Budget Friendly

Duration:

3 Hours

About:

Experience our famous 3-hour full Island tour for a budget friendly rate! This 3-hour tour will introduce you to our 100 square mile island by giving you the history, both past and present, of our 6 unique towns. In all, 2 ½ hours of the tour is narrated, with a stop at Cliffs of Aquinnah. Here's what you'll learn about and see:

• Oak Bluffs, A Victorian seaside resort that was built around the Methodist campgrounds. The campground is now known for its beautiful open-air tabernacle and the 300+ Victorian gingerbread cottages from the mid-1800’s that replaced the tents once used for summer revival meetings. The Flying Horse Carousel, one of the oldest platforms carousels still in use, resides here.

• Edgartown has a picture book setting with its harbor and waterfront, along with its stately white Greek Revival houses built by whaling captains and carefully maintained. The Old Whaling Church (with its six massive columns), the Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse, and the historic Harborview Hotel make Edgartown a museum piece community.

• The busy harbor town of Vineyard Haven – the entry port to Martha’s Vineyard since the mid-1600’s, and our year-round port.

• We will take a drive through the scenic up-island countryside passing through the historic farming towns of West Tisbury and Chilmark, Menemsha, an Idyllic fishing village where scenes of Jaws were filmed.

• You’ll see the breathtaking multi-colored clay cliffs of Aquinnah (Gay Head), with its impressive light house where you will have an opportunity to get out for around 15-min to take pictures and stretch your legs.

• Because the island is so diverse, on your drive you’ll catch glimpses of centuries old stone walls, views to the Atlantic shoreline, grazing livestock, rolling hills and historic homesteads. The best part - we'll go over the bridge used in the filming of the movie Jaws.

• Our tour guides are all long-time island characters who love sharing their love of the island with you, so sit back and enjoy all that our island has to offer when you come and tour with us!

FAQs:

• Gratuities (recommended)
• Pricing applies to all travellers (this tour is for 10 years plus only)
• Shared Tour picks up and drops off at the Oak Bluffs Steamship Ferry (1 Seaview Ave, Oak Bluffs.) We are parked across the street -look for a statue of soldier -black Ford Transit or mini-bus with “MV Transport.”
• Public restrooms available at tour stop (in Aquinnah) Please not that if you are longer then allotted time the tour will not wait for you.
• no food or drink other then water allowed in Van -snacks may be brought and eaten at stop
• Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
• Not wheelchair accessible

*Directions to Departure Location Edit

Steamship Authority ferry : Walk off the ferry, down the pier to the street. You will see several vans parked to the left along the curb. Look for van with “MV Transport” (please keep in mind that the Steamship Authority offers many trips every day and some ferries dock in Oak Bluffs while others dock in Vineyard Haven. Be sure to confirm where your ferry will be docking. If docking in vineyard haven, you will need to take bus or taxi to oak bluffs).

From Island Queen When coming off the Island Queen you will walk straight ahead up Seaview Avenue (keeping the ocean on your left) and the Steamship Authority terminal will be at the top of the hill. You will see several vans parked along the curb. Look for van with “MV Transport”

From Hy-line Walk off the Hyline, turn right, with water on your right and walk along dock to Lake Ave. Turn left on Lake Ave. (Nancy’s on the corner) and head up Lake Ave, until you arrive at small yellow building which is the Steamship terminal. You will see several vans parked along the front of building curb. Look for mini-bus or van with “MV Transport”

From Seastreak from New Bedford Walk off the ferry, down the pier to the street. You will see several vans parked to the left along the curb. Look for van with “MV Transport”

From Rhode Island Fast Ferry Walk off ferry you will walk straight ahead up Seaview Avenue (keeping the ocean on your left) &the Steamship Authority terminal will be at the top of the hill. Look for van with “MV Transport”