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 While New Jersey is best known for its beaches and boardwalks, visitors can discover enjoyable journeys off the beaten path in the Garden State from authentic historical reenactments at Revolutionary War sites across the state to Thomas Edison’s home and laboratories or an eclectic sculpture garden in the middle of an industrial park. The Coastal Heritage Trail highlights the treasured ecology and heritage of the Jersey Shore and there are hundreds of Cycling & Hiking Trails. Great shopping beckons from every region in the state, from luxury malls and boutiques to outlet shopping and flea markets, and there are great golf courses. Bed & breakfast inns in New Jersey offer relaxing accommodations and along with major hotels and world-class hotel casino resorts in Atlantic City visitors will have no problem finding the perfect place to stay. Some 12 casino resorts, spectacular nightlife and headliner entertainment, more than seven miles of beaches, theme parks and golf: This is Atlantic City where the beach is linked to the hotels, casinos, shops, and many amusements and theme parks by the famed Atlantic City Boardwalk. Since Atlantic City is an island, there is also fishing from the jetties and the Boardwalk. Outdoor enthusiasts will find biking, canoeing and kayaking, and a bird-watching outing in the Atlantic City region. Atlantic City hotels, motels and resorts offer many vacation specials Newark, the Gateway to New Jersey, offers a variety of attractions including the Newark Museum (Dreyfuss Planetarium). Ocean City with its beaches, boardwalk and, two theme parks, family rides and water slides says it invented "family fun". Attractions in Trenton, the state capital, include the New Jersey State House, and the Old Barracks Museum to view life as it was over 200 years ago. NEW JERSEY HOTELS ATTRACTIONS Atlantic City The Greater Atlantic City Region has 12 casino resorts, more than seven miles of beaches, and a 4.5-mile-long Boardwalk with hotels, casinos, shops and amusements. Other attractions include Tuckerton Seaport, an authentic working seaport village with 16 re-created historical structures, Noyes Museum of Art, restored Historic Absecon Lighthouse, and the new Ocean Life Center at Gardner's Basin with hands-on learning adventures within its eight aquarium tanks. Steel Pier has rides, entertainment, games, and food court, and Storybook Land and Ripley's Believe It or Not! Museum are also family attractions. ATLANTIC CITY HOTELS Basking Ridge The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge has more than eight miles of trails, wildlife, and birdwatching. |
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Basking Ridge The Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge has more than eight miles of trails, wildlife, and birdwatching. BASKING RIDGE HOTELS Bridgeton With 2,200 colonial, federal, and Victorian buildings, Bridgeton in the enclave known as Cumberland County has New Jersey's largest historic district. Towns and cities in Cumberland County are filled with historic structures and sites, among them Commercial, Greenwich, Millville, Stow Creek, Upper Deerfield and Vineland. BRIDGETON HOTELS Burlington There are dozens of historic sites located within this 1677 colonial city. Camden Among the attractions here are the New Jersey State Aquarium, the Sony Blockbuster Entertainment Center, the Camden Children's Garden, the Camden Waterfront and the Walt Whitman Cultural Center. Cape May The nation's oldest seashore resort gas-lit streets, quaint bed & breakfasts, art galleries, and over 600 restored Victorian structures. Visitors can stroll through a rural community of the 19th-century, Historic Cold Spring Village. CAPE MAY HOTELS Edison The Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Tower and Menlo Park Museum is located on the exact spot where Thomas Edison had his laboratory. EDISON HOTELS Far Hills Home to the US Golf Association Museum and Library. Flemington The largest miniature railway in the world, Northlandz, can be seen here. FLEMINGTON HOTELS Gateway Region Known as the "Gateway to Freedom", this region of New Jersey is home to the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and Liberty State Park. Attractions include the Central Railroad Terminal Building where more than 12-million immigrants entered the nation between 1892 and 1954, and the Immigrant Museum at Ellis Island. Millville The 1700s town is home to the Millville Army Air Museum, and to Wheaton Village which houses the Museum of American Glass. MILLVILLE HOTELS Newark Two attractions are the New Jersey Historical Society exhibitions and library, and the Newark Museum (Dreyfuss Planetarium). NEWARK HOTELS Ocean City The city says it invented "family fun". Among many attractions there is Ocean City Boardwalk and Gillian’s Island with its two parks, family rides and water slides. OCEAN CITY Ogdensburg Located in the Skylands region visitors can tour the underground fluorescent caverns at Sterling Hill Mining Museum. Princeton This is home to Princeton University and Princeton Battlefield State Park. PRINCETON HOTELS Salem Popular attractions include the historic districts and the Salem County Historical Society Museum and Library with several 18th century buildings. Shore Region The beaches and boardwalks of the Shore's Monmouth and Ocean Counties offer many vacation opportunities including Fantasy Island Amusement Park, lighthouse attractions at the Navesink Light Station at Twin Lights Historic Site, and Sandy Hook, the oldest Light tower (1764) in the U.S. Other attractions include Island Beach State Park, The Medusa at the Six Flags Great Adventure and Wild Safari, and the picturesque and historic towns of Red Bank and Tuckerton Seaport . Smithville Return to the 1700's in this historic town near Atlantic City. Stanhope The 18th-century Village of Waterloo demonstrates what life was like hundreds of years ago.
Titusville The Washington Crossing State Park marks the Delaware River site where, in a blinding snowstorm on the night of Dec. 25, 1776, General George Washington crossed the river with 2,400 colonial troops and captured 1,000 Hessian mercenaries. Wildwood The island resort in the Southern Shore region has a fun attraction in Moreys Pier and some interesting museums such as the Doo Wop Preservation League Museum, and the George Boyer Historical Museum. WILDWOOD HOTELS Photo courtesy Atlantic City |
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