Guidebook for Rockport
Food Scene
Fresh seafood daily. You can eat a freshly cooked lobster on the spot or buy scallops and fish to cook at home. Great prices, too.
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Roy Moore Lobster Co
39 Bearskin NeckFresh seafood daily. You can eat a freshly cooked lobster on the spot or buy scallops and fish to cook at home. Great prices, too.
Nice bakery with real German strudel and other European pastries. Decent coffee and good harbor view.
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Helmut's Strudel
69 Bearskin NeckNice bakery with real German strudel and other European pastries. Decent coffee and good harbor view.
Great Italian bakery with fresh pastries and excellent coffee. Worth the trip from Rockport for breakfast.
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Caffe Sicilia
40 Main StGreat Italian bakery with fresh pastries and excellent coffee. Worth the trip from Rockport for breakfast.
Essentials
Organic food market. Everything for a healthy lifestyle, from organic milk to grass-fed beef to fresh produce and natural cosmetics. Delicious soups, sandwiches, baked foods, and the best coffee.
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Common Crow Natural Market
200 Eastern AveOrganic food market. Everything for a healthy lifestyle, from organic milk to grass-fed beef to fresh produce and natural cosmetics. Delicious soups, sandwiches, baked foods, and the best coffee.
Excellent Italian grocery shop and deli with delicious breads, pastries, and sandwiches.
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Virgilio's Italian Bakery
29 Main StExcellent Italian grocery shop and deli with delicious breads, pastries, and sandwiches.
Drinks & Nightlife
Historic building now a hotel with live music on weekends. Look for sign "Public Foot Path" off Cathedral Ave (at the north corner of the inn's property) for the start of the Atlantic Path.
Emerson Inn
1 Cathedral AveHistoric building now a hotel with live music on weekends. Look for sign "Public Foot Path" off Cathedral Ave (at the north corner of the inn's property) for the start of the Atlantic Path.
Arts & Culture
With its visually stunning stage and acoustically perfect music hall, the Shalin Liu attracts world class musicians. See rockportmusic.org for current concert/event schedule.
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Rockport Music-Shalin Liu Performance Center
37 Main StWith its visually stunning stage and acoustically perfect music hall, the Shalin Liu attracts world class musicians. See rockportmusic.org for current concert/event schedule.
The RAA galleries exhibit works by local artists. My favorite are Ray Crane and Carol Loiacono. Don't miss the upstairs studio rooms with additional paintings for sale. Free admission.
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Rockport Art Association & Museum
12 Main StThe RAA galleries exhibit works by local artists. My favorite are Ray Crane and Carol Loiacono. Don't miss the upstairs studio rooms with additional paintings for sale. Free admission.
Sightseeing
Very nice daily whale watch trips. The ships go north of Cape Ann to the feeding grounds of whales.
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Cape Ann Whale Watch
415 Main StVery nice daily whale watch trips. The ships go north of Cape Ann to the feeding grounds of whales.
Everything Else
Nice sandy beach, but the parking lot fills up early on summer weekends. Bike there, if you can.
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Good Harbor Beach
Nice sandy beach, but the parking lot fills up early on summer weekends. Bike there, if you can.
Beautiful beach, but the parking lot may fill up on summer weekends.
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Wingaersheek Beach
Beautiful beach, but the parking lot may fill up on summer weekends.
Beautiful sandy beach. The parking is reserved for Manchester residents in the summer. Take the train and then walk to the beach, which is only a mile from the station in Manchester.
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Singing Beach
Beach StBeautiful sandy beach. The parking is reserved for Manchester residents in the summer. Take the train and then walk to the beach, which is only a mile from the station in Manchester.
Best sandy beach in the area. Also the largest, so it is less likely for the parking to fill on summer weekends.
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Crane Beach
Best sandy beach in the area. Also the largest, so it is less likely for the parking to fill on summer weekends.
My favorite walk in the area: the Atlantic Path. Look for the Public Foot Path sign off Cathedral Ave by the Emerson Inn for the access.
Cathedral Avenue
Cathedral AvenueMy favorite walk in the area: the Atlantic Path. Look for the Public Foot Path sign off Cathedral Ave by the Emerson Inn for the access.
Kayak rentals and guided tours, nice store for water sports clothing, shoes, etc. I think also bike rentals, but not sure about it, as I have my own bike. They also sell good maps of the area.
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North Shore Kayak Outdoor Center
9 Tuna WharfKayak rentals and guided tours, nice store for water sports clothing, shoes, etc. I think also bike rentals, but not sure about it, as I have my own bike. They also sell good maps of the area.