Walking Tours

Historic Lewes celebrates over 50 years of embracing Lewes’ history by offering multiple tour options to the public. Discover historic destinations downtown, learn intriguing facts about our region’s maritime history, and experience history as it comes alive. Find out about our historic architecture, maritime monuments, lighthouses, cemeteries, and more.

All walking tours except our Lewes History Highlights daily tour and Haunted Histories Paranormal Investigations begin at the Ryves Holt House Museum & Mercantile (212 2nd Street).  The Lewes History Highlights daily tour and Haunted Histories Paranormal Investigations start on the Historic Lewes Town Campus (110 Shipcarpenter St.).

Please note: Tours often sell out quickly. Pre-registration is required for all tours and closes 30 minutes before the start time.

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Walking Tours: Field Trips & Group Tours

Shipcarpenter Street 110 Shipcarpenter Street, Lewes, DE, United States

Field trips can be arranged year-round to show the highlights of Lewes in a meaningful context. Groups of 8 or more guests are considered large group tours and we ask that you contact us for tour options so that we can best meet your group's needs. For additional information, please call 302-645-7670.

Walking Tours: Lewes Legends Evening Walking Tour

Ryves Holt House Museum 218 Second Street, Lewes, DE, United States

Lewes is rich with historic happenings, legends, and tall tales. This 90-minute walking tour will introduce you to stories of strange happenings in the town of Lewes. Enter the Cannonball House Maritime Museum after hours and hear heroic accounts of maritime history, and an eerie occurrence or two. Dates from April through October

Walking Tours: Revolutionary Lewes Walking Tour

Ryves Holt House Museum 218 Second Street, Lewes, DE, United States

Delawareans of all sorts were forced to come to terms with their changing world. Loyalties, ideals, and even family bonds were tested; lives and livelihoods were threatened; and independence was on the horizon. Sitting prominently at the mouth of Delaware Bay, Lewes was a lynchpin in the defenses of America’s most vital waterway, just 89

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