Columbia Vacations

The best time to schedule flights to Columbia is during the spring, when the South Carolina orchards and gardens flourish. Temperatures usually sit between 50°F at the coolest and 80°F at the warmest. The climate is considered humid and subtropical, which means that anyone getting off their flights to Columbia during the summer will be greeted with a heat wave of an average 86°F. Winter temperatures can fall below freezing. December and January may see short snowfalls and freezing rain. August and September frequently see hurricanes, making flights to Columbia during this time less desirable.

Experience award-winning fine dining with the best local farmer’s ingredients and sustainable foods at Terra Restaurant.

As its name implies, Columbia’s Art Bar is the hot place to go for eclectic and artsy music and nightlife.

Take a day off at the Ganden Kadampa Buddhist Center, which offers workshops on meditation, special events, and retreats.

Catch the best independent and fringe films at Columbia’s non-profit Nickelodeon Theater.

A local favorite, Pasta Fresco is a charming restaurant that serves famously generous plates of authentic Italian food.

Columbia’s history dates back to the early days of the United States. Once a strictly colonial city, Columbia still remains a historic hallmark of the days of antebellum plantations. Several remaining heritage homes have been transformed into museums, exhibiting the history of the political changes and movements affecting the state of South Carolina. Today, Columbia has a burgeoning community of arts and Southern cuisine. Surrounded by lush subtropical forest, Columbia is as naturally beautiful as it is modern. From the oak-lined campus grounds of the University of South Carolina, to the incredibly painted Tunnel Vision outdoor mural on Hampton Street, flights to Columbia have much to offer its guests.

1. Hampton-Preston House and Gardens is a 1818 heritage home ornamented with handsome gardens.

Columbia Museum of Art has Exceptional collections of contemporary paintings, classical Impressionist work, furniture design, sculpture, and glass.

Saluda Shoals Park is popular near Lake Murray for hiking, cycling, camping, and canoe trips.

Carolina State Museum was constructed in the historical Columbia Mill, hosting art, history, natural history, and science exhibitions.

The South Carolina Statehouse was constructed in the Greek Revival style housing the government of South Carolina.

Congaree National Park is a spectacular Park protecting the oldest old growth bottomland hardwood forest in the U.S.

Robert Mills House and Park from the nineteenth century designed was by Robert Mills, who was also responsible for the Washington Monument.

Kensington Mansion is an Italianite Revival style antebellum plantation house featured in Jacob Stroyer’s ‘My Life in the South’.

Columbia State Farmers Market has the freshest of South Carolina fruits and vegetables, like peaches, cantaloupe and sweet potatoes, all sold here in the Farmer’s Shed.

Riverbanks Botanical Garden has a variety of native and exotic plants, from the dry garden, to the rose garden and foliage covered wall-garden.