Travel: Nice Places to Visit, Great Places to Live

Periodic searches for your ideal retirement spot offer a great excuse to travel the country. These six cities make wonderful vacation destinations--and even better hometowns

LIVING THE QUIET LIFE IN LOVELY LEWES

Mike and Hope Tyler had vacationed at a condo in Delaware's crowded resort town of Rehoboth Beach for years. But when Mike decided to retire and they visited friends in nearby Lewes, the Tylers were smitten. Perched where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic, Lewes (pronounced Loo-iss) is a quiet Dutch seaport with pristine beaches, elegant Victorian homes and a nearby state park. The Tylers bid on an ornate Queen Anne-style fixer-upper and, after finishing the restoration, opened a bed-and-breakfast, the Wild Swan Inn, in 1993. "We selected Lewes because it had small-town charm,"...

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