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Nantucket Makes Waves In Travel

As the price of travel rises, many are choosing to travel in the US more than usual. Prices to visit European destinations continue to soar with the price of flying in addition to wavering exchange rates. Saving money on travel does not have to mean making your vacations suffer, just being creative. Get to know any of the thousands of great destinations for a less expensive vacation right here in the US. Travel with Tradewinds Vacations as we make a visit to the town of Nantucket, a wonderful place for vacation this summer.

Part of the state of Massachusetts, Nantucket is an island located 30 miles south of Cape Cod. As a popular summer destination, the population of the island of Nantucket varies greatly during the seasons going from 10,000 to over 50,000 residents in the summer. A wonderful place to enjoy the weather and the great outdoors, Nantucket is also great for exploring the historical aspect of the region as well. Historical sites of interests that range from the pre-Civil War, a high concentration of Civil War and post Civil War structures.

Whaling History

Whaling brought many Europeans to the area in later years. The native American populations had been aware of the whales in the area, but were not active whale hunters, instead, choosing to utilize those which simply washed ashore. The industry of whaling became so ingrained in this culture of Nantucket with European arrival, that Herman Melville wrote the infamous novel “Moby Dick” and based the main characters from the island of Nantucket. As the whaling industry waned, so to did the populations of the island until the mid 20th century. Today, this isolation and abandonment of the area for years, preserved structures from eras that had mostly been destroyed in other areas, increasing the popularity of the area today as a site of historical and cultural importance.

Visiting Nantucket Today With Tradewinds Vacations

Visitors to Nantucket today have a variety of sites of interest spanning hundreds of years of history. Sites and festivals of interest in Nantucket include:

Tradewinds Vacations invites you to the beautiful island of Nantucket Explore the wonderful US east coast on a great historical vacation. Enjoy the arts, culture, history, as well as shopping and dining in one of the most well known sites for vacationing in the east with Tradewinds Vacations.