The wealth of independent Manteo, NC, shops and boutiques make this town an excellent place for finding gifts that are signature to the Outer Banks. Get the latest bestseller at an indie bookstore in downtown Manteo. Find prints and pottery made by local artists. Local jewelers and silversmiths can help you craft one-of-a-kind pieces unique to their lucky gift recipient. Tastes of the Outer Banks are embodied in rum, wine and beer from distilleries, wineries and breweries in the area. The options continue!
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Manteo, NC, Gifts
307 Queen Elizabeth Avenue, Manteo
794 Sunset Boulevard, TimBuck II Shopping Village, Corolla
819 Ocean Trail, Monterey Plaza, Corolla
1216 Duck Road, Wee Winks Square, Duck
3933 S. Croatan Highway, The Bypass, MP 12.5, Jockey's Ridge Crossing, Nags Head
24502 N.C. Highway 12, Waves Village, Rodanthe
39432 N.C. Highway 12, Island Shops, Avon
58848 Hatteras Landing, Hatteras Landing, Hatteras
7517 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Whalebone Watersports Center, Nags Head
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites boasts an impressive selection of kites, flags and spinners, toys, apparel, gifts and games on the Outer Banks. Kitty Hawk Kites specializes in kites, from the single-lines for kids to high-tech stunt varieties. The stores also sell fun outdoor goodies such as flags, toys, boomerangs and games. You’ll find a wide selection of Outer Banks gear, beach sportswear and footwear from Crocs, Chaco, Hey Dude, Southern Fried and Life is Good apparel, t-shirts, sweatshirts, outdoor clothing, sunglasses and more. Kitty Hawk Kites also offers a number of adventure activities including hang gliding, kayak and SUP tours, lessons and rentals, parasailing, Jet Skis, dolphin tours, wild horse tours, historic tours and much more. The brand-new Whalebone Watersports Center on the Nags Head Causeway offers kayak fishing, Jet Skis, pontoon boat rentals and more. At Kitty Hawk Kites' Waves Village Watersports in Rodanthe, you can learn kiteboarding; buy and rent kiteboarding gear; rent a kayak, surfboard or standup paddleboard or climb the adventure tower/ropes course. Kitty Hawk Kites Hang Gliding School at Jockey's Ridge in Nags Head offers private lessons, beginner lessons, advanced lessons and training packages for hang gliding, as well as retail merchandise and sand boards available for rent.
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail locations from Corolla to Ocracoke, Kitty Hawk Kites boasts an impressive selection of kites, flags and spinners, toys, apparel, gifts and games on the Outer Banks. Kitty Hawk Kites specializes in kites, from the single-lines for kids to high-tech stunt varieties. The stores also sell fun outdoor goodies such as...read more
Kitty Hawk Kites has been teaching the world to fly since 1974. With 10 retail...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
This little museum and gallery is behind the home of the owner on Ananias Dare Street across the main highway from the downtown area. Herbert Bliven runs a small museum housing his collection of Civil War artifacts that he found on Roanoke Island. You’ll also see World War I and II, Native American and Korean War memorabilia as well as antique decoys. He also operates...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
Experience a new adventure in an old world at Roanoke Island Festival Park. This 25-acre historic site allows guests of all ages to experience first-hand what life was like for the first English settlers in 1585. Historic costumed interpreters are featured through Indian Town, the Settlement Site and the Elizabeth II ship to show and tell how the first settlers lived...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
Roanoke Marshes Trading Company is the place on Roanoke Island to find souvenir sweatshirts and t-shirts printed with OBX, Roanoke Island, pirate themes or funny sayings for men, women and children. They've got a huge selection of the Simply Southern line, along with other brand names like YETI. They’ve got a collection of cute summery dresses along with other beach wear and accessories. Jewelry, including the popular...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
Sam & Winston is a celebration of the fine arts of gift giving and creating a home. The mother and daughter team who run this lifestyle boutique have impeccable taste, and their collection of carefully selected goods is meant to join Southern island traditions with design ideas and contemporary gifts for ladies, gentlemen, children and dogs. From fine jewelry to heavenly scented body products to adorable...read more
Sea Bags Maine has 50 stores from Bar Harbor, Maine, to Key West, Florida and from the Great Lakes to California. Two of those stores are on the Outer Banks in Duck and Manteo. Sea Bags are made from recycled sails and repurposed sail cloth and come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes and designs. Other accessories you will find include toiletry bags, ditty...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
Sisters is a family-run ladies boutique with goods for women of every age and shape. Offering the most contemporary styles, hand-picked by three generations of fashion-loving women (Patty, Lacey and Rheanne), there’s a little something for every woman in the family regardless of whether she’s shopping for a special occasion or more casual attire. They have a fabulous selection of jewelry, too, as well as...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
Sleeping In, Ltd. is an inviting shop filled with a little touch of a lot of wonderful things. Everything here will make you crave luxury and comfort. You’ll find sumptuous sleepwear and ladies’ clothing, designer-inspired jewelry, Jack Rogers shoes, Vera Bradley bags and accessories, fine home textiles and luxuriant bath and body products. Of course, that is not all; stop in to discover more in...read more
Roanoke Island, NC, Gifts
The Stock-Aide brings a much-needed convenience store to the Manteo waterfront but with all the charm the historic district deserves. This is an old-fashioned, family-run store that sells candy, drinks, ice cream, beer and wine, ice, cigars and cigarettes, medicines and limited groceries like eggs, bread, milk and other items. Within the store is a sub-shop called That Art Place, selling gifts, toys, candles, jewelry,...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
The Gourmet Olive is downtown Manteo's olive oil and vinegar store, where you can sample 15 different gourmet oils and vinegars and get suggestions about how to use them. But the store is so much more. It's also a gift shop where you can find a wide range of items for yourself or others, as well as an art and craft gallery representing the works...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
While you're on Roanoke Island, don't miss a chance to visit The Museum Store at Roanoke Island Festival Park. The only Outer Banks shop of its kind, it features historical gifts and collectibles that include the representative sailing ship, the Elizabeth II, American Indian Town and more than 400 years of Outer Banks history. Celebrating American handcrafts, The Museum Store features hand-blown glass, pottery, metal...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
Vineyards on the Scuppernong, based in nearby Columbia, has a tasting room and gift shop in downtown Manteo. Stop in to try their wines – Simply Scuppernong, Catawba Bell, Jack Ass Red, Black Beary, Girls of Summer and more – and purchase some bottles for yourself or for gifts. The gift shop offers locally made art, jewelry and soaps. Look for Vineyards on the Scuppernong...read more
Manteo, NC, Gifts
In the red-roofed building across from the Roanoke Island Maritime Museum, Wanchese Pottery features the handcrafted pottery of local potters Bonnie and Bob Morrill. Their work is beautiful as well as functional. Well-crafted bowls, pitchers, coffee mugs, dinnerware, oil lamps, bird feeders and more are stacked on the shelves in this quaint shop and studio. read more
