16 of Massachusetts' Best Waterfront Wedding Venues

Style: Fairy-tale setting with windswept salt marsh, miles of barrier beach, and stunning hilltop mansion.

Style: Famous 350-year-old home with tentable seaside lawn for outdoor events and charming indoor room or Colonial Revival cottage.

Style: 1929 Art Deco mansion on a rocky bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.

Style: Imaginative venue offering a dramatic setting for events thanks to spectacular views of the Charles River and Boston and Cambridge skylines, interactive exhibits, and even dining among dinosaurs.

Style: One-of-a-kind space with the pportunity to dine privately among penguins, sharks and sea turtles, or beside Boston’s scenic skyline!

Style: Traditional 1920s shake shingle gem in a quiet seaside hamlet, with spectacular events every month of the year—warm weather ceremonies in the garden or poolside are followed by tented receptions, and in the chilly season, celebrate in front of a stone fireplace inside the inn.

Style: Bluff-top park set on 15 wooded acres that include sweet, shady ceremony groves with sparkling water views and a rustic-chic indoor facility overlooking Lagoon Pond and the outer Vineyard Haven Harbor.

Style: Start with an exquisite waterfront ceremony, with panoramic views of the sparkling sea and shore, then celebrate beneath a peaked white tent on the lawn or inside the elegant Harborview Room before retiring to your plush (and complimentary!) honeymoon suite.

Style: Charming club nestled beside the shore, blending classic Americana style and understated luxury in its white-planked Harbor Room, which boasts French doors and sailcloth drapes, and its airy beach tent set right on the sand.

Style: Secluded event center nestled on a gorgeous stretch of coastline in Nahant Harbor, with a stunning waterfront terrace, a warm and contemporary grand ballroom, and plenty of sandy beach for dancing late into the night.

Style: Lovely hotel on Nantucket's spectacular beachfront, with romantic ceremonies on the Harborview Lawn and receptions in the elegant Ballroom, intimate dining rooms, or al fresco on the airy Harborview Terrace.

Style: Dreamy 429-acre seaside retreat boasting a historic mansion overlooking Cape Cod Bay, elegant villas along a Nicklaus-designed golf course, pools, beaches, and biking trails.

Style: Charming, rustic-chic club on 106 acres with a private beach and views of woodlands, Wellfleet Harbor, and the Herring River.

Style: This impeccably restored seaside charmer, blessed with a picturesque waterfront location and unique historic character, offers a number of lovely event settings, from an enchanting garden courtyard to a rustic-chic banquet space to a chandelier-draped dining room

Style: This elegant estate on the shore of scenic Lake Massapoag hosts ceremonies among the flower gardens and flowing fountains, cocktails in the courtyard or a luxurious lounge, and dining & dancing in a warm ballroom with crisp white walls and trim, cushy couches, and a classic stone hearth.

Venue: Beauport, the Sleeper-McCann House