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Beyond the Beach:

Tours & Side Trips

There are lots of ways to discover the treasures that lie beyond our beaches...

Choices of guided tours are many and varied, including Would you rather explore on your own? Go for it!
science, winery-brewery-distillery, garden, farm, Our website provides itineraries for self-directed
lighthouse, food, antiques, architecture, history, and eco tours, including museums, antiquing, lighthouses,
tours — among many others. Take your tour on a bus, farm adventures, and educational field trips that
by foot, by helicopter, by boat, by paddleboard or kayak; include descriptions, maps, contact info, websites, and
some happen by day and some at night by lantern light. directions. We’ve included some highlights here.
Take your pick at www.VisitSouthernDelaware.com/ For detailed info, go to www.VisitSouthernDelaware.com/
recreation-guided-tours-de. tours-side-trips.

THE DELAWARE BOTANIC
GARDENS AT PEPPER CREEK:
This growing and evolving botanic
garden opened in 2019. With a
meadow designed by master
plantsman Piet Oudolf, DBG is a
world-class, inspirational, educational, and sustainable public
botanic garden. You know and love the beach. Now come see
what treasures lie along Delaware’s inland bays.
Visit www.delawaregardens.org.

SOUTHERN DELAWARE ANTIQUES ITINERARY: SOUTHERN DELAWARE MUSEUM ITINERARIES:
Banish the winter doldrums. Find a spring fever reliever. Sussex County has a fascinating history dating back
Escape for a brief summer sojourn. Get out and play to well before European colonization. That history has
in the crisp fall air. Plan an escape for every season, been carefully preserved in more than two dozen local
because what could be better any time of year than a museums. We’ve created three itineraries to help you
weekend spent antiquing in beautiful, historic Southern navigate them in a way that makes geographic sense.
Delaware? Nothing, except maybe four unique weekends Or throw caution to the wind and create an itinerary that
— a breather to look forward to in each season of the allows you to explore based on your specific interests.
year — with no sales tax! Choose from among four Mix and match a museum itinerary with one of our
itineraries, designed specifically with antiques and antiquing itineraries so you can enjoy the museums
collectibles fans in mind. while taking some history home!
SOUTHERN DELAWARE FARM ADVENTURES: SOUTHERN DELAWARE LIGHTHOUSE TRAIL: Explore
Southern Delaware is home to many farms that welcome Southern Delaware’s lighthouses while you explore miles
visitors and sell their own home-grown products, of pristine coastline, historic towns, maritime history
including some that you can pick yourself. If you’ve never (and treasure!), and Sussex County’s incredible state
visited an alpaca farm, a winery, or a lavender farm, parks. Visit Fenwick Island Lighthouse, DiscoverSea
of if you haven’t tried farm-fresh ice cream, lavender Shipwreck Museum, Indian River Life Saving Station,
chocolate, cherry cider, or bison burgers, use this Lightship Overfalls, the Zwaanendael Museum, Delaware
itinerary to plan your visits and Breakwater East End Lighthouse, Harbor of Refuge Light
expand your horizons! Station, and more.

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