City: Harwich Port, MA

Category: Getting Here, Getting Around

Telephone: (508) 432-8999

Address: 702 Main St.

Description: Sailing from Saquatucket Harbor in Harwich Port, Freedom Cruise Line offers daily passenger service to Nantucket, and you can bring along your bicycle and pet too. The trip takes about an hour and twenty minutes. A round-trip fare is $68 for adults and $51 for children; one-way fare is $39 for adults and $29 for children, children under 2 pay only $6 round-trip ($3 one-way), and bicycles are $12 round-trip. Freedom is an 80-passenger ferry, so reservations are recommended for day trips. There are also restrictions on how many “overnighters” the line can leave on the island, so reservations are necessary. There is free parking for day-trippers.