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City in Delaware, United States
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Lewes is a city in Delaware along the Delaware Bay in Sussex County near the Atlantic Ocean. It offers the visitor several beaches and historical sites.
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It has several camp grounds, trails for walking, biking, and skating, nature trails, tennis and basketball courts, large fields to run around, hosts the annual Great Delaware Kite Festival which is held on Easter weekend every year, the Great Dune, a World War II observation tower overlooks the beach, 3,000-acre park (1,200-ha), nature center, and areas for surf fishing. Cape Henlopen is also the Eastern Terminus of the American Discovery Trail.
One-bedroom efficiency apartments available for short and long term, event weekends, seasonal and off-seasonal rentals. Furnished or unfurnished. Half-mile to Tanger outlet shopping, two miles to Lewes Beach, four miles to Rehoboth Beach.
Art studio offering seascape and landscape paintings and prints by artist Abraxas.
Boutique selling accessories, jewelry, Trollbeads, handbags, shoes, and clothes, with two locations in Lewes.
By plane
The closest airport with commercial air service to Lewes is the Salisbury-Ocean City-Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY) near Salisbury, Maryland about 40 miles to the southwest.
By train
The closest train station to Lewes is in Wilmington, about 90 miles to the north.C.
By bus
There is also the option of traveling by bus. There are several different services to choose from in and around Lewes.
By boat
You can also visit Lewes by boat from Cape May by traveling on the Cape May-Lewes Ferry on a seventy minute ride across the Delaware Bay.
Since Lewes is a small town, traveling by foot is a popular option for locals and visitors. You can easily walk to the beach and through town to go shopping or site seeing.
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