Hotel inground swimming pool at Days Inn Hotel of Middleboro, Massachusetts, New England, USA

Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA on the Fourth of July weekend

Provincetown is a New England town located at the extreme tip of Cape Cod in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, in the United States. A small coastal resort town with a year-round and summer visitor community. Sometimes called P-town, the area is known for its beaches, harbor, artists, and tourist industry.

For more on Provincetown visit:
provincetowntourismoffice.org/

For more on Cape Cod visit:
www.nps.gov/caco/index.htm

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About this day of the trip:

Martha's Vineyard - Cape Cod (39 miles)

Today we will continue our tour of this famous New England vacation spot with a Whale Watch. We will also tour the historical Provincetown, and then head to the Pilgrim Tower Monument before concluding our day and returning to the hotel.

Marthas Vineyard, MA The largest island not connected to mainland by a bridge or tunnel on the East Coast of the United States. Beautiful beaches, grand mansions, great restaurants and shops are all around on the island

Martha's Vineyard Whale Watch Journey to the feeding ground of the largest mammals on the planet-- humpback whales. Those who join the tour will the ferried out into the ocean to see stunning wildlife, including whales, dolphins, fish, and seabirds.

Whydah Pirate Shipwreak Museum This museum is built around the artifacts recovered from an underwater excavation of the pirate ship Whydah, which was wrecked off the coast of Cape Cod in 1717. When it sunk, had plunder from all over the world.

Cape Cod, MA

Provincetown Located at the very tip of the Cape Cod peninsula, Provincetown, Massachusetts is a historical beach town popular with tourists from all over the world. The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed in this located back in 1620.

Pilgrim Monument This 250+-foot-tall bell tower in Provincetown, MA is the tallest all-granite building in the United States. It was constructed in 1910 as a commemoration of the Pilgrims who first landed at Cape Cod, MA in 1620.

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Origin of the Name Massachusetts - Massachusetts was named for an Algonquian Indian word that means "a big hill place."

State Nickname - Bay State

State Motto - "Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem" - ( By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty)

State Song - All Hail to Massachusetts

State bird - Black-Capped Chickadee

State Game Bird - Wild Turkey

State Fish - Cod

State Dog - Boston terrier

State flower - Mayflower (also called the ground laurel or trailing arbutus)
(Epigaea regens)

State tree - American elm

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3-Day Martha's Vineyard, Whale Watches, Plymouth Plantation Tour from New York
Tour Code: 455-1082

Fourth of July - Independence Day weekend holiday celebration

Visit:
Connecticut - drive through with welcome center stop

Martha's Vineyard Island Massachusetts

Martha's Vineyard Cruise

Vineyard Haven community within the town of Tisbury Masachusetts

Oaks Bluffs town Massachusetts

Aquinnah town Massachusetts

Gay Head Cliffs Massachusetts

Gay Head lighthouse Massachusetts

Edgartown Massachusetts

Whale Watch boat ride

Provincetown P-Town beach town in Cape Cod Massachusetts

Pilgrim Monument in Provincetown Cape Cod Massachusetts

Whydah Pirate Shipwreak Museum in Provincetown Cape Cod Massachusetts

Middleborough town, Plymouth County, Massachusetts overnight stay

Plymouth Massachusetts

Plimoth Plantation living history museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Mayflower II 17th-century Pilgrim ship

Plymouth Rock of 1620

Rumford, city of East Providence, Rhode Island

For more information on the 3-Day Martha's Vineyard, Whale Watches, Plymouth Plantation Tour from New York visit:
www.taketours.com/new-york-ny/3-day-martha-s-vineyard-wha...

For more information on TakeTours visit:
www.taketours.com

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