Rehoboth / Dewey Beach, DE, USA
You’ll know you’ve arrived in Dewey Beach when you see the Starboard, with its great white shark bursting through the wall above. In downtown Dewey, 20- and 30-somethings crowd bars from Bloody Mary breakfast to last call. The gay-friendly bars of Rehoboth, just north of Dewey, have a more upscale feel, but are equally packed. In Dewey, group houses abound, while Rehoboth, once an artist colony, looks like a mini-Hamptons with well-kept gardens and expansive homes. The beach—a wide band of golden sand separating condo developments from the deep blue Atlantic—serves as a pretty backdrop and the outlet malls—three enormous strip malls with over 120 stores—provide distraction on rainy days. The main attraction of Dewey and Rehoboth, however, is, and will always be, what goes on after dark. The festivals that make up Dewey Beach Fest—Americana Music Fest, Chickfest, Jamfest, Popfest and Delaware Music Festival—draw thousands of visitors every year.
