A blessing and a curse for travelers to and from Boston is that the city’s international airport is pretty much smack-dab in the middle of the action. Buttressed against the Atlantic Ocean, the entirety of downtown and the greater metropolitan area radiates in a circle from Boston Logan. Not coincidentally, the city has some of…
For a quick, scenic survey of the natural setting, take a 1-hour sightseeing excursion in an SUV from Art’s Dune Tours (4 Standish St.), whose guides have been schlepping tourists through a portion of the Cape Cod National Seashore since 1946 (though the coast wasn’t designated as such until 1961).
Art’s son, Rob Costa, now…
UPDATE, Aug. 8, 2024: Tailwind Air's seaplane service between New York City and Boston, described below, is no longer in operation. Company officials told the Boston Globe that the amphibious flights simply weren't profitable enough to keep going. Planes were often less than half full, the company said, making the enterprise unsustainable. Tailwind Air continues to…