Carefree!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 06/11/07
This was our first time to visit Edisto Island and we loved it. We had our 5 year old grandon with us and we had the time of our lives! We were stayed in the Villages and it was wonderful. Clean, spacious, and a well thought out floor plan that made our 5 day visit wonderful. Our unit overlooked one of the pools and was a perfect place to set out on the little deck and enjoy the view. Our unit had everything you could possibly need to use in a kitchen. There were a number of local own eating places, but we chose to make our meals most of the time. With the grocery store on the island it made that easy also. We were able to picnic or just all sit down together and enjoy a quiet meal without the phone ringing or someone knocking at our door. Our first day there we rented 3 bikes for the week. What fun! There are bike trails all over the Island and we were able to ride them everywhere. From our unit to Cabana Beach took us 15 minutes. And that was going pretty slow due to the fact we had our grandson with us. But if you prefer you can take a shuttle to the beach, which is still no problem. There is plenty to do, even if you don't golf (like us). We spent a lot of time wathcing the dolphins feed in the bay, building sand castles, flying kites, collecting seashells and just soaking in the sun. There are little lakes or ponds along the golf course and/or bike trails and we would just stop and watch the fish jumping out of the water. Hey, it was vacation! A time to stop and smell the roses! Or the other beautiful flowers, birds and trees we saw. If you want neon lights, swim up bars and rock bands this may not be the place for you. We met several families while at the pool and many of them were returning for the 4, 5th or 6th time. One lady said they had been coming there for over 20 years. We did take a day and drive to Charleston and it was a only about a 45 minutes drive. So if you have to have malls, traffic, stop lights, etc.. you don't have to really go that far. Or you can go to Walterboro, which is about the same distance the opposite direction. It is a nice town with about everything you might need too.
I read all kinds of reviews before we left on our trip to Edisto and I was beginning to feel pretty negative.
But the reviews that I read did not do the Island justice. Or either they had something totally different in mind. You are not going to find a bunch of chain stores, but just locals who take pride in there businesses. The only chain stores we saw were Piggley Wiggley, TCBY and Subway. The last two were connected to a gas station. As you can tell from this review we had a great relaxing time and if you are looking for a place to get away from it all you will enjoy Edisto Island!