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The Boathouse wide variety of rooms in share a small private
Waterfront Hotel different sizes stays open beach and every room
MAP N5 • 21 Ocean Ave, all year. No breakfast. has a refrigerator. Some
Kennebunkport, ME 04046 even have full kitchens.
• 207 967 8223 • www. Inn at Castle Hill It’s on the island bus
boathouseme.com • $$ MAP F2 • 280 Argilla Rd, route and a 10-minute
Just steps from bustling Ipswich, MA 01938 • 978 walk from the ferry dock.
Dock Square, this intimate 412 2555 • Apr–Dec
waterfront hotel has • www.theinnatcastlehill. Wellfleet Motel
25 rooms, some with com • $$ and Lodge
balconies looking out over Understated elegance and MAP H4 • 170 Rte 6,
the water, spread across serenity characterize this South Wellfleet, MA 02663
two buildings. The rooms tranquil inn on the Crane • 508 349 3535 • late
feature nautical elements, Estate. Walk to Crane Apr–early Nov • www.
and have iPod docking Beach (see p52) backed wellfleetmotel.com • $$
sta tions and free Wi-Fi. by rolling sand dunes. Its location at the north
end of the Cape Cod Rail
Cliff Lodge Island Inn Trail and across Rte 6
MAP H5 • 9 Cliff Rd, MAP Q4 • Monhegan from the Audubon wildlife
Nantucket, MA 02554 Island, ME 04852 • 207 sanctuary is key, but so
• 508 228 9480 • www. 596 0371 • late May–mid- is the hospitality at this
clifflodgenantucket.com Oct • www.islandinn hybrid property of motel
• $$ monhegan.com • $$ and lodge rooms. Many
The 12 airy rooms in this This modernized 1816 inn rooms have private patios
1771 whalemaster’s eyrie above the ferry landing or balconies overlooking a
above Nantucket Harbor has some of the best landscaped courtyard.
embody a style that’s half views. Half the 32 rooms Breakfast is included.
Old Nantucket, half Ralph and suites have private
Lauren. The inn’s rooftop baths but there’s no TV Camden Harbour
is a great vantage point or phones, and cellphone Inn, Camden
for watching the sunset. coverage is poor – which MAP Q3 • 83 Bayview St,
makes Monhegan more Camden, ME 04843 • 207
Edgartown Inn of a getaway than ever. 236 4200 • www.camden
MAP G5 • 56 North Water harbourinn.com • $$$
St, Edgartown, Martha’s Steamboat Inn This romantic luxury
Vineyard, MA 02539 • MAP D5 • 73 Steamboat boutique hotel pampers
508 627 4794 • Apr–Oct Wharf, Mystic, CT 06355 its guests with posh
• www.edgartowninn. • 860 536 8300 • www. rooms, harbor views,
com • $$ steamboatinnmystic.com wraparound porch, and
With its white clapboards, • $$ Natalie’s, one of the best
cedar shingles, and large With each room named fine-dining restaurants in
front porch, this 1798 sea for a vessel from Mystic’s Maine. Breakfast is extra.
captain’s home is an sailing heyday, this quirky
iconic piece of Edgartown riverside inn by the cele- Hyatt Regency
architecture. For greater brated drawbridge is Newport
seclu sion, opt for a as nautical as it gets. MAP F5 • 1 Goat Island,
garden-house room. Evening sherry and Newport, RI 02840 • 401
cookies are served. 851 1234 • www.newport.
Edgewater Motor Inn hyatt.com • $$$
MAP N5 • 57 West Grand Vineyard Harbor Set on Goat Island in
Ave, Old Orchard Beach, Motel Narragansett Bay, this
ME 04064 • 207 934 2221 MAP G5 • 60 Beach Rd, luxurious resort hotel is a
• www.theedgewater Vineyard Haven, MA quick boat ride from the
motorinn.com • $$ 02568 • 508 693 3334 Newport hubbub. The
Five blocks west of the • www.vineyardharbor outdoor saltwater pool
pier at Old Orchard Beach motel.com • $$ and long, green lawns
(see p126), this fabulously The 40 rooms of this are the perfect spot for
updated motel with a annually refreshed motel lounging around.
For a key to hotel price categories see p142

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