Martha's Vineyard Island Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
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American Cruise Lines (192 Cruises)
American Glory
92 Cruises
American Legend
68 Cruises
| 26 June | 9 days | Round-trip from Boston, USA |
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| 27 June | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Cape Codder Cruise and Land Tour |
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American Liberty
5 Cruises
American Pioneer
27 Cruises
| 28 May | 9 days | Round-trip from Boston, USA |
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| 29 May | 7 days | Round-trip 8 Night Cape Codder Cruise and Land Tour |
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Holland America Line (2 Cruises)
Frequently Asked Questions
Ships anchor offshore and tender passengers into Oak Bluffs, right in the centre. You land within a five-minute walk of the main sights, on flat ground well suited to strolling.
Yes, entirely. The gingerbread cottage district, the carousel, Circuit Avenue, the marina basin and Ocean Park are all minutes from the landing. No shuttle is needed for the village itself.
Stay in Oak Bluffs: it holds the island's spirit on its own. Walk the Campground lanes and their Victorian cottages, ride the Flying Horses Carousel, head up Circuit Avenue, then walk out to East Chop point and its white cast-iron lighthouse — about thirty minutes round trip.
More than 300 tiny Victorian cottages arranged in circles around an iron tabernacle, in the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association Campground. In the 1860s and 1870s, Methodists who camped for their summer meetings gradually replaced their tents with these houses, competing in wooden lacework and bright colour.
No. You may walk the lanes freely, but these doll's houses are lived in every summer: they are private homes. Their owners, sitting on the porch, are usually happy to answer questions — which is the right way to learn more.
The oldest continuously operating carousel in the United States, at the corner of the street from the dock. Its wooden horses with real horsehair manes and glass eyes still delight children, who reach for the brass ring that earns a free ride.
Very much so. The carousel, the fudge counters of Circuit Avenue, the wide lawn of Ocean Park and its bandstand fill a day effortlessly. Everything is walkable on flat ground, five minutes from the landing.
A place of memory for African-American summer life, near Ocean Park. For more than a century, Oak Bluffs has been one of the great vacation places of the Black American middle class, and that history is fully part of the village's identity.
With a full day, yes. Island buses and guided excursions reach Edgartown, a village of former whaling captains' white houses, and the coloured clay cliffs of Aquinnah at the western point, territory of the Wampanoag nation. Bicycles rent near the dock.
Summer and early autumn, when Circuit Avenue comes alive and the harbour terraces serve local oysters facing the sailboats. It is also high season: expect crowds in the Campground lanes. Currency: the US dollar.
