PRICE:
Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

One of the island's fullest-service resorts, this large luxury hotel sits on 11 acres overlooking South Beach in Katama. Guests can walk down a 250-yard path to get to the private beach. A 3-mile bike path links the inn to Edgartown, but the inn also runs a shuttle service that can pick up inn guests at the ferry. Most accommodations are one, two- and three-bedroom suites with kitchenettes, and there are also two deluxe private cottages, one with a four-person hot tub and a roof deck, the other with cathedral ceilings and a fireplace. There are also 90 privately owned townhouses or single homes available to rent. Some have ocean views and conveniences like a washer/dryer. Many have private decks or patios. The rooms are decorated in a cozy beach-house style. The inn offers a number of amenities at an extra charge, including rental of beach cabanas, bicycle delivery service, and Wednesday-evening family-style clambakes in season. There are also children's programs. With outdoor Ping-Pong, foosball, the pool, and the putting green, there are many on-site amusements for kids. For active guests, the inn staff arranges a privately chartered ferry for a day trip to Nantucket. The inn's fine-dining restaurant, Lure, is top-notch. There's also a general store on-site for snacks and sundries. In high season, late June to early September, there is a 3-night minimum stay during the week and a 4-night minimum on weekends. Several wheelchair-accessible rooms are available. Facilities:Fine-dining restaurant; 2 outdoor heated pool s; putting green; tennis courts with pro (6 Har-Tru, 4 all-weather); fitness center; children's program (early June to early September complimentary 9am-noon; fee in evenings for 3-year-olds through preteens); concierge; laundry facilities; complimentary shuttle service to Edgartown

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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