What is
there to do in Rehoboth Beach?
1) The beach is the big draw.
It’s a lovely, wide, and clean respite from the honky-tonk of
the
Jersey shore. Our boardwalk is not as loud or as big as what you’ll find
in, say,
Wildwood, Of course we have pizza joints and souvenir
shops because what’s a day at the
beach without a snack and a T
shirt? What I like about our beach is that it isn’t all built up
with large hotels taking up the prime rays. Many local street run
right up to the boardwalk,
and there are some homes set back, and
a few large hotels at one end, but mostly it’s small
scale and
homey.
2) Rehoboth Beach has a great variety of restaurants for a
town our size. Baltimore Ave is
becoming our Restaurant Row. Of
course, seafood is popular, but there’s the usual
American dining
classics, Italian, Caribbean and French options. If you like beach-side
dining, Victoria’s at the Plaza Hotel is a
reasonably-priced restaurant with outdoor seating
and is open for
breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
3) Tax-free shopping is another big
draw. The Tangers Outlets are the biggest along Rt 1.
They are
three separate clusters of shops called Tanger Midway, Tanger Seaside, and
Tanger Bayside. You’ll find Ann Taylor, Tommy Hilfilger, Le
Gourmet Chef, London Fog,
Mikasa, Music For A Song, The Fragrance
Outlet, Old Navy, Wilson’s Leather Outlet,
and a hundred other
shops. There’s s smaller outlet mall called QVC Outlet at the
lighthouse Plaza on Rt 1 for all you TV shopping fans.
4)
Every autumn, there’s the Delaware celebration of Jazz founded by Syndey’s
Blues &
Jazz Restaurant at 25 Christian St. Many Rehoboth
restaurants have great music all year
round. That’s what makes
strolling around town a great evening activity – you get to sample
lots of bands.
5) Last and certainly not least, people
watching on the beach and the boardwalk is a
perennial favorite,
especially if you’re single. It’s always fun to see pretty girls and buff
guys
in their swimsuits and to hone your pick-up lines. Summer
can get kind of rowdy on the
weekends, but crowds are mostly
well-behaved.
How do I get to Rehoboth
Beach?
From NY and NJ: there’s a ferry
that runs between Cape May, NJ and Lewes, DE. Lewes
is about 10
miles away from Rehoboth Beach via Rts 9 and 1. The long was is to drive
to
Delaware by the NJ Turnpike, then head south on Rts 95 and
1.
From PA: From the Philly area, you can follow pretty much the
same route as from NJ.
Either drive to Cape May and take the
ferry, or drive through Wilimington via Rt 95, then
Rt
1.
From Baltimore: Take Rt 97 south to Annapolis, then head west on
Rt 50 through
Maryland, then pick up Rt 404 just after you cross
the Chesapeake Bay, and pick up Rt 9
west then Rt 1 south in
Delaware to Rehoboth Beach.
From DC: Head west on Rt 50 through
Maryland, then pick up Rt 404 just after you cross
the Chesapeake
Bay, and pick up Rt 9 west then Rt 1 south in Delaware to Rehoboth
Beach.
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