Guidebook for Rockport

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Guidebook for Rockport

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Our town beach - a pleasant 5 minute walk along shop-lined Main Street.
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Front Beach
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Our town beach - a pleasant 5 minute walk along shop-lined Main Street.

Food Scene

Fresh off the boat lobster and oysters. Eat in the rough at outdoor tables. Great chowder too. Just across the lane. Served with hot butter- so good! No sides, but if you plan it well you can get fries or onion rings, etc from the place across the street or make a salad in the apartment bring to your table at Roy Moore's (they don't mind). It's fun and rustic to sit back there and get messy.
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Roy Moore Lobster Co
39 Bearskin Neck
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Fresh off the boat lobster and oysters. Eat in the rough at outdoor tables. Great chowder too. Just across the lane. Served with hot butter- so good! No sides, but if you plan it well you can get fries or onion rings, etc from the place across the street or make a salad in the apartment bring to your table at Roy Moore's (they don't mind). It's fun and rustic to sit back there and get messy.
Breakfast and lunch Tiny, but good
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The Red Skiff
15 Mt Pleasant St
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Breakfast and lunch Tiny, but good
Good breakfast and lunch just across from front beach and by Millbrook park for a stroll afterwards.
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Nate's at Front Beach
18 Beach St
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Good breakfast and lunch just across from front beach and by Millbrook park for a stroll afterwards.
Great little coffee and sandwich shop.
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Brothers Brew Coffee Shop
27 Main St
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Great little coffee and sandwich shop.
DELIVERY. Should be menu in apt. Not the best in the world, but standard US Chinese delivery. If you want something better, maybe order from Thai Choice in Gloucester using delivery co. Menu and delivery co info in apt.
Hong Kong Kitchen
13 Railroad Ave
DELIVERY. Should be menu in apt. Not the best in the world, but standard US Chinese delivery. If you want something better, maybe order from Thai Choice in Gloucester using delivery co. Menu and delivery co info in apt.
Really beautiful location ( can feel like you're in Capri). Pricey and not all that gourmet for the price, but nice for views and cocktails. The closest thing we have to a "special occasion" resturant. Strongly recommend making reservations asap.
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My Place by the Sea
68 Bearskin Neck
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Really beautiful location ( can feel like you're in Capri). Pricey and not all that gourmet for the price, but nice for views and cocktails. The closest thing we have to a "special occasion" resturant. Strongly recommend making reservations asap.
Great lobster, great VIEWS. After or before a stroll at Halibut Point State Park ( which is 1 minute up the road- please go, so beautiful)- a perfect seaside afternoon! Note: If you aren't driving or cycling- it's possible you could have a taxi drop you off at HALIBUT POINT STATE PARK, you could take a light hike and enjoy the magnificent landscape and then walk to the LOBSTER POOL (maybe about a 1/2 mile or so).
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The Lobster Pool
329 Granite St
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Great lobster, great VIEWS. After or before a stroll at Halibut Point State Park ( which is 1 minute up the road- please go, so beautiful)- a perfect seaside afternoon! Note: If you aren't driving or cycling- it's possible you could have a taxi drop you off at HALIBUT POINT STATE PARK, you could take a light hike and enjoy the magnificent landscape and then walk to the LOBSTER POOL (maybe about a 1/2 mile or so).
Just around the corner- exit front gate take left and a left at corner. Great built-upon hot dogs and REALLY GREAT FRIED CLAMS! Maybe best fried clams around.
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Top Dog
2 Doyle Cove Rd
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Just around the corner- exit front gate take left and a left at corner. Great built-upon hot dogs and REALLY GREAT FRIED CLAMS! Maybe best fried clams around.
Great STRUEDEL and croissants! Take left outside front gate walk towards Jettywalk, will be on your right.
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Helmut's Strudel
69 Bearskin Neck
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Great STRUEDEL and croissants! Take left outside front gate walk towards Jettywalk, will be on your right.
Basic american fare and seafood. NIce view of Motif and harbor.
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Blue Lobster Grille
15 Dock Square
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Basic american fare and seafood. NIce view of Motif and harbor.
Basic american fare. The sister restaurant to Roy Moore's- so same lobster and chowder plus more w/ table service. Nice water views.
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Roy Moore's Fish Shack Restaurant
21 Dock Square
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Basic american fare. The sister restaurant to Roy Moore's- so same lobster and chowder plus more w/ table service. Nice water views.

