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| Travel Guide for Delaware Dimensionally diminutive yet decidedly distinguished with regard to historic stature and cultural significance, Delaware's impressive contrast between the compact size and quiet environment and the contributory role in the founding of the states has spawn many much-publicized nicknames, "The First State" and "Small Wonder" among others, ring especially true to its unique character and charm. It is in Dover's Golden Fleece Tavern on December 7th, 1787 that Delaware's early legislators agreed to ratify the US Constitution, making Delaware America's First State. Present-day Delaware emerges as a leader in the global chemicals and banking industries which is home of the Du Pont Corporation and more than half of the Fortune 500 companies. Despite its dubious contemporary image which does little to prepare you for its brilliant history and diverse culture, Delaware's outwardly intimidating glass-and-steel tower blocks has not virtually obscured its overwhelmingly substantial historical and cultural heritage. To help historic buffs explore the colorful past, there are specially themed museums and archives honoring momentous pieces of history in Delaware, and superbly detailed fine colonial houses holding period furniture and antiques, some of which operated as charming Delaware bed and breakfasts, some preserved as tourists attractions open for tours. From a historical point of view, Dover, the state capital and the First Town in the First State, and Wilmington, the largest city and home of First State's First Family, the Du Ponts, are definitely worthy of a stopover. For a glimpse into the history, make sure you visit Dover's Green historic square, Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village, John Dickinson Plantation, Archaeology Museum, Museum of Small Town Life, and Old State House, and Wilmington's Delaware History Center which consists of the Delaware History Museum, Old Town Hall and Willingtown Square, Nemours Mansion & Gardens, the 1690 Hendrickson House and the 1698 Old Swedes Church, Tall Ship Kalmar Nyckel, USS North Carolina, and Fort Christina Historic Park, the site of Delaware's first permanent European settlement. Complemented by other tourists attractions and amenities, including exquisite artistic collections at the Delaware Art Museum and The Winterthur Museum & Gardens in Wilmington, the high-energy excitement at the Dover International Speedway, site of the NASCAR Winston Cup and the Busch and Craftsman Truck Series, and the Dover Downs Raceway at the Dover Downs Resort and Casino, the leisurely recreation at Wilmington's DuPont Country Club and one of the many state parks nearby, the traveling Broadway productions at Grand Opera House in Wilmington, and tax-free shopping at notable malls like the Dover Mall and Wilmington's Concord Mall. There is a wide variety of Delaware hotels and motels in the Greater Dover (New Castle County) and the Greater Wilmington (Kent County) areas. Ranging casual motels and guest houses to charming Delaware bed and breakfasts to classic landmark hotels in Delaware, lodging options these two cities and their immediate areas have to offer would suffice anyone's lodging needs and tastes. The more selective hotels in Dover Delaware are more often to be found concentrating around the Green square, on Lockerman Street and State Street. There is a spattering of budget hotels in Dover Delaware along the US-13 just east of town. There is surely an abundance of standard Wilmington Delaware hotels in and around the city center, and nothing beats the splendid ornamentation of the Hotel du Pont. You would have to spell out some $300 for one night at one of the state's most privileged location at 100 W 11th St. For the best requested Delaware bed and breakfasts in this region, resort to the historic town of New Castle, the original capital in the colonial times known for immaculately preserved late 18th century houses, and the lively college town of Newark, home of the University of Delaware and a delightful number of student-friendly bars, pubs and restaurants, and As far as natural beauty of the pocket-sized place is concerned, idyllic tranquility and rural scenery come as the chief features. Dubbed "the Diamond State" by Thomas Jefferson for its strategic East Coast locale and lesser known "jewels" along the mid-Atlantic Coastline, Delaware's 25 miles of clean sandy beaches can justifiably claim to be some of the mid-Atlantic's best ones, with the most prized possessions being Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes, Dewey Beach, popular among college students and youthful holidaymakers, and Rehoboth Beach, home to Rehoboth Beach Boardwalk and Delaware Seashore State Park, and hailed as the Nation's Summer Capital by escapees from the DC, Philadelphia and Baltimore. With the addition of the Zwaanendael Museum, Cannonball House, Lewes Historical Complex in Lewes, the Midway Speedway, Anna Hazzard Museum, Rehoboth Art League, and the Funland amusement park in Rehoboth Beach, Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, and Beach Plum Island Nature Preserve, tourist offerings on Delaware Coast has been greatly diversified. Surprisingly clean and uncrowded, except for the peak summer weekends when the most popular summer holiday spots are packed solid, Delaware Coast is quiet and convenient enough for anyone to find one of the most relaxing and refreshing motels and hotels in Delaware. You should have no trouble finding fine Delaware restaurants either, to fill up on a candle-lit romantic dinner or a few home-cooked pleasant dishes. Most of the Delaware restaurants in the coastal communities, without exception, would feature seafood, known in the local vicinity and beyond are the Lighthouse in Lewes, and Big Fish Grill, Fins Fish House & Raw Bar, and Go Fish in Rehoboth Beach. If you do intent on choosing to enjoy fine cuisine in romantic ambience in classy and pricey Delaware restaurants, more formal ethnic Delaware restaurants do exist, either directly on the beach or slightly back in the town centers. A great variety of Delaware beach hotels are given for your consideration. No matter you choose to stay in star-rating beach resort hotels in Delaware, such as Boardwalk Plaza Hotel in Rehoboth Beach and The Bay Resort in Dewey Beach, standard brand name hotels in Delaware like the Hampton Inns or the Holiday Inn Express properties, or some of the most popular Delaware bed and breakfasts, including Lewes' John Penrose Virden Bed and Breakfast Blue Water House, Rehoboth Beach's Delaware Inn B&B and Canalside Inn Rehoboth, or Dewey Beach's Barry's Gull Cottage, you'll always harvest special memories while staying in Delaware beach hotels and enjoying your sunny hours out on the beaches. Delaware travel guide is copyrighted. It cannot be copied. |
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