New Castle, DE Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Delaware's magnificently preserved first capital, NEW CASTLE , fronts the broad Delaware River, just six miles south of Wilmington via Hwy-141. Founded in the 1650s by the Dutch – who were intent on expanding from their colony at New Amsterdam, and taken over by the British in 1664, New Castle was the main stopping point between Baltimore and Philadelphia. William Penn first set foot in the New World here in October 1682. Largely bypassed when railroads and highways replaced the riverboats, it has managed to survive intact, its quiet cobbled streets and immaculate eighteenth-century brick houses … more »