DE S T INAT IONS
relatively unrestricted. Some of these homes have been acquired and carefully restored by the Cape Cod Modern House Trust (
ccmht.org), a small charity that rents the properties out by the week during the summer. “There was a flourishing of
innovative modernist architecture, built as experiments. The peak of this was in the 1940s and by the 1970s there were 100 or so modern homes,” says Peter McMahon, founding director of the Cape Cod Modern House Trust. “Many of them survive; some are privately owned, others, like the Trust’s, are leased from the National Park Service.” The pleasures of the Outer Cape
are simple yet exquisite; the striking sunsets, swimming in its ponds (freshwater lakes) and hiking in wooded trails along what is now the Cape Cod National Seashore, a huge nature reserve. Follow this northwards and you eventually reach Race Point, with the wild Atlantic and its unforgettable beaches on one side and Provincetown tucked away in the shelter of Cape Cod Bay on the other side.
35
WHERE TO STAY THE ENVOY HOTEL
Located near the airport in Boston, the Envoy Hotel caters for business during the week and leisure visitors at weekends. The rooftop bar, with its wonderful views of the resurgent Seaport District, attracts long lines of glam wannabes in the evenings; hotel guests can walk straight in. From US$254 per night.
theenvoyhotel.com
CLOCKWISE, FROM TOP LEFT: The Envoy Hotel; Kugel/Gips House; Summercamp; Nobnocket Boutique Inn
bus ine s s tr a v el ler .c om
CAPE COD MODERN HOUSE TRUST The trust currently has three historic buildings near Wellfleet that can be rented by the week: the Kugel/Gips House, Weidlinger House and Hatch Cottage. Prices vary from US$2,750 to US$3,750 per week, June to September.
ccmht.org
NOBNOCKET BOUTIQUE INN On Martha’s Vineyard in the town of Vineyard Haven, this boutique hotel has been tastefully renovated by its English owners. Rooms are spacious, and attention to detail is exemplary. A two-night minimum stay in high season with breakfast costs from US$350 per night.
nobnocket.com
SUMMERCAMP In Oak Bluffs on Martha’s Vineyard, this historic hotel has been given a playful makeover with a summer camp theme. Facilities are far from spartan though, and Oak Bluffs’ bars and restaurants are a stroll away. A two- or three-night minimum stay in high season costs from US$329 a night.
summercamphotel.com
DE CEMB E R 2 0 18
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76