A bachelor party is a timeless tradition with a groom-to-be and his close friends, celebrating the upcoming wedding celebration and the future to come. Door County is a perfect destination to have your bachelor party with its wide array of activities, from active adventures to bar hopping around different dive bars and taverns to the weird and wonderful that you won’t find anywhere else! Here’s the perfect itinerary for planning the best bachelor party.
Spirited Celebrations
Good-natured drinking is a staple of most bachelor parties, and Door County is home to several breweries, wineries, and distilleries for you to try! Door County is known for its fruit wines, and you can take the Door County Wine Trail to taste your way through the ten different wineries on it. Sample wines made from locally grown cherries and other produce, and take a tour through their magnificent facilities and productions.
If you’re looking for something a little more robust, bar hop to the different breweries around the peninsula. Start in Sturgeon Bay with Bridge Up Brewing on the water and Starboard Brewing downtown. Bridge Up offers a consistent tap of exceptional beers that locals love, while Starboard Brewing, Door County’s first nano-brewery, has a rotating selection of in-house brewed craft beers all year round. Make your way up north to One Barrel Brewing Co in Egg Harbor, where you can enjoy a flight of top-quality beer with a delicious hot pizza from Pizza Bros. Just across the peninsula are two more breweries for you to hit on your bar-hopping journey! Stop by Door County Brewing Co in Baileys Harbor for the craft beer and camaraderie, where they often have live music playing or community events happening on the weekends. Finally, stop at Sway Brewing & Blending, a brewery that’s more about the experience of drinking beer. Sip on their easy-drinking beers with a homemade pastry or sandwich from their bakery.
For a spirited celebration, visit Door County’s two distilleries, Door County Distillery in Carlsville and Hatch Distilling Co in Egg Harbor. Door County Distillery is the oldest distillery on the peninsula, and it offers a wide variety of award-winning spirits, from vodka to gin to brandy. Taste free samples at their bar and indulge in a handcrafted cocktail or two. Hatch Distilling Co focuses on their craft, with their spirits tended, harvested, distilled, and bottled all locally. Their cocktail menu is on a rotation, so sample their spirits and drinks in their comfortable space and pick up a bottle of your own!
Go On An Adventure
There’s always more to a bachelor party than just good drinks! If you’re on the more active side, there are plenty of outdoor adventures in Door County for you and your friends to enjoy together.
There are numerous golf courses with varying degrees of difficulty for you to play, whether it’s golf on the greens, mini golf, or disc golf. The golf courses in Door County are beautiful, featuring rolling hills, limestone bluffs, stunning views of the water, and thick forests of trees. Visit Peninsula State Park for its eighteen-hole course, the only state park in Wisconsin to have a golf course! For a quick round of golf, stop by Stone Hedge Golf and Pub to play nine holes before lounging in their bar with good food and drinks. If it’s raining outside, you can still play at Golf ‘n More In-Door, which has golf simulations and other games you can play inside!
After spending some time on land, take to the water in a fishing charter! There are numerous fishing charters around Door County that you can rent for a day. During the summer, you can climb aboard a great ship to fish for salmon, walleye, trout, and Lake Michigan whitefish, and you can go ice fishing during the winter! These guided tours are a lot of fun for beginning and experienced fishermen alike, and it’s a fun activity to do with a group of friends! If you’d like to be a bit more independent, you can always rent your own pontoon, sailboat, speedboat, or other fishing vessel from one of the many boat rentals on the peninsula.
Looking for something that’s a little more “out there”? There are some pretty fun and crazy tours that you can embark on to make great memories with your friends! Door County Kayak Tours offers a couple walking tours that you won’t find anywhere else: the Sister Bay Cheese Curd Walking Food Tour and the Cheese, Cheers, and Trivia Tour! On the cheese curd tour, you’ll walk through Sister Bay to three different restaurants to sample their delicious fried and fresh squeaky cheese curds, as well other tasty treats on the menu, as you learn more about Sister Bay’s history and local attractions. On the Cheese, Cheers, and Trivia Tour, it’s exactly as it sounds—a whole lot of fun! You determine the length of the tour as you learn more about Door County’s history through trivia, and you enjoy food and drinks on the way. It’s a great way to challenge your friends and learn something new about Door County!
Good Eats
Of course, no bachelor party is complete without a great place to eat after a night out. While you can’t go wrong with a traditional Wisconsin supper club or a hole-in-the-wall dive bar, don’t miss out on the unique experience of a Door County fish boil! The White Gull Inn offers fish boils all year round, and it’s the perfect showstopper for your bachelor party. Watch the master boiler ignite the fire with a gallon of gasoline before indulging in a plate of perfectly cooked whitefish, onion, and corn, with a slice of homemade Door County cherry pie with vanilla ice cream for dessert.
For something a little more refined, there’s no better place than CHOP in Sister Bay. Known for its steak, seafood, and cocktails, enjoy a decadent meal overlooking the blue water of Green Bay. Enjoy the finest cuts of meat and perfectly prepared seafood at this upscale restaurant, with a dining experience that you and your friends will remember for many meals to come.
When you plan your bachelor party in Door County, make reservations for your stay at the Landmark Resort in Egg Harbor! With over 200 suites featuring one, two, and three bedrooms, you can split a suite with your friends or find a place to call your own for the weekend. As the largest resort in Door County, take advantage of our many amenities—lounge by the heated indoor pool or two outdoor pools, relax in the hot tubs or saunas located in each lodging building, or play a game of tennis, pickleball, basketball, or shuffleboard with your friends! Now is the time to book—with our Four Or More Special, you’ll receive the fourth night FREE when you stay three or more nights! So book your stay today for the best bachelor party for you and your friends to enjoy!