This self-guided walking tour celebrates the best of Cape May at Christmas! Put on your walking shoes, dress in layers, then grab a flashlight, your wristband and map and go. Stroll along gaslit streets and visit homes, inns, B&Bs, churches and hotels, most within walking distance of each other, to see lovely interiors decorated for the holidays. This self-guided walking tour, centered in a 3/4-square-mile area of the Historic District, is Cape May’s longest running Christmas tour and Cape May MAC’s largest annual fund-raiser. Trolley Shuttles will not be offered in 2024. Instead, an Express Trolley will travel between the Emlen Physick Estate and the Angel of the Sea, and another between the Emlen Physick Estate and the West Cape May CVS area on evenings with properties located there. These Express Trolleys will pick up and drop off passengers only at their end points with no stops along the way as in years past (hence the “Express). Not to worry. The majority of properties are clustered in a 20-minute walking distance in the Historic District with many just a few minutes from each other.

This is a self-guided walking tour. Tour maps and wristbands must be picked up in advance of the tour. They will be available Friday 9am-5pm or Saturday (tour day) 9am-7pm at the Emlen Physick Estate, 1048 Washington Street in our Hill House business office.