Pilgrim Monument and Provincetown Museum

Seasonal institutions with porch provides refined Italian staples & creative healthy-minded options.

New brewery with a taproom and 15 percent of profits going to progressive and LGBTQ+ charities.

Minimalist quarters in a cool seasonal hotel offering an outdoor pool & free breakfast. Overlooking moors, a salt marsh and sand dunes, this hip seasonal hotel is 2 miles from the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, 4 miles from Race Point Beach, and a mile from the Pilgrim Monument commemorating the Mayflower Pilgrims’ first landing in 1620. Minimalist rooms feature moor views, free Wi-Fi and smart TVs, plus minifridges, and balconies or patios. Upgraded rooms add sitting areas, and a suite provides a rooftop deck, a kitchen and a living room. Parking and breakfast are included. There's a lobby lounge with a fireplace, plus a heated outdoor pool, a poolside bar and BBQ grills. Minimum-stay rules may apply.

Lively inn with a restaurant, a nightclub, a leather bar & cabaret, plus a poolside bar & grill. Along the town's main street, this lively inn and gay entertainment complex is a 2-minute walk from MacMillan Pier and 8 minutes from Whydah Pirate Shipwreck Museum. The 5 cozy rooms and suites come with flat-screen TVs and free Wi-Fi, and some have sleigh beds. Upgraded rooms add fireplaces, kitchenettes and balconies (with pool or harbor views); some come with whirlpool tubs. A suite has a sitting area and views of the street. Continental breakfast is free (seasonal), and there's a fine-dining restaurant offering heated patio seating. There's also an outdoor pool with a bar/grill, plus a leather bar, a busy nightclub, and live cabaret.

Marine Specialties has been a Provincetown landmark for over 50 years. Often known simply as "the army-navy store," Marine Specialties is an eclectic treasure trove of salvage, surplus, slight IRs, closeouts, overruns, misprints, mistakes, spare parts, odd lots, cast-offs, and new and nearly-new items. Over time it's grown to be the kind of jumbled, inclusive, and eccentric "army-navy" store Provincetown deserves. Many people young and old call this their favorite shop.

Refined New American cooking & cocktails by night, elevated omelets by day in a rustic-chic cottage.

Since 1984, this charming candy shop crafts small-batch fudge and delightful peanut butter cups, with an array of flavors that'll satisfy any sweet tooth.

At Spiritus Pizza, cash reigns as slices of crispy thin-crust pizzas and sweet ice cream draw late-night revelers into its charming back garden.

Counter-serve, beach-themed nook in a historic building with communal seating & casual seafood eats.

Adults-only, gay-friendly hotel with relaxed rooms, poolside parties, free breakfast & a buzzy bar. Open seasonally, this iconic, adults-only hotel catering to lesbians and gay men overlooks Cape Cod Bay, and is set among lively Commercial Street's shops, cafes and art galleries. Herring Cove Beach is 2 miles away. Relaxed rooms feature minifridges, free Wi-Fi and flat-screen TVs. Upgraded rooms add private balconies and pool or bay views. Amenities include complimentary continental breakfast served in an atrium lounge, as well as loaner beach towels, and reserved lounge chairs on a wood deck next to a buzzy bar and the heated outdoor pool. There are also popular afternoon dance parties. Minimum-stay rules may apply.