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University of North Carolina Wilmington - - What To Do And See

 

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Also known as The Port City, Wilmington offers visitors a unique travel experience, due to its coastal location, the city being bordered by the Cape Fear River, to the west and the Atlantic Ocean, to the east, offering amazingly beautiful and fit-for-paintings views from almost every cardinal point.

 

The city also offers visitors a wide array of unique shops and restaurants, including historic houses and great museums, among the most popular and most appealing attractions in the city, being considered:

 

The Jungle Rapids Family Fun Park, located on Oleander Drive, where the whole family can have fun, featuring attractions and activities fro all family members, including Grand Prix go-karts, an 18-hole miniature golf course, laser tag areas, the largest indoor playground in the city and much, much more.

 

The Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, situated on Chestnut Street, which houses 3 performance venues that host more than 250 performance events, including theatrical and musical performances, annually.

 

Tote – Em – In – Zoo, which can be found on Carolina Beach Road, featuring 5 acres that showcase a rich wildlife, housed in a forest-like atmosphere, including more than 100 exotic birds, reptiles and mammals.

 

The New Hanover County Arboretum, on Oleander Drive, the only attraction of its kind in Southeastern North Carolina, offering eye-catching displays of native plants, including a variety of coastal landscape themes, as well as numerous educational programs for visitors of all ages.

 

The Burgwin-Wright Museum House and Gardens, on Market Street, which is a beautifully-restored Georgian-style house, filled with fantastic 18th and 19th century furnishings, also featuring amazingly-beautiful surroundings that consist of a formal garden, a terraced garden and an orchard.

 

In addition to the numerous interesting and appealing attractions, Wilmington also offers visitors a rich and unique shopping scene, which provides everything shopping-loving visitors need during their stay in the city, regardless if they’re on a budget or not, the city having something to offer to every pocket and every taste.

 

Among the most popular shopping spots in Wilmington, there are:

 

- Cape Fear Antique Center: 1606 Market Street, Wilmington, NC.

- Newcastle Antique Center: 606 Castle Street, Wilmington, NC.

- Uptown Market Antiques & Uncommon Goods: 8086 Market Street, Wilmington, NC.

- Art Accents: 3502 Wrightsville Avenue, Wilmington, NC.

- Port City Antiques: 523 S. 3rd Street, Wilmington, NC.

- Audubon Village: 1400 Audubon Road, Wilmington, NC.

- Azalea Plaza: 3701 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, NC.

- Hanover Center of Wilmington: 3501 Oleander Drive, Wilmington, NC.

- Market Place Mall: 127 S. College Road, Wilmington, NC.

- Mayfaire Town Center: Military Cutoff Rd., Wilmington, NC.

- North 17 Shopping Center: 4348 Market Street, Wilmington, NC.

- Old Wilmington City Market Shops: 119 S. Water Street, Wilmington, NC.

- The Pavilion Deluxe Shoppes: 3505 Market Street, Wilmington, NC.