Manteo

Carolina do Norte · the United States

Manteo

In the destination Outer Banks.

In the photo: Roanoke Marshes Lighthouse, in Manteo

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The city

What to expect from Manteo.

Historic village on Roanoke Island, in the lagoon between the Outer Banks and the mainland, with a small harbor, wooden boardwalk and old houses. At the north tip of the island is the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, which recalls the first English colonies in America and the Lost Colony, the Elizabethan gardens and the North Carolina aquarium.

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The local experience

What to see in Manteo

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site
Historic site

Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

The location of the first English attempts to colonize North America, in the 1580s, including the Lost Colony, with a reconstructed earthen fort and the theater for the play The Lost Colony.

The Elizabethan Gardens
Gardens

The Elizabethan Gardens

Gardens inspired by 16th-century English gardens, created in the 1950s next to Fort Raleigh, on the Roanoke lagoon shore, as a tribute to the English colonists.

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island
Aquarium

North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island

State aquarium on Roanoke Island dedicated to North Carolina coastal environments, featuring a large shipwreck tank, sharks, otters and sea turtles.

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