2023 Cape Cod Travel Guide - Magazine - Page 84
ISLAND QUEEN
HY-LINE CRUISES
STEAMSHIP AUTHORITY
FROM CAPE COD TO THE ISLANDS
Once you’ve settled into your vacation spot, you may
offers year-round service between Woods Hole and
still be feeling adventurous. If a trip to Nantucket or
Martha’s Vineyard (45 minutes; advance vehicle
Martha’s Vineyard is on your agenda, a variety of
reservations offered), along with both passenger-only
transportation options will make your transition
high-speed (one hour) and traditional ferry service
to “island time” virtually seamless. Cape Air
(2.25 hours, advance vehicle reservations offered)
(capeair.com) or Nantucket Airlines
between Hyannis and Nantucket. Also departing from
(nantucketairlines.com) will take you to either island
Hyannis, Hy-Line Cruises (hylinecruises.com) offers
right from Hyannis, or choose a ferry service from
passenger-only fast ferries to both Nantucket (year-
Hyannis, Falmouth or Woods Hole.
round, one hour) and Martha’s Vineyard (seasonal,
The Island Queen (islandqueen.com) offers
55 minutes). Hy-Line Cruises also ferries passengers
35-minute ferry service from Falmouth Harbor to
Martha’s Vineyard from May through October. The
Steamship Authority (steamshipauthority.com)
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between Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard in season,
so you can include both island destinations in your
adventures easily.
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