Expanded winter schedule offers more things to do on weekends
Photo by Frank Scott
CAPE MAY – Cape May MAC’s schedule of year-round tours, activities and events in 2020 and 2021 were pared back to comply with state mandates and out of concern for the health and safety of our guests, staff and volunteers due to COVID-19. Now, however, the schedule is beginning to rebound. Winter in Cape May is traditionally the time of year when things slow way down in America’s First Seaside Resort, and at Cape May MAC, the tours, events and activities that help drive the economic engine of this town year-round are sparse in January and February. It’s a time for planning, for renewal and reflection, for evaluation and for creative brainstorming. But this year, it’s also a time when visitors will find a slightly expanded schedule with more tour and activity options on the weekends. “In prior years during the winter months of January and February, we generally opened just on Saturdays beginning in midJanuary for the Cape May Lighthouse, the Physick House Museum and the trolley tours,” said Director and CEO Jody Alessandrine. “This year, we opened weekends without a break after the New Year’s weekend, and added the full weekend to the schedule, from Friday through Sunday, along with any Monday holidays. That continues through www.capemaymac.org
Visitors to Cape May can take a guided tour of the Physick House Museum, or a Combination Physick Estate/Historic District Trolley Tour and can also climb the Cape May Lighthouse. It’s thanks to subsidies from business community partners that Cape May MAC can offer these expanded offerings. Cape May MAC
March with some tours offered daily beginning March 1.” Visitors to Cape May can take a guided tour of the Physick House Museum, or a Combination Physick Estate/Historic District Trolley Tour, on Friday, Saturday or Sunday this winter, and can also climb the Cape May Lighthouse from 12pm to 3pm on those days. It’s thanks to subsidies from business community partners that Cape May MAC can offer these expanded hours. Partners pay $600 and receive this amount of value in trolley tour tickets to provide to their guests from January through April. Participating partners are Congress Hall, La Mer, The Grand Hotel, Queen Victoria Bed & Breakfast, Icona Cape May, The Harrison, The Montreal, RE/MAX Surfside, and Coastline Realty. “We normally would offer tours only on Saturday and now we offer tours on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays as well as holiday Mondays.,” said Alessandrine. “We are so grateful for the support given by our accommodations and real estate partners that allow us to offer additional tour times during this slow time of year. They are helping to attract visitors to Cape May, and we are helping to provide those visitors with interesting things to do.” -- SK
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