Martha's Vineyard/Cape Cod or Nova Scotia?
Aug 7th, 2007, 06:37 AM
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Martha's Vineyard/Cape Cod or Nova Scotia?
HI,
I was wondering if there are any travellers are out there that have been both to Nova Scotia and either Martha's Vineyards/Cape Cod and would stongly recommend one over the other.
There are four of us and the plan so far is to rent a cottage of some sort for a week, so we want to be able to stay in one spot but still have enough to do for the week and lots of day trips and sites to see. Driving around and staying at hotels/b&b's is too costly as we will need two rooms all the time.
We will be driving from Toronto, and the reason we are considering MV and Cape Cod is because the drive is alot shorter.
Thanks for any advice!!
I was wondering if there are any travellers are out there that have been both to Nova Scotia and either Martha's Vineyards/Cape Cod and would stongly recommend one over the other.
There are four of us and the plan so far is to rent a cottage of some sort for a week, so we want to be able to stay in one spot but still have enough to do for the week and lots of day trips and sites to see. Driving around and staying at hotels/b&b's is too costly as we will need two rooms all the time.
We will be driving from Toronto, and the reason we are considering MV and Cape Cod is because the drive is alot shorter.
Thanks for any advice!!
Aug 7th, 2007, 06:43 AM
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Go to Cape Cod. There is more to do there. I just visited Nova Scotia and was disappointed. Of course the weather didn't cooperate...it rained most of the time we were there.
If you go to Cape Cod, you can always take the ferry over to Martha's Vineyard and enjoy that island also.
If you go to Cape Cod, you can always take the ferry over to Martha's Vineyard and enjoy that island also.
Aug 7th, 2007, 10:46 AM
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Cape Cod or Martha's Vineyard.
You can do the things you want on MV without a car, but truthfully for a week, with a car would be much, much better and give you access to some of the wonderful quiet, out of the way spots of gorgeous light walks/hikes to beautiful secluded beaches - so you would either need to pay to bring your car on the car ferry or rent one on island.
There is plenty to do on MV for a week if you like outdoor activities: walking, light hiking, kayaking, swimming, arboretum, great sunsets - nature.
If you also want easy access to museums, and more choices, then you should stay on Cape Cod in a central spot and do lots of day trips, including one to MV - you will certainly have many more options on a raindy day on the Cape than on MV.
It isn't like once on MV you can take the ferry back to Cape Cod and have easy access to get around (yes there are buses, and yes you could rent a car on the other side, and yes you might be lucky and have an open spot on the car ferry , but that also costs dearly -
so unless you want total relaxation and more of an out of the way place (Although MV does have its distinct towns, they are small and offer mostly shopping, galleries and restaurants and cedrtainly some great antique shops) there are not the choices or options you would have ont he Cape.
We spend the time we do in August on MV so we are assured of a 'restful' vacations with lots of sitting on a beach with no one around us and lots of lovely walks to secluded spots as well - and great dining options inbetween bbq'ing on the deck -
so it depends what you want...
You can do the things you want on MV without a car, but truthfully for a week, with a car would be much, much better and give you access to some of the wonderful quiet, out of the way spots of gorgeous light walks/hikes to beautiful secluded beaches - so you would either need to pay to bring your car on the car ferry or rent one on island.
There is plenty to do on MV for a week if you like outdoor activities: walking, light hiking, kayaking, swimming, arboretum, great sunsets - nature.
If you also want easy access to museums, and more choices, then you should stay on Cape Cod in a central spot and do lots of day trips, including one to MV - you will certainly have many more options on a raindy day on the Cape than on MV.
It isn't like once on MV you can take the ferry back to Cape Cod and have easy access to get around (yes there are buses, and yes you could rent a car on the other side, and yes you might be lucky and have an open spot on the car ferry , but that also costs dearly -
so unless you want total relaxation and more of an out of the way place (Although MV does have its distinct towns, they are small and offer mostly shopping, galleries and restaurants and cedrtainly some great antique shops) there are not the choices or options you would have ont he Cape.
We spend the time we do in August on MV so we are assured of a 'restful' vacations with lots of sitting on a beach with no one around us and lots of lovely walks to secluded spots as well - and great dining options inbetween bbq'ing on the deck -
so it depends what you want...
Aug 7th, 2007, 11:41 AM
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We've been to all and enjoyed all. We just went to Martha's Vineyard from the Cape for a day trip and rented motor scooters to tour around. At a later date we took a road trip around Nova Scotia and loved Cape Breton, we stayed in different B&B's each night and I know that's not want you want.
