Best places to stay in outer banks ?? Looking to spend my marriage anniversary there. Prefer good beaches but less crowd

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Unpopular opinion: you may not love it. We went one summer and it wasn’t for us. The drive in/out during the high season is hell. The dining scene is very heavy on “fried things in baskets.” Not much culture or shopping.

I know literally hundreds of people who swear by it. It’s a very popular destination for DC people. Several friends have even bought second homes there - Corolla. It was just super meh to us with a drive that pushed it into “why bother?”

We literally drive 2.5x as far in the other direction to Cape Cod every summer.

Hope you find what you like and have a great trip wherever you end up, though.

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Something I can speak on!

Duck or go super south and hit Hatteras, Buxton, or jump the ferry to Ocracoke. Nags head is cool if you have little kids but it’s much more touristy and you can stay in duck and drive there.

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Charter a fishing boat out of Oregon inlet. Drive onto the beach in hatteras or ocracoke. OBX is very much geared towards renting a monster 15 bedroom house with 8 families and chillin and drinking.

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Chickahawk is great 1 near duck but less crowded and quick to get to once your on the island

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