/683-1234 or 843/768-6000

www.thesanctuary.com

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“Like a super-sized Tara, the Sanctuary at Kiawah Island belongs to a fictional plantation family. In the morning room, a portrait of the 'Mistress' presides over moss-green brocades, floral drapes, and porcelain bibelots crowding occasional tables. The 'Master' hangs his hat in the lobby bar. Tobacco-stained walnut planking creaks like the timeworn floors in an authentic antebellum mansion....” MORE»

—Shane Mitchell
“Southern Comforts” in Travel + Leisure, Apr 2005