What to do on the Martha vineyard for beginners

It was not only the Obamas or the Kennedys who liked to spend a vacation on Martha’s Vineyard. This island off the coast of Cape Cod is a popular vacation spot in New England for many families. Fortunately, we have good friends who have a vacation on the vineyard for decades and they took us under their wing to show us the best things to do on the Martha vineyard for the first timer.

Tips for visiting Martha’s Vineyard

Before we embark on fun things to do on Martha’s Vineyard, let’s start with a few bases for the first visitors:

• If you want to bring a car, you must reserve the car reservation of car very far in advance. If you need specific dates for your vacation rental, book as soon as the ferry reservations open at the end of winter / early spring.
• If you want to make a day trip to Martha’s Vineyard, it is easier to take a passenger ferry and leave the car in Woods Hole unless you make your plans very early.
• For one day excursions, you can take the ferry for Oak Bluffs or Vineyard Haven from Woods Hole or Edgartown from Falmouth. Edgartown is a quieter city with pretty shops and restaurants. Oak Bluffs is the largest city with a lot to do and is ideal for children.
• There are a number of hotels on the vineyard if you stay just a long weekend, but most people will want to rent a beach house.
• The grocery store will be more expensive on the island, so if you stay for the week, try to store your car with the paper and the packaged products you will need for your stay.
• If you are staying for a while, you will want a car to explore all these sites on the island.

What to do on Martha’s Vineyard

Take the sunset in Menemsha Beach

Pack a blanket, chairs, a picnic and a bottle of wine and sit for a magnificent spectacle of nature. Menemsha Beach is a popular place to watch the sunset. Plan to go early because the parking lot fills up quickly. You may want to take your dinner at the Larsen fish market and enjoy the lobster with your sunset.

Go bridge jump on “jaws” bridge

Located on Beach RD on the border of Edgartown and Oak Bluffs, Jaws Bridge Jaws (named after his appearance in the film Jaws, filmed on Martha’s Vineyard) is a summer of Passper summer visitor. Go to high tide for a shorter jump!

Spend a day at a long nature of nature reserve

Long point nature reserve It was one of my favorite places that we visited on Martha’s Vineyard. On the one hand, you will find a pond of peaceful, calm and shallow salt which is ideal for young children. But cross the dunes and you will find a beautiful long beach of white sand and rolling surfing. Little children start at the pond and graduate with more rough surfing. It was the first place where my daughter could tolerate to stick her feet in the sand. Now you can even rent kayaks here.

Visit Aquinnah’s cliffs

Moshup beach, which is just below the famous Aquinnah cliffs, is a beautiful place to fish, see sunset or explore.

Raise the East Chop lighthouse

Open seasonally every Sunday at sunset, you can climb at the top of the East Chop Light and watch the sunset. Entrance is $ 5.00 for adults and children under 12 are free.

Catch the Brass Ring with Carrousel Flying Horses

THE Flying horses carousel In Oak Bluffs is the oldest platform carousel in the country and a national benchmark.

Buy Glory Morning farm

Open from May until December, the Morning glory farm The stand is a feast for the eyes and the stomach, filled with local products and treats of their incredible bakery, perfect for storing the kitchen of the beach house or preparing a special holiday party.

Visit Ben and Bill’s Chocolate Emporium

Be ready to queue, especially if it rains, because Ben and Bill is very popular for its truffles, deviations, turtles and fudge.

Bike or run

Martha’s Vineyard offers 44 miles of cycle paths, including a section that extends from Vineyard Haven to Oak Bluffs to Edgartown, making it a perfect place to exercise. There are many bicycle rental stores on the island if you don’t bring your own bikes.

Pigle at the back of the donuts

After aligning and guaranteing your face with a gigantic gigantic donut or donut of Rear door frittersYou will have to return to # 9 to burn these calories.