14 of Massachusetts' Best Waterfront Wedding Venues
Everyone loves a waterfront wedding, and Massachusetts has a wealth of oceanfront, lakefront, and riverside wedding venues. Picture getting married at a private estate with a hilltop mansion and a beach, an Art Deco inn overlooking the Atlantic, or an elegant seaside resort on Cape Cod Bay. Check out the following places where you can host your Big Day while enjoying a magnificent watery backdrop.
NORTH SHORE
NORTH SHORE
The Great House at The Crane Estate
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Style: Fairy-tale setting with windswept salt marsh, miles of barrier beach, and stunning hilltop mansion.
Price: $$ • $$$

The House of the Seven Gables
Salem, MA
Style: Famous 350-year-old home with tentable seaside lawn for outdoor events and charming indoor room or Colonial Revival cottage.
Price: $ • $$

Yankee Clipper Inn
Rockport, Massachusetts
Style: 1929 Art Deco mansion on a rocky bluff overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Price: $ • $$

BOSTON
BOSTON
Museum of Science
Boston, Massachusetts
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.
Catering: In-housePrice: $ • $$ • $$$

New England Aquarium
Boston, MA
Style: One-of-a-kind space with the pportunity to dine privately among penguins, sharks and sea turtles, or beside Boston’s scenic skyline!
Catering: In-housePrice: $ • $$

CAPE COD | ISLANDS
CAPE COD | ISLANDS
Sailing Camp Park
Oak Bluffs, MA
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.
Catering: BYOPrice: $ • $$ • $$$

Provincetown Inn
Provincetown, MA
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.
Catering: In-housePrice: $ • $$ • $$$

Wychmere Beach Club
Harwich Port, Massachusetts
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.
Catering: In-housePrice: $$ • $$$

Oceanview of Nahant
Nahant, MA
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.
Price: $ • $$ • $$$

White Elephant Nantucket Island
Nantucket, MA
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.
Catering: In-housePrice: $ • $$ • $$$

Ocean Edge Resort
Brewster, Massachusetts
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.
Price: $$ • $$$

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

SOUTH SHORE
SOUTH SHORE
Barker House by Wedgewood Weddings
Scituate, MA
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
Catering: In-housePrice: $ • $$

The Lakehouse
Halifax, MA
Style: Restaurant and event venue with a lakefront gazebo, and a Grand Ballroom facing a forest-ringed pond through a wall of windows.
Catering: In-housePrice: $ • $$

Filed under Beach / Ocean, Massachusetts, Boston, Cape Cod and Islands, North Shore, South Shore, Western Massachusetts
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