ISLAND & COAST
When the water has to be in the photo.
Coast-first trip ideas — close ones and far ones — that work outside the obvious resort weeks.
Coastal trips reward a small adjustment in the calendar. A Tuesday arrival, a Sunday departure, and a week that doesn't include a holiday: that's the difference between a coastal town that's yours and one that's the whole eastern seaboard's.
ISLAND · MV
Martha's Vineyard in October.
Ferries are easier; the inns finally answer.
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COAST · CAPE COD
The outer Cape in May.
Wellfleet before the tourists, with sweaters.
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