Affordable Spring Break Destinations: Carolina Beach and Kure Beach, North Carolina

The economy has stressed out everyone for months. Americans are more than ready for spring break. Today’s dollar has to stretch farther than ever. Families are looking for value. The smart ones know that this is not the year to take an expensive cruise or fund a trip to Disney World. But, it can be the year to discover a new vacation destination.

Carolina Beach, N.C. has the charm of an old-fashioned beach village. Unhurried, its street scape of shops, restaurants and family entertainments is warm and welcoming. It offers both a nostalgic atmosphere and prices that feel like a step back in time. Carolina Beach is a place where families can relax and enjoy activities like strolling along the beach, biking or stopping by the local candy shop to sample specially-made fudge. It’s even affordable to ride in the coast’s first-ever licensed six passenger electric ’Green Cab’ and be good to the environment.

Carolina Beach is ideal for surf fishing, bottom fishing, shell fishing and deep sea fishing, thanks to its location at the convergence of the Cape Fear River, the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean. The Carolina Beach Fishing Pier is a great place to drop a line; it’s open to the public and has a tackle shop, grill and arcade.

Sharing a barrier island with Carolina Beach, is Kure Beach, another seaside town with a lot to offer. The Kure Beach pier enjoys an international reputation among fishermen as one of the best places to pier fish for king mackerel, Spanish mackerel, sheepshead, flounder and blues.

Kure Beach also offers restaurants that serve seafood fresh from the boat and shops with gourmet treats. It’s home to several impressive historic sites like Fort Fisher, as well as the North Carolina Aquarium.

Visitors to Carolina Beach and Kure Beach can find accommodations that range from quaint family-owned beach front motels, to wonderful bed & breakfast establishments, to a towering oceanfront hotel. Learn more about these two towns at CarolinaBeachGetaway.com and KureBeachStories.com.

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