A route you drive or walk yourself, in your own car, on your own day.
From the pier on the Isle of Palms to the Citadel, taking in the fort and the college where the phones ring.
All of them, free to read. Which one is closest right now? The app sorts them as you go. With The Week ›
Dima Sergiyenko, CC BY-SA 4.001Private
The scene
The pier where John goes in after Savannah's bag.
Savannah's bag goes off the fishing pier and John goes in after it. That is the whole beginning of it.
Front Beach, Isle of Palms, SC
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Warren LeMay, CC002The scene
The island where the barbecue and much of the summer is set.
The beach house scenes are set along Middle Street. The houses themselves are private and are not stops on this route; the beach and the island are.
Sullivan's Island, SC
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Also filmed here:
The Week
The Week does not unlock this route: every stop is free to read here. It guides you through it on the day. Across 19 mi of driving, it keeps the nearest stop next, and the map works with no signal. It covers the other 6 routes as well, so the next one costs you nothing extra.
$9 for 7 days · One payment, nothing renews.
Your seven days start in town, when you press Start the day on a paid route or arrive at one of its stops.
The app is on iPhone November 5. The Week is bought inside it, so there is nothing to pay for until then.
It starts at Isle of Palms Pier, Front Beach, Isle of Palms, SC and ends at The Citadel, 171 Moultrie St, Charleston, SC. The stops are ordered so the route does not double back.
About 2h for 6 stops, covering 19 miles. That is measured driving time plus the time each stop is worth, not the drive alone.
The locations, the order and what was filmed at each are free to read on this page. The Week covers carrying the route in the app, which sorts the stops by how far away you are, tells you when you have arrived while it is open, and keeps its map and photographs when there is no signal.
Not all of them are walk-ups. Isle of Palms Pier is private; Fort Moultrie needs a ticket. The rest are public and free to stand at.
Dear John, across 6 locations in and around Charleston.
Christiana Davies, CC BY-SA 4.003Admission
The scene
The historic fort stands in for a military installation overseas.
The installation on the African coast was built here. A street on Sullivan's Island was covered in sand and dirt to finish the effect.
1214 Middle St, Sullivan's Island, SC
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Inside
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Warren LeMay, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons04The scene
A coin shop on lower King Street. Nobody has ever identified which one.
John and his father have the collection valued on King Street, and it is where the older John eventually parts with it. The shop itself has never been pinned down: every guide says "the King Street coin shops" and none of them names a business, so it may have been a dressed storefront that no longer trades. Walk lower King for the look of it and do not expect to find a door.
King St, Charleston, SC
Warren LeMay, CC005The scene
Randolph Hall, where the phones begin ringing with the news of September 11th.
Savannah returns to school here, and it is outside Randolph Hall that the phones start. The same building turns up in The Notebook, Cold Mountain and The Patriot.
66 George St, Charleston, SC
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Also filmed here: The Patriot
Also filmed here: The Notebook
CocoaBeachBoy, public domain06The scene
The Citadel infirmary stands in for the German hospital.
John recovers from his wounds here. The campus sits on the Ashley and is open to visitors.
171 Moultrie St, Charleston, SC
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