DINE
OC Foodie Tours show groups how the locals eat in Ocean City, the home of stunning seafood, quaint wineries, and the Orange Crush, the city’s unofficial cocktail. The food tour company also offers self-guided tours with curated itineraries, an audio guide, and interviews with chefs.
STAY
Groups are well accommodated at the large Carousel Resort Hotel & Condominiums, located just a five-minute drive from the city’s famous 3-mile boardwalk. With special amenities such as an indoor ice rink (the only rink in the city), movie nights, an indoor pool, and game rooms, this stay offers groups many activities during down times.
WANDER
For groups looking for a more unusual tour, experience one of the 11 ghost walks offered by Chesapeake Ocean City Ghost Walks. Take a nighttime walk into the Pocomoke Forest, billed as the most haunted forest in Maryland, or stroll through a haunted graveyard to hear the spirits of the city’s former residents. But don’t worry, groups can choose tours with different fright levels. During the colder months, tours are conducted by bus, but participants still leave chilled to the bone.
MARVEL
Ocean City’s proximity to the spectacular Assateague Island is another selling point. The island is filled with charm, complete with rolling sand dunes, buzzing marshes, and, best of all, wild horses. In the winter, groups will have to bundle up to see the animals in their natural habitat, but those willing to brave the cold are rewarded: Visitors get to see the horses in their cute, fuzzy winter coats.
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Ocean City, MD
Main Image: Ocean City, Maryland; Credit: Maryland Office of Tourism
