south of Boston: Rough Point, Martha's Vineyard and Cape Cod

Rough Point, Bellevue Avenue at Ocean Drive . Newport . Rhode Island, was one of Doris Duke’s several very private retreats and gives a wonderful glimpse of the Gilded Age in Newport. There are any number of elegant, sprawling "summer cottages" built by the likes of the Vanderbuilts and Astors in Newport, but this one is a particularly precious example of a deliciously opulent period in our history.

Rough Point

Martha's Vineyard
Lovely place in the summer.  Temperate climate.

Cape Cod
kayaking, paddleboats.