Ocean Views, Walk to Beach, Adjacent to Shining Sea Bike Path

We spent a glorious week in Falmouth at this wonderful home. The location is great, right near the beach (a 3 minute easy walk) - as well as providing views of the ocean and Martha's vineyard. There is a nice bike path right near the house that goes into downtown Falmouth or to Woods Hole and is a quick way to get out without getting in your car. Falmouth and Woods Hole have some great restaurants and great shops (documented in the guest book at the house from the owners who have vacation there for 30 years) as well as having the ferry close by to go to Woods Hole or Nantucket. We also made trips to visit the aquarium and the Woods Hole Institute for an exhibition of how they discovered the Titanic.
The weather was great while we were there in August so we spent a lot of time swimming and biking, touring Martha's vineyard and walking and Birding in the salt marsh preserve which borders the house property. If you'd rather stay indoor, the house has a very nice open living room with a big fireplace for relaxing with your family / friends. The bedrooms are spacious with plenty of bathrooms and the downstairs bedroom and family room is nice for the kids to hang out away from the adults.
The property managers live close by and are more than willing to come by if anything amiss. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay and are planning a trip back to do all the things we didn't have time for!

We had a marvelous stay at this lovely home and would return again in a heatbeat.Clearly the owners and property management team is on the ball. Its scenic location with unobstructed views of the salt pond, bird sancturary and the ocean put it on our shortlist. Our group of 5 Californians found the following to be truely value-added features: the house's proximity to the Shining Sea Bike path, a private beach & tennis courts, proximity to the Bird Sanctuary, downtown Falmouth as well as Woods Hole. Best takeaways: the view from the spacious deck, morning walks to the beach with coffee in hand, cruising Martha's Vineyard on mopeds, dinner at the Glass Onion and shopping at Maxwell's. We plan to return again to enjoy the quintessential Cape Cod vibe Falmouth embodies so well.

one week stay july 2010
GREAT place - accurate description
clean, bright, air conditioned - location ideal, walk to beach, bike path
cooked in most of the time - kitchen perfect, grill on deck
sitting on deck watching vineyard sound and sunset sublime
owners easy to work with, local property caretakers very helpful
would like to stay again