Night of A Thousand Candles

      Murrells Inlet, SC, USA

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      Dec 21, 2019
      Group size: 30 - 47
      Night of A Thousand Candles
      Murrells Inlet, SC, USA

      Patty
      • Email address verified
      • Facebook verified
      288 reviews

      Dec 21, 2019
      Group size: 30 - 47

      About this trip


      Celebrate the Holidays with a day trip to one of the Southeast's premier holiday festivals, Night of A Thousand Candles at Brookgreen Gardens.  

         Brookgreen Gardens, America’s first sculpture garden consisting of four former colonial rice plantations, is located just 18 miles south of Myrtle Beach.  It is the floral jewel of South Carolina’s coastal community.   Named by Southeast Tourism Society as a Top 20 Event, Night of a Thousand Candles is nine nights of holiday magic when visitors stroll through sculpture gardens lit by thousands of luminaries and twinkling lights enjoying an  array of musical performances, dining on Lowcountry seafood, and unique holiday shopping. 


      See Brookgreen Gardens come to life amid the soft glow of more than 5,500 hand-lit candles and countless sparkling lights.  Walk the paths with a warm cup of cider, hear the sounds of hand bells ringing, carolers singing, and celebrate the season with family and friends.

      Night of a Thousand Candles continues to delight guests with beautiful candle and lighting displays and exceptional entertainment. The 80-foot-tall Holiday Fir tree decorated with 60,000 lights, located in the arboretum, is always a crowd favorite.  


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      What’s included

      • Transportation
        Transportation on a luxury coach
      • Admission
        Admission to the event
      • Dinner
        Low Country Buffet
      • Snacks
        Snacks & water on the bus
      • Grauity
        All taxes and gratuities

      What’s not included

      • Cocktails
        Cash bars are available throughout the grounds for wine, beer and hot chocolate
      • Gift Shop
        Keepsakes is a fabulous gift shop

      Available Packages

      Trip Price
      $89

      Itinerary

      Holiday Road Trip
      Night of A Thousand Candles

      Trips by Patty will offer a "progressive" pick-up schedule on this day.  We will start with a pick-up in Wilmington, add one in Leland and then finally at a location in South Brunswick County.   Exact location to be determined once I see where registrants live.    Snacks, beverages and Christmas music are all welcome as we journey south!   

      Approx. 4:00pm - We arrive at Brookgreen Gardens, receive a little orientation to the evening's events and are escorted by a cheery volunteer to the dinner tent for an early Low Country Buffet Dinner.

      Following dinner, we experience the lighting of the 5,500 hand lit candles by hundreds of volunteers. The 80 ft.  tall Holiday Fir tree decorated with 60,000 lights, located in the arboretum, is always a crowd favorite.  Early visitors like our group get to see the lighting of the tree!  

      The rest of the evening you are on your own to wander the paths and gardens enjoying the magnificent lights (they start going up in September), music and performances.  Be sure to look for the strolling bagpipers.   Also not to miss, is the cranberry pool and the train village.  

      7:30 - Depart for home with lots of festive memories and photos!  



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      Patty
      288 reviews
      I love to travel so in my partially retired life I decided to adapt my passion for travel along with 25 years of experience in Travel & Tourism to create Trips by Patty. I received a BA in American History from UNC-Chapel Hill. Not knowing what I was going to do with that degree, I started working as a desk clerk at a hotel in Raleigh. I enjoyed the hotel business and the career path began. Hotel operations and sales, Convention Center operations and marketing, destination marketing with a Convention Visitors Bureau and even a stint as a tour guide. What happened to the history degree? Well, many times when I am escorting my trips I share the history of the destinations we visit. It's a great feeling to take your career skills and adapt them to your own small business. I love what I do and hope you'll join me on a trip one day!

      Reviews

      We had a wonderful time and didn't realize this is the 10th year for this and would be interested in going again. Always vey organized and bus was new and beautiful.
      By Mary N for Layered Legacies and Art In Bloom at NC Museum of Art on Mar 23, 2024
      Enjoyed this so much. I appreciate your attention to detail for the trip. It introduced me to this wonderful museum.
      By Carol W for Layered Legacies and Art In Bloom at NC Museum of Art on Mar 22, 2024
      Wonderful time with Patty and driver Donnie. A great team. Wonderful passengers, made new friends and enjoyed the quilt exhibit the most.
      By Teresa J for Layered Legacies and Art In Bloom at NC Museum of Art on Mar 18, 2024
      Great trip. As always, Patty does a fantastic job. Brand new bus was very comfortable.
      By Elaine D for Layered Legacies and Art In Bloom at NC Museum of Art on Mar 18, 2024
      I had wonderful trip. The coach was comfortable and very clean. Patty was just a wealth of information. Thank you for a beautiful day out.
      By Janet Q for Layered Legacies and Art In Bloom at NC Museum of Art on Mar 17, 2024
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