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Sweet Amalia Oyster Getaway

Available June, September, and October 2025

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Travel to the banks of the Delaware Bay for an immersive oyster farm tour and tasting experience.

“It’s a gritty, dirty, muddy job, and perhaps you have to be just a little bit crazy to do it. But there’s also a romance to this work," says Lisa Calvo, owner of Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm.

Experience the world of oyster farming firsthand with a deluxe getaway in Cape May that pairs hard work with fine tastes. On the storied banks of the Delaware Bay, you'll receive a shucking lesson and an oyster tasting led by Sweet Amalia's experienced oyster farmers. And, to round out your stay in Cape May, you'll enjoy a world-class dinner in the Ebbitt Room that incorporates tide-to-table oyster recipes from Chef Jason Hanin.

Included in this package:

  • Deluxe Overnight Accommodations

  • A Hands-On Tour and Oyster Shucking Lesson at Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm

  • An Oyster Tasting at Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm

  • Two (2) keepsake Oyster Shucking Knives

  • Lunch on The Virginia’s Front Porch

  • A Delicious Dinner in the Virginia's private Richmond Room on Tuesday evening, featuring a themed menu prepared by Executive Chef Jason Hanin

  • All transportation provided to and from Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm

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Experience the world of oyster farming firsthand with a getaway that pairs hard work with fine tastes. 

Sweet Amalia Getaway Sample Itinerary

Monday

Warm Welcome

Check-In
3:00pm
Dinner and Evening
At Leisure

Tuesday

Oyster Tour & Tasting

Lunch on The Virginia Front Porch
1:00pm*
Tour, Shucking Lesson, and Tasting at Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm
3:00pm*
Dinner in the Richmond Room prepared by Executive Chef Jason Hanin
6:30pm

Wednesday

Fond Farewells

Parting Words and Check-Out
11:00am

*Please note: Lunch and Oyster Tour times are are dependent on the tide of the Delaware Bay. A customized itinerary will be provided at check-in.

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Sweet Amalia Oyster Getaway

About Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm

For three decades, most recently with Rutgers University, Lisa Calvo studied shellfish pathology, helping to develop oysters resistant to disease. As a side hustle, she launched Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm, which was named for her daughter, who, as a toddler, would slurp oysters straight off the reef. The project began as a learning laboratory for studying aquaculture so that Calvo might better assist other farmers, but, a couple of years ago, it became her full-time occupation. Now, on a six-acre, intertidal plot located off of Route 47, Calvo and her team harvest over 300,000 oysters per season.

To learn more about Sweet Amalia Oyster Farm, visit SweetAmalia.com.

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