Day Trip to Nantucket: Is It Worth It? All the Logistics + Some Pretty Photos

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Everybody has a travel wish list, right? Big (and sometimes) little things that you SIMPLY MUST DO. Well seeing the hydrangeas in bloom on Nantucket has been on mine for a long time.

Since I had never been to Cape Cod before (this was my first trip to New England!), and I wanted to see as much as possible, I decided to just do a day trip to Nantucket.

The ferry cost $89/adult round trip ($54/child ages 5-12). I booked the 9:30 AM ferry since we were staying about 45 minutes from Hyannis and I didn’t want to have to rush around too much in the morning.

Ferry to Nantucket

Nantucket works so well for a day trip for a couple of reasons 1) it’s a pretty small island with only one big “town” and 2) that’s right where the ferry docks.

Island Logistics

We got off the ferry about 10:30 AM and walked around town for a bit while we waited for the crowd to dissipate. First we walked over to the Old South Wharf and went to the shops on that stretch.

How I Spent the Day on Nantucket

There were a lot of boxes of hydrangeas in this area and they were probably the best ones we saw on the island.

If you’ve spent any time on social media, you’ve seen photos of the little clapboard house on the water that’s covered with climbing roses and hydrangeas. The name of the house is “Constitution” (all the houses here have names) and it’s on the Old North Wharf.

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