Captain’s Bounty on the beach is a Rockport MA motel overlooking the beach with beautiful ocean views.
We are located in the downtown directly on the beach, next to Rockport’s shops and restaurants and 200 yards from the acclaimed Shalin Liu Performance Center. All rooms have oceanfront decks with 100% views of Front Beach and the harbor.
Nine of our twenty four rooms have fully equipped efficiency kitchens and comfortable dining areas. You may choose rooms with king, queen or two full beds. Our efficiency suites have two full beds and either a trundle bed or sofa bed. All rooms have the same great view, with private balconies overlooking Sandy Bay harbor. All are equipped with full bath, refrigerator, air conditioner, microwave, hair-dryer, WiFi, coffee pot, cable TV and include 1 car parking per room. Nine rooms are Oceanfront Efficiencies with fully equipped kitchens.
Front Beach on Cape Ann, Rockport, Massachusetts is one of the most beautiful anywhere. Captains Bounty is one of the only hotels or motels in Rockport Mass to have a beachfront location with rooms that overlook the beach with private decks.
Rockport MA Beachfront Hotels Motels – Captain’s Bounty
Rockport – A Seacoast Village on Cape Ann
You hear the phrase “quaint seacoast village” so often that it becomes a cliché, but this description fits Rockport well. An enjoyable place to spend a day, weekend or vacation, Rockport welcomes tourists from around the world and day trippers from greater Boston for a variety of reasons.
A Brief History of Rockport
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It was in the late 1600s that fishermen from Ipswich (a small town located just north of Cape Ann) came to Rockport. During the 1700s Rockport was a small fishing village, but Rockport’s history took an unusual turn after the turn of the next century. In the 1820s, the need for granite around the country and the world was high, and Rockport had high quality granite. Rockport is also located directly on the ocean, which made the transportation of the granite easier than an inland location. During this time, granite was in high demand and Rockport was furnishing most of the country’s granite. As the town’s industry boomed, its inhabitant’s became known as the “quarry people.” The Custom House Tower in Boston, said to be the tallest building in the country without a steel frame, was built with Rockport granite. And granite from Rockport was also used in the locks of the Panama Canal. Rockport was known then (and almost named) Granitetown, but was incorporated as the town of Rockport in 1840. Eventually the increase in use of cement and other building materials spelled the death knell for Rockport’s granite industry, but the remnants can be seen at a few locations around Rockport, which are mentioned in the “Things To Do” section.
During the mid- 1800s, artists and writers came to the area, inspired by the area’s rugged scenic beauty. The first art studio was established in 1873, and traveling artists roamed the streets at this time looking for portraits and scenes to paint. For years since, Rockport has been an important contributor to American painting, sculpture and other art forms, and one of the attractions to Rockport are the number of galleries here, some with international reputations.
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The town of Rockport consists of three primary areas: The South End, Downtown and Pigeon Cove.
The South End is mainly made up of residential areas along the rocky coastline, a beautiful area for a drive, walk or bike ride. There are several inns in this area, and this is a nice area to stay if you prefer quiet, out of the way spot.
The Downtown is the center of activity, most located along Dock Square, Bearskin Neck and Main Street. Bearskin Neck, named by fishermen who saw the bearskin John Babson had left to dry on the rocks, is known for its artists who have set up their shops in the fishermen’s shacks of the past. These art studios are now mixed in with a number of other specialty shops and restaurants, and “walking the neck” can interest you for a few hours or a few days, when combined with the adjacent shops and restaurants on Main Street and throughout Dock Square. It is on Bearskin Neck that the famous “Motif #1”, one of the most painted and photographed scenes in America, which has been featured in the “America The Beautiful” exhibit at the Magic Kingdom in Orlando. This lobster shack is no longer in use, but is kept up as a town symbol. During the blizzard of ’78 it was knocked into the harbor, but was rebuilt as you see it today.
The entire downtown area, with its large number of restaurants and small eateries, shops, galleries and other offerings, is an attraction in and of itself, andbustles with activity just about all year. There are also boat tours that leave from the wharves here on whale watch and other excursions, and there is a very nice, sandy beach, Front Beach, which is in the village as well.