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 THE FIRST STATE On December 7, 1787, at the Golden Fleece Tavern in Dover, Delaware became the first state to ratify the US Constitution. One block from where the tavern stood, Constitution Park features a four-foot cube upon which is inscribed the entire document as it has evolved. DELAWARE HOTELS And visitors to Delaware will find a lot more: quaint coastal towns and Atlantic beaches, tax free shopping outlets and antique shops, outdoor adventures, history, arts and culture, and plenty of kid stuff. They can sample Delaware's pristine beaches and the small towns that encompass them like quaint Lewes with its calm bay beaches or fun ocean waves, a rich nautical past, historic house tours, and lighthouses. Often called "the Nation's Summer Capital" because of the number of Washingtonians that vacation here, Rehoboth Beach offers chic shopping and gourmet restaurants to a mile-long boardwalk loaded with fun family activities. REHOBOTH BEACH HOTELS From windsurfing and jet skiing on the bay to skim boarding along the oceans' edge, water sports rule at Dewey Beach. Bethany Beach and Fenwick Island are known collectively as the "quiet resorts". Delaware offers visitors enough for a daylong tax-free shopping spree or a quick stop to pick up a few deals. At Rehoboth Outlets you can choose from over 140 stores . You'll find more than 500 antique dealers in more than 80 multi-dealer cooperatives, antique shops, flea markets, country auctions and auction houses in Delaware's Sussex County, all within a half-hour drive of each other. Try Laurel, Milton, Dagsboro, Georgetown, Bethany, and Lewes for everything from Fiestaware to Bavarian china. Hobnob with the blue bloods of the Brandywine Valley around Centerville and Greenville while browsing through some of the most unique, high end shops this side of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal. Oceans, scenic rivers, miles of nature trails, bicycling routes, and bird watching hot-spots provide loads of unforgettable opportunities to "get away from it all" in nature. The beautiful nature sanctuary Cape Henlopen State Park, Lewes, where the ocean meets the bay, is perfect for swimming, sea shell searching, or hiking. A WW II observation tower provides a bird's eye view of the coast, and families love the Seaside Nature Center's "please touch" tanks and educational programs like seining in the Delaware Bay. One of the best ways to experience the abundant wildlife that resides in the Delaware shore area is via kayak. You can rent your own or sign up with one of the area's local outfitters for a guided tour. Touring the Rehoboth Bay is a great way to see a variety of herons, ducks and shorebirds. Kayakers in the Delaware Bay get a spectacular view of the Breakwater and Harbor of Refuge lighthouses as well as a close-up look at rare birds including nesting osprey, oystercatchers, and terns. During the Owl Prowl at Brandywine Creek State Park, near Wilmington, guests get an up close view of owls that are under the care of the park's rescue program. Then, they can head into the woods with a trained guide, who uses owl calls to attract Barred Owls, Screech Owls, and the Great Horned Owl. WILMINGTON HOTELS Unique moments in time are told through living history "time machines," museums, festivals, and civil war forts, or whispered along the cobblestone streets of a neatly preserved colonial towns like Dover, the state capital, where the Declaration of Independence was first ratified. Must-sees include the Johnson Victrola Museum, where you can listen to Caruso on an early-1900s Victrola. Fort Delaware, a former Civil War fort built on an island off Delaware City, sets the stage for great adventure. Guests are taken by ferryboat to Pea Patch Island, where they are transported back in time with the help of costumed interpreters and cannon fire. Living history programs range from blacksmithing demonstrations to ghost tours. Some say the colonial town Old New Castle is Delaware's best-kept secret. New Castle's cobblestone streets and the historic structures that line them remain much as they did when Delaware was an English colony. A number of the buildings – such as one of the oldest courthouses in the country and a home where George Washington once slept – are open to the public. World-class museums and gardens, the performing arts, and historic homes dot Delaware's landscape. Among them are the Du Pont estates of the Brandywine Valley, theater In Wilmington, the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington and the Biggs Museum of American Art in Dover. There is fun for the whole family around every corner in Delaware. They can climb aboard for a tour of Delaware's Tall Ship Ambassador, an authentic re-creation of the historic vessel that brought Swedish settlers to the Delaware Valley in 1638; ride through the Red Clay Valley on Wilmington and Western Railroad, an authentic, turn-of-the century steam or antique diesel train; or have fun at the beach. DELAWARE HOTELS PHOTO: Nemours Mansion and Gardens – Photo courtesy Delaware Tourism Office |
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