Cape Charles Historic District — Attraction in Cape Charles

Cape Charles is a wonderful place on the Eastern Shore. We sail here often from Deltaville, and love staying at town docks. It has great boutique shopping, wine store with free tastings, incredible ice cream shop, hardware and general store. There are many great restaurants in which to choose, free family and pet friendly concerts in the central park on Saturday evenings, A small farmers market is near the museum where I purchased the best arugula I have ever had. A little further is Cape Charles Brewery, which we quenched our thirst after a long bike ride.We have bikes on board so can ride and explore the many hidden gems of Cape Charles. For those who boat or sail, there is a cab service that can take you to the winery which is about 17 miles down the rode and is worth the visit. Chatham Vineyard, I believe... has a lovely outside area for kids to run around and play games including cornhole boards for the adults. Just cannot say enough great things about this wonderful sailing...

Visited with family last week. I was stun by the shops and growth of little cape Charles, so very charming. We ate at the Shanty restaurant.. excellent food and location beautiful. My family history goes back to 1889. Karpa family of Polish descent bought a house near Catholic school and church. My grandmother was born at that house in 1904, last of 9 living children. My mother grew up there til family moved to Newport News maybe 1940. We continued to return to visit by ferry til bridge completed. Family buried in old cemetery… brought Mom over on Mother’s Day in 2011, dinner on the boat dock. The locals said stores are closed on Tuesdays, although several were open (the day we recently visited in October) , still had a wonderful time. Look forward to Spring and summer and a stay over weekend, beach beautiful. So much family...

The beach is perfect. In April it is still cool, but beautiful. The town in April leaves a lot to be desired. There are 3 coffee shops and two bakeries. The bakeries open only on the weekends. On Tuesday there was literally not one place open in the entire town to get a cup of coffee. On Wednesdays there is one coffee shop open at 9 but there was a line by 8:45 and all of the outdoor tables were full before it opened. Tuesday night there were two restaurants open in the entire historic district and both had more than an hour wait. So my advice is that if you come before May there is nothing to do besides the beach. The water is too cold to swim and the fishing captains say the fish aren’t biting. There are only 6 stores open in town during the week and they were very cute but we had gone through them...