Carriage House Provincetown ( Provincetown )

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About Provincetown Provincetown MA is a charming New England town situated at the tip of Historic Cape Cod. Filled with traditional New England Captain's Houses, churches, cottages and inns Provincetown is a beautiful destination resort. The indigenous people are the Wampanoag tribe of Eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, the first to meet the Pilgrims. The Pilgrims, early English settlers who founded the Plymouth Colony, first set foot on American soil here in 1620 before venturing on to Plymouth. A community developed on the site about 1700 and the town was incorporated in 1727. Provincetown MA hotels is the site of the tall granite Pilgrim Monument, commemorating the Pilgrims' landing and the signing in the harbor of the Mayflower Compact. For over a Century an Artist Community has flourished here, and has been home to Charles Hawthorne, Jackson Pollock, Eugene O'Neil, The Provincetown Players (founded here in 1915) Cole Porter, Norman Mailer, Sebastian Unger and other well-known artists. For the last few decades a thriving Gay Community has vacationed here attracted from around the world. This makes for an eclectic mix of people, shops, galleries, cafes, restaurants, nightlife and cape cod lodging. There is something in P town for everyone, whether you like to lie on a beach, cycle on the dunes bike paths, or pass the day at a cafe. Other activities include kayaking, hiking, whale watching, offroading trails, all types of boat rentals and spectacular sunset cruises on Cape Cod Bay. Provincetown sits on a sand bank which is the very tip of Cape Cod, surrounded by National Parkland beaches and dunes making it an ideal destination resort. Drive, Bus, Ferry or Fly into p town after which you can walk or cycle anywhere with ease. Click on our Events and Directions pages to see what's coming up and how to get here or check out our extensive links page for helpful information.