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Middleton Place Plantation Tour

Visit Middleton Place: Explore historic gardens, stable yards, and the Middleton House, learning about plantation life and history.

Visit Middleton Place, a National Historic Landmark and former plantation home of the Middleton family since 1741. Explore America's oldest Formal Gardens, featuring the Camellia Allee and Butterfly Lakes. Discover the stable yards, an outdoor museum showcasing 18th-century plantation life, and learn about the enslaved Africans who worked the rice fields. Tour the remaining wing of the Middleton House, furnished with family heirlooms. Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine or sparkling water.

Shore Thing Highlights

Complimentary glass of wine or sparkling water
Visit the stable yards, an outdoor museum showcasing 18th-century plantation life
See America's oldest Formal Gardens, featuring the Camellia Allee, Butterfly Lakes, and Middleton Oak
Visit Middleton Place, a National Historic Landmark

Need to know

Sailors in wheelchairs or with limited mobility should not select this Shore Thing
Approximately 45 minute drive each way to/from the pier
Weather can vary throughout the day; layers are recommended as well as a rain jacket
1 glass of wine is included
To access the upper floor of Middleton House, a flight of stairs is required. No elevator is available

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Shore Things are fully refundable to the original form of payment. However, please note that Shore Things are only fully refundable if they are canceled within 48 hours prior to the booked Shore Thing taking place, unless stated otherwise in a specific Shore Thing 'Need to Know' section. If you fail to either (a) cancel within 48 hours of the booked Shore Thing (or alternative time period as may be stated in a specific Shore Thing 'Need to Know' section), or (b) show up for a booked Shore Thing, you will be charged for 100% of the Shore Thing price.

If you make a cancellation prior to the first day of your voyage and within 48 hours (unless otherwise stated in the tour details) of your Shore Thing, you will be refunded to the original form of payment after midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST) on the day of cancellation.

If you make another purchase prior to midnight EST, after canceling a booking eligible for a refund, the credit from the canceled booking will be applied to your new booking. Therefore, you’ll only be charged for the price difference between the canceled and new experience. If you have remaining temporary credit left on your account after you’ve made another experience purchase, the remaining credit will be refunded to your original form of payment after midnight EST.

If you cancel a Shore Thing during your voyage and are eligible for a refund, a credit will be applied to your folio and not to your original form of payment.

Shore Things departure times and/or meeting locations are subject to change. We will make every effort to notify Sailors in advance via the Sailor App of any tour departure and/or meeting changes.

Middleton Place Plantation Tour

Visit Middleton Place: Explore historic gardens, stable yards, and the Middleton House, learning about plantation life and history.

Shore Thing Highlights

Need to know

Experience shores the Virgin way

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