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slips, a ship store and gift shop. The marina is the focal point for this quaint, historic, working seaport, just three feet above sea level and protected by a sea wall. Delaware City covers 1.6 square miles with several buildings representing historic architectural designs: the Federal style of the 1820s, Delaware’s Italianate “Peach House” buildings of the 1850s, and the catalog mail-order homes of the 1920s. In July, Delaware City Day honors its “small town America culture” with a parade, fireworks and entertainment. The Reggae Roots Music Festival celebrates Caribbean tunes on the waterfront in August. Most dining choices revolve around fresh seafood. Wiso’s Crabs is a seafood market with steamed crabs to go. In season, Kathy’s Crab House & Family Restaurant serves American classics with a focus on Chesapeake Bay blue crabs. Head to Crabby Dick’s for seafood dishes and sweet-spot homemade desserts. Why resist stepping next door for an old-fashioned
scoop or two at the Ice Cream Parlor? A half-mile ferry ride takes visitors to Pea Patch Island and Fort Delaware. A granite and brick Union fortress originally built to protect the ports of Wilmington and Philadelphia, the fort once housed Confederate prisoners of war. Active during the Spanish-American War, the fort was again lightly manned during World War I and at the outset of World
War II. During its entire history, Fort Delaware has never fired a shot in anger. Away from the fort, remote marshes of Pea Patch Island provide an outstanding habitat for one of the largest wading bird nesting areas on the East Coast. Nine different species of herons, egrets and ibis summer here. Where to Dock: Delaware City Marina Day 4: PHILADELPHIA, PA Delaware City to Penn’s Landing — 31 NM Running the length of Center City’s waterfront, Penn’s Landing always has something fun happening from festivals, concerts and parks to restaurants, yoga and skating. Beyond the hip glitz of the waterfront development lies the working- class city of Philadelphia, rich with history and fabulous cuisine from around the world and, of course, the mighty Philly cheesesteak. You find a week’s worth of must-dos in the city including Independence Hall, The Constitution Center, Liberty Bell, Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Franklin Institute. Or skip the history and shop the day away on Market or Chestnut Streets, eat your way around Reading Terminal Market, and then head to the ballpark to see the Phillies play. Where to Dock: Pier 3 and Pier 5 marinas at Penn’s Landing
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