The Winnetu Inn & Resort
COST: $$$
<p>An old motel on this prime South Beach site below Edgartown was demolished to make way for the Winnetu, which opened in 2000 with 50 suites. While the outside has the traditional ocean-weathered Vineyard shingles, the inside is spick-and-span contemporary.</p> <p><strong>IT IS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE WATER</strong> The movie Jaws was filmed on Martha's Vineyard in 1974, but as long as your kids don't know this they'll enjoy being on one of the island's best beaches.</p> <p><strong>REELING THEM IN</strong> The resort's new chef, Ed Gannon, has cooked at the Four Seasons Boston and the legendary White Barn Inn, in Maine. There's also a weekly clambake by the pool, with the requisite "chowdah," lobsters, and grilled hot dogs.</p> <p><strong>EASY RIDERS</strong> A bike path is right outside your door—and after you make it all the way to Gay Head Lighthouse (24 miles), you and your bike can take the bus back. The resort's 1945 fire engine and vintage Ford woody station wagons also ferry guests around.</p> <p><strong>DIDN'T ONE OF THESE TRY TO KILL HARRY POTTER?</strong> A life-size outdoor chess set has four-foot teak pieces; moving them is a two-person challenge. New this summer are the pond's five-foot-long steamboats, navigated by remote control.</p>
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Last updated June 2004
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