Parks & Nature

Stunning views and trails for all levels of hiking. Tiny museum with artifacts from the parks days as a working quarry and WWII look-out. Really interesting and very beautiful.
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Parque Estadual Halibut Point
Gott Avenue
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Stunning views and trails for all levels of hiking. Tiny museum with artifacts from the parks days as a working quarry and WWII look-out. Really interesting and very beautiful.
Very large beautiful beach, but be aware parking is an issue. Parking there costs $20 and Lot often fills up, so maybe taking a taxi there would be wise. Taxi (978) 281-6161
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Praia de Good Harbor
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Very large beautiful beach, but be aware parking is an issue. Parking there costs $20 and Lot often fills up, so maybe taking a taxi there would be wise. Taxi (978) 281-6161
An abandoned early settlement, known for it's eerie, woodsy beauty makes for quite and peaceful hiking. There's a witchy New England history to the place that I'm not so clear about, but artist Marsden Hartley thought is was great and painted there for many years. I haven't been there yet, but guests have told me it's beautiful. please google for directions
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Dogtown
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An abandoned early settlement, known for it's eerie, woodsy beauty makes for quite and peaceful hiking. There's a witchy New England history to the place that I'm not so clear about, but artist Marsden Hartley thought is was great and painted there for many years. I haven't been there yet, but guests have told me it's beautiful. please google for directions
A pretty little beach. A nice 20 minute or so walk for seasoned walkers. Parking for residents only. Walk off Neck and take left at Dock Sq onto MT Pleasant left onto Norwood about 1/2 mi turn right onto Old Garden Rd
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Old Garden Beach
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A pretty little beach. A nice 20 minute or so walk for seasoned walkers. Parking for residents only. Walk off Neck and take left at Dock Sq onto MT Pleasant left onto Norwood about 1/2 mi turn right onto Old Garden Rd

Essentials

Great small-scale market. Tends towards healthy, but you can find most everything you need, just with less chemicals and a little more cost. Just over the line in Gloucester,but much too far to walk, so stop on your way in if you can. If you've no car a taxi will prob cost under $8 (please ask for rate when you call).
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Common Crow Natural Market
200 Eastern Ave
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Great small-scale market. Tends towards healthy, but you can find most everything you need, just with less chemicals and a little more cost. Just over the line in Gloucester,but much too far to walk, so stop on your way in if you can. If you've no car a taxi will prob cost under $8 (please ask for rate when you call).
super-market, next door is liquor store
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Shaw's
127 Eastern Ave
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super-market, next door is liquor store
There are no liquor stores in Rockport- so this is the closest. Stop on your way in.
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Seabreeze Liquors
127 Eastern Ave
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There are no liquor stores in Rockport- so this is the closest. Stop on your way in.
Very walkable from apt. Only a convenience store.
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Rockport Harbormaster
3 Broadway
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Very walkable from apt. Only a convenience store.
Pharmacy and sundries
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Rite Aid
33 Whistlestop Mall
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Pharmacy and sundries
Nearby hospital. Emergency room with short lines
Addison Gilbert Hospital station
Nearby hospital. Emergency room with short lines

Entertainment & Activities

Small mom and pop. 3 screens. I like.
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Gloucester Cinema
74 Essex Ave
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Small mom and pop. 3 screens. I like.
Bowling alley- candlepin only. Arcade, kids like.
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Cape Ann Lanes
53 Gloucester Ave
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Bowling alley- candlepin only. Arcade, kids like.

Sightseeing

A truly amazing, historic residence of America's first professional interior decorator. Preserved by the Woolworth family. Hour long tours- stunning. Indoors so good for rainy day. I'd go rain or shine. Taxi prob cost around $10 (ask for rate when you call). Eastern Point is in itself worth a visit. Near Eastern Point Lighthouse and Hammond Castle.
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Historic New England Beauport Sleeper--McCann House
75 Eastern Point Blvd
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A truly amazing, historic residence of America's first professional interior decorator. Preserved by the Woolworth family. Hour long tours- stunning. Indoors so good for rainy day. I'd go rain or shine. Taxi prob cost around $10 (ask for rate when you call). Eastern Point is in itself worth a visit. Near Eastern Point Lighthouse and Hammond Castle.
A beautiful lighthouse in a beautiful spot. Google for directions.
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Eastern Point Lighthouse
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A beautiful lighthouse in a beautiful spot. Google for directions.
A medival-style castle, built by the inventor of remote control to house his vast collections of medival stuff. Said to be haunted. 80 Hesperus Ave (978)283-2080
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Hammond Castle station
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A medival-style castle, built by the inventor of remote control to house his vast collections of medival stuff. Said to be haunted. 80 Hesperus Ave (978)283-2080

Getting Around

Taxi ride there maybe under $8.
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Enterprise Rent-A-Car
123 Eastern Ave
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Taxi ride there maybe under $8.
A GREAT hassle-free way to visit BOSTON or SALEM for the day on the ROCKPORT LINE. Only a pleasant 10 minute walk from apt. A scenic ride too.
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Rockport Train Station
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A GREAT hassle-free way to visit BOSTON or SALEM for the day on the ROCKPORT LINE. Only a pleasant 10 minute walk from apt. A scenic ride too.