Chilmark’s south shore offers some of the best the Vineyard has to offer: gorgeous beaches, dazzling sunsets, tantalizing quiet…and grand summer houses. This Victorian house sits atop a hill, offering 270-degree views over meadows, ponds and ocean. With access to both Menemsha Pond and private Hancock Beach, this house that sleeps 10 and feeds 12, [...]
MV RENTAL PICK OF THE WEEK 4-3-09
April 3, 2009 by 2 Comments
Katama Rental What more can you ask for? The ultimate vacation house with great proximity to South Beach, one of the best beaches on the East Coast! This property offers all the bells and whistles with great play areas as well as a great floor plan for multi-generational occupancy. Katama Rental with waterviews from deck [...]
Village Spotlight: Edgartown
January 30, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Image courtesy of asterix611 Before Martha’s Vineyard was an extraordinary summer vacation destination, it was a whaling industry mecca. And, in the 19th and early 20th centuries, Edgartown was the whaling hub. Built around the whaling trade, hundreds of whaling captains constructed beautiful, stately homes in the center of town – along with the picturesque [...]
Martha’s Vineyard LINGO: Up-Island & Down-Island
June 24, 2008 by Leave a Comment
On Martha’s Vineyard, we speak our own island language… When you arrive on the island, you’ll discover quickly that the island has been divided, more or less, into two parts: up-island and down-island. Up-Island When you hear someone say ‘up-island,’ they are referring to the towns of West Tisbury, Aquinnah, Chilmark and it’s small fishing [...]
