Coastal Towns

Gilded Age mansions, a world-class Cliff Walk, excellent seafood, and one of the great sailing harbors in America. Newport, RI is one of New England’s finest coastal destinations — here’s everything you need to know.

Just 30 minutes by ferry from downtown Boston, the Harbor Islands have real sandy beaches, a Civil War fort, sweeping skyline views, and the kind of quiet you don’t expect 7 miles from the city.

Portsmouth, NH punches well above its weight — a beautifully preserved historic downtown, an outstanding restaurant scene, and easy access to beaches and Maine. Here’s everything you need to know.

Cape Ann is the other Cape of Massachusetts — the one that doesn’t get the same breathless coverage as Cape

Wells Beach might not have the name recognition of Ogunquit just to its south or Old Orchard Beach to its

Ogunquit, Maine is one of those rare places that seems almost too good to be true. A stunning three-mile beach,

Rockport, Massachusetts sits at the very tip of Cape Ann, about 40 miles north of Boston, and it might be

Maine’s famous coastline draws millions of visitors every year, and most of them end up in the same handful of

Bar Harbor is the kind of place that earns its reputation. Set on the rocky eastern shore of Mount Desert

Kennebunkport is Maine’s most glamorous beach town — a place where Shingle-style summer cottages line the rocky coast, lobster boats