Visitors can soak up decadently beautiful sunsets over the Currituck Sound, spend leisurely afternoons at the breathtaking soundfront pool, and enjoy easy access to all the cool sites that the Northern Outer Banks has to offer with a stay at the Inn at Corolla Light. This modest-sized and elegantly causal hotel has a premier setting on the water’s edge, and a host of amenities designed to keep visitors relaxed and fully entertained throughout their stay.

There’s a host of amenities at the Inn at Corolla Light, starting with a seasonal outdoor pool and adjacent hot tub with picturesque sound views, neighborhood jogging trails that hug the shoreline, and a 400’ ft. long pier with gazebo for fishing and unparalleled sunset vistas. Guests can also enjoy all the amenities of the adjacent resort, which includes beach trolley service, multiple indoor and outdoor pools, and sports courts, or can stick close to home to enjoy the continental breakfast on-site followed by a couple hours of well-deserved porch sitting. The rooms are individually decorated, and can feature extra amenities like fireplaces, kitchenettes, and whirlpool tubs, and everyone will be just steps away from on-the-water views, which is sure to be a favorite attribute. Beautiful inside and out, the Inn at Corolla Light is a salty breath of fresh air for Northern Outer Banks vacationers.


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Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream

Big Buck's Homemade Ice Cream

Serving our customers on the Outer Banks since 1994, Big Buck's ice Cream is dedicated serving you “The Best.” We offer a full line of super-premium ice cream products, smoothies, chocolates, and custom-made ice cream cakes! 2 locations are open all year: Duck  and Manteo, at The Waterfront Shops.

 

We offer a full line of Espresso Drinks from Hot Vanilla Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolate to Iced Caramel Lattes & Frozen Mochas, all made to order. Big Buck’s fresh fruit smoothies are lactose-free and made to order. Also offering lactose-free sorbets made from the best fruits available. Old time favorites are sure to please! Choose from a delicious collection of milkshakes, sundaes and banana splits.

 

Savor the moment with our Homemade Chocolate! Chocolates are made daily in each location. We offer a large selection from Dark to Milk to White. Milk Chocolate Oreos & Almond Toffee, Dark Chocolate Berries and Cherries Clusters & Hand-dipped Peppermint Patties with a Drizzle of White Chocolate, Extra-Dark Sea Salt Caramels & our famous homemade caramel chocolate pretzels oh & don’t forget the ever-popular caramel pecan turtle, just to name a few treats!

 

Belinda Pleva grew up serving ice cream out of her parent’s shop. She loved being part of what she calls “a happy business.” “I love it when people come into the shop and you hand them something, and it makes them smile,” Pleva says. “That moment when you hand an ice cream cone over to a little kid and their eyes just light up. That’s what I love about the ice cream business.”

 

In 1994, Pleva opened up her own ice cream and chocolate shop, Big Buck’s Ice Cream, in the brand-new Timbuk II Shopping Center in Corolla. Business was good, but something was missing.

 

“I was never satisfied with the ingredients in the ice creams and chocolates you could purchase back then. I wanted to serve my customers delicious flavors with ingredients they could actually pronounce,” Pleva says.

 

Pleva took a trip to Italy to study the gelaterias. She fell in love with the incredible flavors, and when she returned home to the Outer Banks, she began working tirelessly to perfect the flavors in her own ice cream.

 

Big Buck’s homemade ice cream combined the flavors of the Italian gelaterias and the richness of American ice cream. It quickly became a tourist favorite. After having the same unsatisfactory experience with the readymade chocolates she was selling, she also took a trip to Brussels to learn more about making handmade chocolates. Pleva brought the chocolate-making experience right back with her, and the result was the finest quality of chocolates on the Outer Banks.

 

After her huge success in the Corolla shop, Pleva was able to open up three more shops—one in Kitty Hawk, one in Manteo and one in Duck.

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