Outdoor Activities
Walking Distance:
- Carolina Panthers training camp at Wofford College, just down Church Street
- The B-cycle bike share program offers bikes you can rent for $5 a day. B-Cyle Website
- The Farmer's Market is on Saturday at the old train depot on Magnolia Street from 8 AM to Noon.
- Jazz on the Square is on Friday night in Morgan Square
- The pool at the hotel
- Barnet Park has an interactive water fountain; it's just down St. John Street from the hotel
Driving Distance:
- Walnut Grove Plantation - an 18th century farmhouse Walnut Grove Plantation Website
- Cowpens Battlefield - relive General Daniel Morgan's defeat of the British at this Revolutionary War battlefield. Cowpens National Battlefield
- Hatcher Garden and Woodland Preserve - 10 acres of nature beautifully sculpted by a retired couple and gifted to the City in the 1980s. It's free! Hatcher Garden Website
- Walking and bicycling trails throughout the County. Trail Maps Website
- Hiking trails with waterfalls throughout the Upstate. Waterfall Trails Website
- Hollywild Animal Park, in Inman, is full of animals that have starred in movies and commercials. Hollywild Website
Indoor Activities
Walking Distance:
- Morgan Square and Main Street, where the original village of Spartanburg was founded after the Revolutionary War
- Hub City Books
- Cakeheads bake shop
- Growler Haus - growlers of beer
- Three Sisters boutique
- Petit Armoire kids and juniors boutique
- Haute Mama maternity boutique
- Lemon Peel shoe parlor
- Two Doors Down boutique
- Pink on Main - Lilly Pulitzer
- The Local Hiker
- Green Papaya Salon
- Dottie's Toffee
- DK Boutique and Spa
- Yogalicious - one-time passes for $10 (90 minute classes for $12). Yogalicious Website
- RJ Rockers Brewing - tours are Thursday and Friday between 5 and 7 PM and Saturdays between Noon and 4 PM. RJ Rockers Website
- Imagination Station toystore
- Krispy Kreme doughnuts. When the "Hot Now" sign is lit up in red, you can see the doughnuts come off the conveyor belt and get iced. Go across the street and take a peek at the old KK with its mint formica countertops. Address of the Krispy Kreme
Driving Distance:
- Baehr Feet shoe store is also downtown, just a little further from the hotel. They have Tory Burch, Kate Spade, Sam Edelman, Jack Rogers and more. Baehr Feet Website
- Premium Outlets in Gaffney, is at exit 90 on Interstate 85, going north from Spartanburg. It has Brooks Brothers, Ralph Lauren, J. Crew, Banana Republic, Ann Taylor, BCBG, Michael Kors, Juicy, Coach and more. Outlets Website
- The Gaffney Peachoid water tower, made newly famous in the Netflix show House of Cards, is visible from Interstate 85, going north from Spartanburg. Kevin Spacey with the Peachoid
- The BMW Zentrum, in Greer, is the museum and visitors' center at the only BMW plant in America. Zentrum Website
- Downtown Greenville has many shops and restaurants on Main Street, as well as in the West End, around Falls Park on the Reedy River.
- Bob Jones University has one of the largest collections of religious art in the country. Bob Jones Museum Website
Photos from Life Magazine's online collaboration with Google
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