Nantucket & Martha's Vineyard Skating Adventure
June 6-10, 2010

Price	$1,700
Single Supplement	$600 (always optional)
Length	Five Days & Four Nights
Activities	Skating
Other	Optional Bicycle Rental $25/day
Guides (Tentative)	Gary and Kris
Skating Level	Advanced Beginner and better
Navigation Required	Basic Map Reading

This tour location is a gem. Two gems, in fact. Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket are age-old island vacation destinations. Saturated in nautical history and modern luxury, they attract visitors (including the rich and famous) from all over the world. Even better for us, they have a system of outstanding bicycle paths designed to encourage less automobile traffic on the islands.

We start in Nantucket Town and spend two days skating (or biking) on this island. The whaling industry is what sustained the island for many years and the signs of this era are present everywhere. The Cape Cod-style homes and buildings are quaint, although many of them are priced in the millions of dollars, a far cry from the original purchase price of 30 British Pounds and two beaver hats for the entire island! We skate in all four directions and roll nearly everywhere on the small island, with frequent views of light houses, deserted beaches, gardens, cranberry bogs, heaths, and moors.

On day three of the tour, we either take the inter-island ferry or a chartered flight (cost included) to Martha's Vineyard, where our home is picture-perfect Edgartown. Shopping makes a great after-skate pastime here, our guides will help you arrange a therapeutic massage, and we also have time to visit the beaches. However, it is the paved trails that bring us here and allow us to explore several of the island's towns, including funky Oak Bluffs, the birthplace of an old Methodist Campground that has slowly evolved into a permanent and colorful "gingerbread" neighborhood.

One of the highlights of the tour for many people is the food. We eat plenty of the local seafood, have a Creole-style meal, and dine in the Ship's Inn restaurant, considered one of the finest restaurants on Nantucket. For those of you not interested in seafood, there are plenty of other choices.

Fantastic skating by day and superb multi-course dinners by night make this the perfect tour if you want a little pampering and some great recreation.

Accommodations
We spend two nights at the historic Ship's Inn in the town of Nantucket.  This inn, built by whaling captain Obed Starbuck, has 12 rooms - and we generally take the entire inn to ourselves.  The Ship's Inn also has one of the top restaurants on Nantucket and we dine there one night. We then stay two nights at the Colonial Inn in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard.  This hotel is right on the main street of town and one block from the waterfront. From our hotel's expansive front porch we can sit and watch the activity of town.

For More Information
See our Nantucket Frequently Asked Questions page or request a detailed Trip Description by email.