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Newark
COLLEGE TOWN
Shops, restaurants and bars may cater to the University of Delaware’s 23,000 students, but Newark attracts just as many locals and visitors with upscale eateries, world-class music and professional theater.
Greenville/Centreville
MUSEUMS AND GARDENS
The region’s premier museums and gardens — Hagley, Winterthur, Longwood, Mt. Cuba, Brandywine River Museum of Art — can all be found along the rolling green hills that the du Pont family originally settled and preserved.
Historic New Castle
COLONIAL DISTRICT
The town where Delaware became the first colony to declare its independence — before Jefferson finished his Declaration — is still a working town, with more original colonial structures per mile than anywhere else but Williamsburg.
Middletown-Odessa
RURAL SOUTH
The rapidly growing city of Middletown has created a retail and restaurant boom below the C&D Canal, but
family farms, historic villages and natural beauty abound — and tens of thousands fill the streets annually for the Olde-Tyme Peach Festival.
Delaware City
RIVER CITY
This quaint waterfront community on the Delaware River has a working marina that serves as the gateway to Pea Patch Island and historic
Fort Delaware.
Kennett Square
MUSHROOM CAPITAL
Kennett Square and its surrounding region produce more than one million pounds of mushrooms a week — 46 percent of the U.S. supply — and embrace their identity with annual festivals and a New Year’s Eve mushroom drop. You’ll find restaurants, shops and — of course — mushroom sellers.
Arden and Bellefonte
ARTISTIC ENCLAVES
The Village of Arden, founded in 1900 as a utopian artists community, is known for music, crafts and theater. The nearby town of Bellefonte shares its Bohemian vibe with art galleries, resale shops, a cafe and an annual arts festival.
Hockessin/Route 52 Bypass
SCENIC DELAWARE
Covered bridges cross the winding Red Clay Creek and century-old stone walls line its banks along this scenic (and very photogenic) drive through the preserved lands of northern Delaware.
Little Italy
RESTAURANT ROW
The St. Anthony of Padua Italian Festival draws more than 70,000 people every year to Little Italy,
but people come back the other
51 weeks of the year to dine at the many restaurants along Union Street and the surrounding area.
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