Itinerary: 3 Days in Nantucket With Little Kids

Day 1

Check in at the Nantucket Inn. It’s a super cute, family-friendly hotel with indoor and outdoor (seasonal) pools, breakfast/lunch cafe, bar and shuttle to Town. (Read my full review of this hotel here!)

Take the shuttle into Town and grab sandwiches for lunch at Provisions. Walk to Children’s Beach and eat lunch while burning off some energy on the playground. 

Walk to the Maria Mitchell Association Aquarium and learn about Nantucket and Atlantic sea life. My favorite thing about this aquarium is that it’s all catch and release!

Have dinner at Straight Wharf Fish. It’s located right on the harbor, so try to get a table on the patio and watch boats come and go. 

Day 2

Breakfast pastries for the kiddos and coffee for mom and dad at the Nobadeer Cafe right inside the Nantucket Inn. Then burn off some energy at the hotel pool. 

Take the shuttle into Town and visit the Whaling Museum. The most notable two portions for kiddos are the 46-foot whale skeleton and the Discovery Center with fun toys, games and books if you’re in need of playtime. 

Have lunch at Brotherhood of Thieves, a historic 1840s whaling bar and tavern. 

Spend the afternoon strolling around and shopping. Nantucket Bookworks is a great stop to pick up a souvenir book about Nantucket for little ones. 

Dinner at the Nantucket Lobster Trap. They even offer a small lobster on the kids menu if your kiddos have an adventurous palate. 

Day 3

Go on the Critter Cruise, where you’ll check what has been caught in the traps (think crabs, lobsters, snails), which are brought onboard in touch tanks for the ride. Then kids get their own fishing poles to catch a fish. On our cruise, someone even caught a shark! Then everything is either released or taken to the aquarium. 

Grab lunch at The Rose and Crown (recommend a burger and chef fries with garlic oil, sea salt parm!) before heading home. 

Check with the Nantucket Inn if they offer a late checkout for your room. They did for ours since no one was checking in that day, so we got a few extra hours to spend in Town before heading to the airport. 

What did I miss from my Nantucket itinerary? Let me know in the comments!