Site seeing in the Cape Fear Region:
Pleasure Island offers an aquarium and the Fort Fisher State Historic site. Take a ferry ride to the quaint village of Southport with its wonderful antique shops, restaurants, and the N.C. Maritime Museum. You can spend a day on Bald Head Island. Just catch the ferry over, and enjoy riding around the island in a golf cart. Enjoy lunch or dinner before returning to the mainland. Don't forget to stop at the famous Brits Donut Shop on the boardwalk.
Downtown Wilmington, with its many wonderful restaurants, shopping and historical sites is just twenty minutes away. You can walk the river front, or visit the Railroad Museum, antique shops, the historic Cotton Exchange, and the City Market. There is also a Children's Museum and the Cape Fear Museum for your pleasure.
Ride the Cape Fear Riverboats, take a trolley or a horse and buggy ride through town. Visit the battleship USS North Carolina, the most decorated ship of WW2, docked in the Cape Fear River.
If you enjoy the theatre, visit Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts. These are just a few attractions we have to offer. A guide book of Wilmington is in our condo for your use. Tennis courts in Kure Beach just a ten minute ride from the condo.
Golf:
The Cape Golf and Racquet Club and Beau Rivage Golf and Tennis Club, are just a five minute drive from Carolina Beach. Both clubs are open to the public.
Other Activities:
Aquarium, Battleship North Carolina, State Park,