The Best Luxury Hotels in Nantucket

Feel a million miles away from the world at this luxurious Nantucket hotel on the beach. Nesting in a serene green space between Great Point Beach and Coskata-Coatue Wildlife Refuge, the Wauwinet is ready to whisk you around to Nantucket’s spas and boutiques by sea aboard the Lady Wauwinet. Thankfully, you won’t need to leave the hotel for amazing cuisine. The award-winning wine list and prix-fixe New England menu at TOPPER’S allow you to savor the best flavors of the island within a few minutes’ stroll of your cottage.

Though exceptionally close to the historic district, Faraway invites you to step far away from the norm and embrace the offbeat, the quirky and the eclectic. Original wood flooring and high ceilings are offset with curious antiques and objets d’art. This luxury Nantucket hotel boasts a locally curated boutique, bringing the best of local life to your fingertips, while the mixologists in the cocktail lounge put a delicious spin on legendary libations.

Summers spent along the sea are splendid, but only the best resort in Nantucket can grant you a getaway all year long. Unique complimentary activities – such as a ride through town on an antique fire truck and an insightful climb up to the bell tower of the First Congressional Church – double-down on the Nantucket’s distinctive status. The cottage’s vintage soaking tub is especially alluring in the colder months, when the holiday season starts sweeping in from the Atlantic.

Harborview Nantucket delivers resort-style amenities with the quintessence of local Nantucket living. You’ll feel right at home in these luxury cottages, complete with fireplaces, full kitchens, comfortable furnishings and generous private decks or balconies. Unlike at home, these cottages come with grocery housekeeping, concierge, beach and car services at the lift of a finger. From locally grown produce to sunfish sailboats and virtually anything in between, Harborview Nantucket’s private beach cottages help you live your best Nantucket Island life.

Channel your inner Herman Melville as you sit patiently at the sun-drenched raffia writing desk in your suite at this Nantucket boutique hotel. If you have writer’s block, you can clear your head under the botanical rain shower, or seek inspiration in the peaceful gardens. If you’re more creative on the plate than on the page, spend your afternoon cooking up conversation in the communal kitchen before winding down with s’mores and spirits around the fire pit.

When the Nantucket Inn boasts about its one-of-a-kind amenities, it’s no hyperbole. It’s the sole island hotel with an indoor swimming pool and hot tub. The HarTru tennis courts, fitness center and self-serve Library Lounge are the icing on the cake. Though conveniently close to the airport, members of the Nantucket Inn’s staff are ready to shuttle your family to Main Street, Surfside Beach and other island hotspots.

An overgrown English garden, Venetian-inspired cuisine and exceptional art from the Big Apple converge in the Greydon House. Even the Beauty Bar in your suite’s bathroom is an international affair with imported Acqua di Parma products. Don’t lose sight of the local luxuries, though – custom bedding, linens and nautical antiques ensure that classic charm and style reigns supreme at this Nantucket luxury hotel.

Located on stylish Main Street, 76 Main invites you to mingle with other visitors at the BYOB courtyard cocktail mixer. That is, if you can resist spending the evening drinking wine in your suite while lounging in a waffle kimono robe. The handsomely curated breakfast cannot be missed – unless you’re OK starting the day without fresh coffee, wild Maine blueberry scones and homemade sea salt and cracked pepper biscuits.