Something For Everyone in OBX, NC

No matter what your family likes to do on vacation; eat, go to the beach, shop, eat (did I say that already?) the Outer Banks in North Carolina has it. Outlet shops, restaurants, museums, aquariums, lighthouses and a brand new water park (!!) make a week on OBX go by in a flash!

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For The Foodie 

One thing the Outer Banks does not lack is a place to eat. Be it breakfast, lunch or dinner you can find a restaurant to satisfy whatever craving you're having.

Longing for a New York style pizza?
Head to New York Pizza Pub in Nags Head. Formerly the owners of an Italian restaurant in NYC, the Gurski family has been serving up pizzas and more for 15 years on OBX. This is my family's personal favorite.

Craving Seafood?
My family has a few favorites; Dirty Dicks Crab House, Tale of the Whale, and Awful Arthur's.

Is it breakfast time?
Head to Eat and Get the Hell Out! Yeah, Bob's Grill has a way of making their customers feel welcomed. There's also Stack 'em High Pancakes, Duck Donuts (though there is a Dunkin' in if you MUST). 

For the History Buff

Wright Brothers' Museum
Did you know the Outer Banks is the site where the Wright Brothers; Wilber and Orville, achieved the first successful airplane flight? At the museum in Kill Devil Hills and you can follow the flight line, where they took off and landed, you can see how camp life was like for the brothers in a reconstructed camp building, climb up to the top of the hill where their commemorative monument is constructed and walk around the Visitor's Center.
Learn more about the Wright Brother's Museum here. 

The Lost Colony
If your stay has you on the OBX between May and August, head out to Manteo to visit "The Lost Colony". The performance runs for 2 hours with one 15 minute intermission.  *TIP* every Monday is "Kids Night" which means 5 and under are free! For more information and to purchase tickets, click here. 

Island Farm​
"Explore island life as it was more than 150 years ago". Workers are dressed in period attire and carry out the chores of those who lived there in the 1850s. Activities and demonstrations vary daily but can include: woodworking, Ox-drawn wagon rides, and Blacksmithing. Opened Tuesday - Friday from April to November. Learn more here.

Roanoke Island Festival Park
Here you can hop on board of the Queen Elizabeth II, explore an American Indian town to see how to harvest crops, weave baskets, and build a canoe and you can visit a Settlement Site and learn carpentry, blacksmithing and woodworking. See all that Roanoke Island Festival Park has to offer here.  ​

​For The Drinker

The Weeping Radish Brewery
Not quite on the Outer Banks, but pretty darn close. Just about a half hour drive from Kill Devil hills rests North Carolina's oldest Micro Brewery, the Weeping Radish. You may recognize "this joint" from the famous, Food Network show "Guy's Diners, Drive-ins and Dives". They offer the "Beer and Brat" tour where patrons 21 and older receive beer samples and anyone under will receive root beer samples.

Sanctuary Vineyards
Located 1 minute from the Weeping Radish (you may need an Uber for this excursion) Sanctuary Vineyards offers wine tastings in their "tasting room". 

For The Kids (and Kids At Heart)

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Open daily (except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day) see river otters, alligators, sea turtles, sting rays and tons of fish at the North Carolina Aquarium. For an added fee, those 15 years and older can swim with sharks!

Wild Horse Jeep Tours
Do yourself a favor and head out to Corolla while you in the Outer Banks and take a wild horse tour. There are quite a few options for tours, some places allow you to drive your own Jeep (from their fleet) while others have you load up into their touring vehicle. Either way, seeing the wild horses up close and personal on these will surely take your breath away. Learn how they can drink straight from the ocean (without getting sick) and see them literally hanging out in people's backyards! 

H2-OBX Water Park
H2-OBX has more than 30 rides and there is something for everyone with a great mix of thrill rides, kid rides, wave pools and an "Adventure River". Depending on where you are staying or which realtor you used, you may be able to purchase discounted tickets. Otherwise, 2 and under are FREE, and general admission (for  adults, non-senior citizens, 42 inches and taller) currently costs $41.99 at the window. You also have the ability to book a cabana for your family for the day!