Rehoboth-Beach Travel Guide
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88 miles SE of Wilmington, 27 miles N of Ocean City, 124 miles SE of Washington, D.C., 110 miles SE of Baltimore
Rehoboth is the most popular of the Delaware beaches. It combines small-town friendliness with beach-resort casual and a touch of style. Visitors can choose from beachfront hotels, condominiums, and boardwalk, or relax on the porch of an old-fashioned cottage. On the south side of town, grand homes overlook Silver Lake. The town's shops offer a lovely diversion, with everything from home fashions to hippie-style accessories. Just outside of town on Route 1, Rehoboth has become synonymous with outlet shopping. (And Delaware has no sales tax.) When you're hungry, you can stop for pizza, a crab cake, or something French.
Rehoboth has also become a popular destination for gay and lesbian travelers, a mid-Atlantic alternative to Provincetown or Fire Island, with a number of gay-owned and predominantly gay venues, listed below.
Head south from Rehoboth and you hit Dewey Beach. It's a more casual suburb of Rehoboth with a trolley connecting the towns in the summer. Dewey is noted for its nightspots. Ruddertowne, in particular, draws young crowds for its party atmosphere. But the beach is good, and the Rehoboth Bay is only a couple of blocks from the ocean.
