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At the Inn, there's a regular demonstration of a local gastronomic staple (shrimp and grits, or hoppin' john), and at the River House (formerly the main Inn), there's daily 'porching' at 3:30 p.m., where they serve lemonade and cookies on the screened-in porch as guests hang out and chat, and nightly s'mores by the fire pits. In our cottage, the snacks were local (Lizzie's cheese straws, something called Poppy pop corn, and the staff left chocolate-covered shortbread on our beds with turndown at night). Anything in particular you loved about the hotel? Were there any little details that made the whole thing more comfortable? I liked that the hotel draws on its historic and Low Country heritage as a unifying theme throughout your stay.

Hard pass on the gator, but the rest of it sounds lovely.

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There are alligators aplenty in this area, and rumor has it that one likes to sun near the cottages in the high 20s-I'll leave it up to you to decide if that's a pro or a con. There was a fireplace, wet bar, and the porch-which faced the water-was almost as large as the main space.

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Our cottage was spacious and bright, and featured pine floors, vaulted ceilings, and a screened-in porch, plus marble bathrooms with freestanding tubs, a separate shower with three options for shower-head (and the option for steam shower!). We stayed in a river front cottage (number 44), and friends also rented a house in Wilson Village. So, onto the good stuff: Tell us about your room. In general, it's a friendly, tanned crew sporting summer resort wear, and whether couples on a romantic getaway, groups in town for a celebration, or families taking the coveted multi-gen vacation together, they're all here to relax and be entertained. What’s the crowd like? For a spot so happily nestled in Low Country, you'll be surprised to know a lot of the guests aren't just Southerners, and many hail from the Northeast (they've caught onto the fact that flights to Savanah and Hilton Head, both close by, are direct, inexpensive, and last an hour and a half-in many ways, it's easier to get here than to many popular New England summer spots). Sounds like they incorporate a lot of interesting historical elements, which is cool. Bike paths and golf carts are how you get around the property has an on-site bird conservatory, a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course, and works closely with the surrounding villages, as well as the Palmetto Bluff Conservancy, in maintaining the charm and protecting the wildlife and nature of the area. Then, across the grounds are cottages, some facing the May River. It has a world-class spa and two pools, and walls of the guest rooms display historic black-and-white photos of the former Wilson mansion and Palmetto Bluff. The Montage's grounds are made up of the Inn, which evokes the mansion sensibility with rooms like the library, and a covered porch for dining. As for first impressions, pictures don't do it justice: you feel a bit as if you've gone back in time. Palmetto Bluff in its entirety has three villages, and Montage Palmetto Bluff is in the heart of Wilson Village, where you can still see the mansion's ruins. Wilson, a New York multimillionaire who loved his South Carolina getaway. You drive a tree-lined path straight out of central casting-arching trees dripping Spanish moss, birds flying all around-before reaching the Inn, modeled after the historic mansion of Richard T. Three-quarters of The Bluff, as locals call it, is a protected nature reserve. My brother-in-law advised me to 'savor the drive in' as I arrived at the Montage Palmetto Bluff (formerly The Inn at Palmetto Bluff), and at first I thought he was reaching, but now I get it. Set the scene for us: Where is this hotel? What'd it look like? We want all the deets.

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