Hotel Du Pont

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Hotel Du Pont

11th & Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19801 US

Area: Wilmington/Newark Area

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Adults: age 18+

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Children: 0-17

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Hotel du Pont is the premier business and corporate meetings establishment in Delaware, with award winning guest rooms and suites, a premier restaurant and state-of-the-art meeting facilities. Leisure travelers find the location ideal for touring Brandywine Valley.<> The award winning 4 star, 4 diamond hotel is centrally located in the mid atlantic region of the seaboard, located in the heart of Wilmington, only 25 minutes from Philadelphia Intl Airport. The hotel is two hours from New York and Washington, DC and minutes from the Amtrak station.

Hotel Du Pont Property Information:

Rooms: 217
Floors: 12

Hotel Du Pont Service

Fitness facility
Golf
Dining
Luxury
Spa
Conventions
Luxury
Family rooms
Beach
Dry cleaning
Data port
Free high speed internet
Nonsmoking
Meeting room
Pets allowed
Tennis court
Business center
Wheel chair access

Hotel Du Pont Reservation Policies:

Check-In: 1500
Check-Out: 1200

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Wilmington Events & Entertainment

Annual Events

Mid May

Wilmington Flower Market

Rockford Park

Tower Road and West 19th Street

Wilmington, DE 19806

(302) 995-5699

Free

10 am - 7 pm

Since 1920, come and join 150+ exhibitors in raising money for children's benefits through the sale of plants, flowers, food, games, rides.

Mid June

St. Anthony's Italian Festival

St. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church

901 North DuPont Street

Wilmington, DE 19805

(302) 421-3790

Mon - Fri 5:30 pm - 10:30 pm, Sat and Sun 2 pm - 10:30 pm

Free Admission

Since 1972, features food vendors, live entertainment, children's entertainment, midway, 6 outdoor cafes and over 30 vendors.

Early July

Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival

Rockwood Museum

610 Shipley Road

Wilmington, DE 19809

(302) 761-4340

Since 1982, homemade ice cream, hot air balloons, craft show and antique show.

Early September

Brandywine Arts Festival

Brandywine State Park

18th and Market Streets

Wilmington, DE 19899

(302) 577-7020

Sat 10-5pm, Sun 10-4pm

Free

Arts and Crafts festival held on the banks of the Brandywine River.

Early October

Italian American Celebration

Three Little Bakers Dinner Theatre

3540 Three Little Bakers Blvd.

Wilmington, DE 19808

(800) 368-3303

The Italian American Celebration features world renowned performers who have established themselves as pioneers in the entertainment business.

Mid November

Delaware Antiques Show

First USA Riverfront Arts center

800 South Madison Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(800) 448-3883

Fri and Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun 11 am - 5 pm

Admission charged. Over 50 exhibitors of early American furniture, decorative accessories, textiles, jewelry and more.

Arts and Entertainment

Academy Of The Dance
209 W. 14th Street,
Wilmington DE 19801
302/656-8969
A professional training school of classical ballet presents a
mid-year performance and also "The Nutcracker" at the
DuPont Theatre (302/656-4401) featuring international
professional dancers. Live orchestra.

Grand Opera House

818 N Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19801-3011

(302) 658-7897

Home of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Opera Delaware, the Opera House presents touring performers from around the world.

Delaware Symphony Association

Box Office

Wilmington, DE 19801

(302) 652-5577

The Baby Grand Theater at the Grand Opera House

818 N. Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19802

Tickets: 800-37-GRAND

The Baby Grand recently opened next door to the Grand Opera House. It is bringing modern rock bands, contemporary theater companies and others to Wilmington amid an enthusiastic reception.

The DuPont Theater

Tenth and Market, Located in the DuPont Building

Wilmington, DE 19801

The DuPont brings to Wilmington national touring productions of Broadway shows.

The Delaware Theater Company

200 Water Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(302) 594-1100

The Theater Company offers top rated theatrical productions with casts including professional Broadway actors.

Sports

Wilmington Blue Rocks Baseball

Professional Baseball

801 S Madison St

Wilmington, DE 19801

(302) 888-2015

The Blue Rocks are the minor league affiliate of the World Champion Boston Red Sox.

Their home games are played at Frawley Stadium.

The Delaware Smash

1007 Market Street

DuPont Building

Wilmington, DE 19898

(302) 774-4238

Women’s World Team Tennis League. The Smash were led in 2005 by Wimbledon Champion Venus Williams.

