Been a bunch of times and love it!

Take your car on the Cape May-Lewis ferry. Lots of things to do:

- West End Garage if you like cutesy shopping
- pedestrian mall downtown. Walk around side streets to see pretty Victorian houses.
- Cape May brewery near the airport
- Stroll on the boardwalk
- eat at Congress Hall
- lighthouse
- sunset at the sunset beach
- historic house/museum/trolley tours through Cape May MAC - https://capemaymac.org/
- Exit Zero gas station
- drive to Wildwood for some fun mid-century buildings and a totally different vibe

There is a shuttle.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm in Rehoboth for the week and want to go to Cape May for the day - I'm not planning on taking the car though. Can we just walk and bike everywhere? It will be just myself and my 12yo daughter. Any good places to eat? Art museums?

I don't think the Cape May ferry terminal is walkable to the town of Cape May where the boardwalk and Victorian houses are. We've always driven.

It’s not.

I bet they offer a shuttle

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm in Rehoboth for the week and want to go to Cape May for the day - I'm not planning on taking the car though. Can we just walk and bike everywhere? It will be just myself and my 12yo daughter. Any good places to eat? Art museums?

I don't think the Cape May ferry terminal is walkable to the town of Cape May where the boardwalk and Victorian houses are. We've always driven.

It’s not.

Anonymous wrote:I'm in Rehoboth for the week and want to go to Cape May for the day - I'm not planning on taking the car though. Can we just walk and bike everywhere? It will be just myself and my 12yo daughter. Any good places to eat? Art museums?

I don't think the Cape May ferry terminal is walkable to the town of Cape May where the boardwalk and Victorian houses are. We've always driven.

I'm in Rehoboth for the week and want to go to Cape May for the day - I'm not planning on taking the car though. Can we just walk and bike everywhere? It will be just myself and my 12yo daughter. Any good places to eat? Art museums?

If it’s raining and you have little kids or any kids who like planes, the airport museum is pretty cool! It has a lot of planes and you can wander around.

Yes you take the ferry. You can buy your tickets ahead of time to make sure you get the time slot you want. Then you show up about 15 min before your time slot (or more - says the time on the ticket) and they load the cars on the ferry. Once loaded you can get out and walk around until it is time to off load - then you get back in your car.

Mad Batter for brunch / lunch.
Bike around looking at the pretty houses
Mini golf
Pedestrian mall browsing
Arcade on the beach

Note - you won’t want to do the beach itself. You need to buy a beach tag to go in it so just spend time exploring instead.

We take the ferry for the day, sometimes don't bring the car.

I recommend going to the beach, having brunch, doing a house tour, shopping on the main street.

Anonymous wrote:From Rehoboth Beach. We are renting a house for a week in July and looking to take a day trip to Cape May. If you have done this, can you fill me in on the logistics please! Was it worth it? What was the best thing to see/do there. Amy other day trip recs? Thank you in advance!

To me, if I was spending two weeks in Rehoboth I would go to Cape May but, one week is short. I would go to Lewes DE instead or even cape Henlopen

https://destateparks.com/Beaches/CapeHenlopen

Just my 2 cents

For those who did take a day trip to Cape May, can you explain the logistics? Did you take a ferry?

PP here

Also colonial era historic homes in Odessa DE - check hours first though
https://www.historicodessa.org/

I love Cape May! Rent bikes and look at pretty houses, stroll along the pedestrian mall, play skee-ball at the boardwalk arcade.

Delaware Botanic Garden - though more like a 1/2 day trip. Combine with a visit to the small Indian Head Lifesaving Station museum.

Dover - historic area downtown - take the guided walking tour

From Rehoboth Beach. We are renting a house for a week in July and looking to take a day trip to Cape May. If you have done this, can you fill me in on the logistics please! Was it worth it? What was the best thing to see/do there. Amy other day trip recs? Thank you in advance!