For true taste of Nantucket, off-season’s ideal
For tourists seeking solitude, Nantucket in the off-season offers serenity, heavily discounted rooms and desolate walking paths.
The waves of tourists and suntan oil recede each winter, leaving behind what once was: a small island town 35 serene miles out to sea.
The cobblestone Main Street — teeming with shoppers each summer — is empty. The 80 miles of beaches ringing this crescent-shaped spit of sand are deserted also, except for scallop shells and squawking birds.