University of Delaware Sports

The athletic teams at the University of Delaware are known as the Fightin' Blue Hens with a blue hen mascot named YoUDee. UD offers 23 varsity sports, which compete in the NCAA Division-I (Division-IAA for football).

Delaware is a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in all sports except football, which is a member of the Atlantic-10 conference. Football is the biggest sport at Delaware, as the Fightin' Blue Hen football teams have won six national titles

Former head football coaches Bill Murray, Dave Nelson and Harold "Tubby" Raymond are College Football Hall of Fame inductees. Delaware also won the NCAA Division I National Championship in 1983 for Women's Lacrosse.

Wilmington Destination Overview

Picturesque Brandywine Park in the heart of Wilmington sets the tone for this lovely, historically significant Delaware port city. It is the perfect spot in which to enjoy a stroll or a jog along the river, have a picnic lunch, and view the park’s monuments, formal gardens, and natural areas. The Josephine Fountain, a favorite place to make a wish, is located there. Visually-impaired visitors can enjoy the wonders of nature by walking the Sensory Trail. Rockford Park boasts large open spaces surrounded by beautiful wooded areas, making it ideal for picnics, jogging, flying kites, playing ball, tennis, and hiking.

The observation deck near the top of the tower, offers stunning views of the Wilmington skyline. In the residential districts to the north are some of the city's oldest and most elegant houses, many dating from the Revolutionary War, when Wilmington's flour mills fed the American troops. Located along the Brandywine River, Alapocas Woods is an oasis at the edge of the bustling city. This forested retreat is home to native plants and abundant wildlife. Because the park is situated between the Piedmont and coastal plain zones, it contains spectacular geologic formations that are unique to this region of Delaware.

This seaport in northern Delaware is the largest city in the state and an anchor city for the Delaware Valley metropolitan area. The county seat of New Castle County, it was named by Thomas Penn for his friend Spencer Compton, Earl of Wilmington, who was prime minister in the reign of George II of Great Britain. Its surrounding Brandywine Valley holds the manor homes, gardens, and factories of the Du Ponts, all of which are open to the public and provide an inside look at the First State's First Family. Most of Wilmington's surprising numbers of important colonial sites are hidden away amid the heavily industrialized waterfront to the east of downtown. In that area, a sign proclaims "Historic Wilmington" indicating a loop from the foot of Seventh Street to Church St, the site of the Hendrickson House Museum and Old Swedes Church.

Wilmington sponsors a number of quality arts and entertainment venues. The Grand Opera House is the home of the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Opera Delaware and presents touring performers from around the world. The Baby Grand, which recently opened next door to the Grand Opera House, attracts modern rock bands and contemporary theater companies to the city. The DuPont Theater brings to Wilmington national touring productions of Broadway shows. The Delaware Theater Company offers first rate theatrical productions with casts including professional Broadway actors.

The Wilmington area abounds in fine museums, including the Delaware Art Museum, the Delaware Museum of Natural History, Winterthur Museum, the Delaware History Museum, the Brandywine River Museum, Longwood Gardens, the Hagley Museum and the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Wilmington is home to the Blue Rocks, a minor league team affiliated with the Boston Red Sox. Its riverfront stadium was built specifically for the team. Wilmington also supports the Delaware Smash, featuring World Team tennis competitors. The University of Delaware provides Division I college sports and a world-renowned ice skating training center.

Wilmington also offers a range of public and private golf courses and indoor and outdoor tennis facilities. In addition to activities in and around Wilmington, the city’s central location provides easy access to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C. and New York City. Wilmington is approximately 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia and an hour from Baltimore, making either city an easy option for an evening’s entertainment or a sporting event. Wilmington’s ethnic diversity contributes to several very popular festivals held locally in the spring and summer. The most popular festival is the Italian festival which closes down 6 blocks in the west side of the city for traditional Italian music, food, and activities, along with carnival rides and games.

Another festival that draws large crowds is the Greek Festival featuring traditional Greek food and drink along with a craft display area. The Wilmington and Western Railroad offers one and two hour scenic rides through the Red Clay Valley area, self-guided walking tours are available in the Quaker Hill Historic District, making Wilmington a joy to visit. It is a city kept youthful by its green and growing State Parks and its thriving University; yet steeped in history and a well documented past.