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Summer in Duxbury, Massachusetts - Places to go, eat and stay

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Managing Real Estate Broker with Brad MacKenzie

Summer in Duxbury, Massachusetts

Places to go, eat and stay

Duxbury beach - Tom Dowd

The Duxbury Beach

FarFar's Danish Ice Cream Shop - 272 Saint George Street, Duxbury. (781) 934-5152

French Memories - Bakery. 459 Washington Street, Duxbury. (781) 934-9020

Bongi's Turkey Roast - 414 Kingstown Way, Duxbury. (781) 585-2392

Winsor House Inn - Dinner and rooms. 390 Washington Street, Duxbury. (781) 934-0991

Sun Tavern

Sun Tavern - Dinner restaurant. 500 Congress Street, Duxbury. (781) 837-1027

Milepost Tavern Restaurant - 581 Tremont St, Duxbury. (781) 934-6801

King Caesar House - 120 King Caesar Road, Duxbury. (781) 934-6106

Alden House Museum - , Duxbury. (781) 934-9092

Plimoth Plantation - Living History Park and attractions. 12 miles south at 137 Warren Avenue, Plymouth. (508) 746-1622

There are so many fun things to do on the South Shore in the summer. The main thing is to relax. If you need a major theme park, the coast of New England isn't the place to be. If you want good old-fashioned fun in the sun -- and the mild summer weather -- with family and friends, this is the place to be. There are a lot of day trips you can do -- to the Cape, to Newport, R.I., to Boston, Salem, Rockport, Marblehead, New Hampshire. I could go on. But lazy days of summer means breaking out the grill and putting on something for the kids. For me, I'm fine with a Sea Breeze cocktail at 5 and a few lobsters over the course of the summer. Well, that and a few Red Sox games. (This looks like a very good year!) 

The main tourist attractions here generally revolve around the Pilgrim history and the early settlements that founded our country, as we know it today. If you're visiting, there's just no excuse not to see Plimouth Plantation and the Mayflower reproduction in Plymouth Harbor, for example. Duxbury is almost as old as Plymouth. 1620, remember? Well, by 1637, Duxbury was also a town: the second in Massachusetts. Enjoy!

 

Summer means a Red Sox game

Contact me to arrange a private showing of any home for sale in Duxbury.

View all the homes for sale in Duxbury at Duxbury Homes for sale.

 

Scott Larson
BHHS/Utah Properties - Park City, UT
Park City, Utah Real Estate News

Hey Brad, some great ideas for summer fun in Duxbury.  My first stop would be FarFar's danish ice cream shop, I can almost taste it now.

May 28, 2013 08:16 AM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Pasadena And Southern California 818.516.4393

Hi Brad -- your local knowledge of Duxbury really shines in this post -- nicely done, almost like a checklist of the places you NEED to see/try.   

May 28, 2013 09:26 AM
Brad MacKenzie
Brad MacKenzie - Duxbury, MA
Turning Houses into Homes on the South Shore

Scott, FarFar's is ridiculously good. I'll be getting some of that tomorrow because I have beach time scheduled! (Actually, it's a run, so we'll see whether I indulge afterwards or not!)

Thanks, Michael. I agree. You just gotta do it all!

May 28, 2013 10:21 AM
1~Judi Barrett
Integrity Real Estate Services 116 SE AVE N, Idabel, OK 74745 - Idabel, OK
BS Ed, Integrity Real Estate Services -IDABEL OK

Hi Brad,

Now that's  a very nice and complete list of places to go, eat, and stay in Doxbury, MA. 

:)

May 28, 2013 11:51 AM
Brad MacKenzie
Brad MacKenzie - Duxbury, MA
Turning Houses into Homes on the South Shore

Thanks, Judi! Short and sweet. There's more to do, but it doesn't fit on the internet.

May 28, 2013 12:15 PM
Endre Barath, Jr.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties - Beverly Hills, CA
Realtor - Los Angeles Home Sales 310.486.1002

Brad loved the Fenway Photo here is mine:))relocation specialist from the east coast to the west coast endre barath

May 28, 2013 04:02 PM
Brad MacKenzie
Brad MacKenzie - Duxbury, MA
Turning Houses into Homes on the South Shore

Nice, Endre! In the past week, there has been more activity in that right field corner where we were sitting than ever! Ground rule doubles, homers, near-homers that went foul, etc.!

May 28, 2013 07:52 PM
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

Brad, The more I read your posts the more I want to visit.  There are so many wonderful things to do. My friend lives in Boston. Perhaps it is time I pay her a visit.  How far is Boston from Duxbury?

May 29, 2013 12:59 AM
Brad MacKenzie
Brad MacKenzie - Duxbury, MA
Turning Houses into Homes on the South Shore

40 minutes!  Less by helicopter, more by horse.

May 29, 2013 01:45 AM