EDISTO RESORTS
Wyndham Ocean Ridge
- 3 outdoor pools & 1 hot tub
- 3 tennis courts
- 9 sections
- Bay Point
- Best units 949 through 991
- Good idea to rent a golf cart
- Less than 2 blocks from the ocean
- No pool but have access to all the pools in the other sections
- The best section
- Units have 1 or 2-bedroom
- Units have been updated
- View of beach & inlet waterway
- Beach Walk
- All units are 4-bedroom
- Beachfront condos
- Couple of blocks walk to beach
- Large units
- Only Waterfront
- Overlooks St. Helena sound
- Restaurant in section
- Unit 970 is nice
- Units dated and need renovations
- Views are breathtaking
- Egrets
- All units are 2-bedroom
- Fairway Terrance
- All units are 2-bedroom
- Marsh Point
- Beach is 4 blocks away (1 mile)
- Close to pool
- Great pool
- Nice section
- Units are 1 or 2-bedroom
- Units renovated
- Sea Oaks
- Units are 1 or 2-bedroom
- Sea Palms
- Units are 1 or 2-bedroom
- Southpointe
- 1.5 miles to main pool & activities
- Pool on property but is very small
- Units are 1, 2, or 4-bedroom
- Units are gorgeous
- Units have been renovated
- Walking distance to beach
- The Village
- Section next to marina
- Units are 1, 2, or 4-bedroom
- Units are super nice
- Very nice pool
- Bay Point
- Golf course
- Has great bike path
- Meet & Greet (on Monday night)
- Not a place to go it you are looking for night life or excitement
- On a small island
- Rent golf cart during your stay (great way to get around island & not use your car)
- Shrimp boil (on Tuesday or Wednesday night)
- Very relaxing & quiet
Wyndham Vacation Resorts King Cotton Villas
- 3 outdoor pools & 1 hot tub
- 3 tennis courts
- All units are 2 level, 3-bedroom Presidential
- Beautiful resort
- Even number units face the golf course
- Golf course
- Odd number units face road & driveways between units
EDISTO RESTAURANTS/FOOD
- Dock Side (good happy hour)
- Finn’s Island Grill (at the Pavilion) (for dinner)
- Flowers Seafood (excellent fried seafood)
- Kings market (great key lime pie)
- McConkey’s (great fried shrimp)
- Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room (www.mrswilkes.com) (Savannah, GA) (real southern food)
- (usually has a line to get in, get there an hour before it opens)
- Po Pigs Bo-B-Q (great BBQ)
- Pressley’s at the Marina (is awesome) (bang-bang shrimp is good)
- SeaCow Eatry (homemade pies) (for breakfast or lunch)
- The Coffee Shop
- The Old Post Office Restaurant (great for dinner)
- The Waterfront Restaurant
- Whaley’s Restaurant & Bar (for dinner) (have karaoke night on Thursday nights)
EDISTO BARS
EDISTO ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES
- Angel Oaktree
- Biking (is big here)
- Bingo (at Lions Club) (on Tuesday & Thursday)
- Botany Bay Plantation
- Brickhouse Plantation Ruins
- Captain Cook Sunset Cruise (Edisto Marina)
- Charleston Tea plantation (Wadmalaw Island, SC)
- Day trip to Beaufort, SC (civil war homes)
- Day trip to Bluffton, SC
- Day trip to Charleston, SC (one-hour drive)
- Day trip to Hilton Head
- Day trip to Savannah, GA (2-hour drive)
- Dolphin Cruise (through Botany Bay Ecotours Center)
- Dolphin watching (Bay Point, at tide change, near inlet entrance, St. Helena Sound)
- Edisto Historic Site Tour
- Edisto Island Serpentarium (reptile center)
- Edisto Park State Park (check out web site)
- Edisto Shrimp Boat Charters (Cap’n Clif)
- Farmers Market (in nearby town)
- Firefly Distillery
- Fishing offshore or in channels
- Fort Sumter
- Go shrimping
- Golf
- Hunting Island State Park
- Kayaking
- Kazoo Factory (Beaufort, SC)
- Look for shark teeth & shells on beach
- Magnolia Plantation
- Pat Conroy (author) Literary Center (Beaufort, SC)
- Patriots Point (USS Yorktown) (Charleston, SC) (one-hour drive)
- Pink Van Tours
- Plantation Tour
- Pressley’s at the Marina (has music on the deck on Friday & Saturday night)
- Sea Turtle Festival (in June)
- Sea turtle walk with state park ranger
- Shell Island
- St. Helena Island
- Sunset Cruise Boat Tour (nothing fancy but nice & informative)
- The Citadel Military Academy
- The Hunley (first confederate submarine) (at Warren Lasch Conservation Center) (Charleston, SC)
- Tidal Creek Boardwalk
EDISTO GROCERY STORES
- Bi-Lo (on the island) (good fried chicken)
Kings Farm Market (fresh fruits & Vegetables)
EDISTO OTHER INFO
- One hour from Charleston, SC (Also see Charleston, SC list)
- edistobeach.com
- If you want entertainment (movie theaters, chain restaurants, etc.) this resort is not for you
- If you want to spend time on the beach, kayaking, boating, fishing, biking, hiking this is the right resort Island is isolated & not very crowded
EDISTO ADDRESSES
Wyndham Vacation Resorts King Cotton Villas
Physical address
1 King Cotton Road
Edisto Beach, SC 29438
Check-in address
203 Sea Cloud Circle
Edisto, SC 29438
Phone #1: 843-869-2561
Phone #2: 843-869-4516
NOTE: This is information I have compiled from comments posted on this site and other timeshare Facebook sites. I have been to some of these places (with * at end of name) and the others are recommendations from other people.