The Christopher

Style

Grandly gabled homestead

Setting

Leafy Edgartown side street

There’s a crisp clapboard-meets-Caribbean charm to rooms at boutique Martha’s Vineyard stay the Christopher, but that’s as far the formality goes: breakfast is tapas-style and in your room if you wish; the prevalence of lounge furniture suggests staying put is more than OK – on the porch or patio or your private balcony, as you prefer, and the right to roam and pop home is a welcome happenstance of its close-to-town locale. Charter a vintage yacht, cycle the coastal trails, picnic on the beach, and sink your yearly seafood allowance: all the classic hallmarks of a New England escape are here.

Facilities

Rooms

15, including two suites.

Checkout

11am; earliest check-in, 4pm, but earlier arrivals can be accommodated with notice and subject to availability.

More Details

Rates include a tapas-style breakfast to enjoy on the porch, in the lounge or your room. There’s a minimum stay of two nights at weekends; three nights over holiday weekends and in high summer.

Also

A storied stay, the Christopher is not ADA-compliant, so not suitable for wheelchair-users. For guests with some mobility, there are first-floor rooms.

Hotel Closed

The hotel opens seasonally from May until October.

Free Internet Access

At the Hotel

Patio lounge area; free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, air-conditioning, waffle kimono robes, wine glasses and corkscrew, ice bucket, and Lather bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

All rooms are sumptuously dressed in a style that blends New England’s crisp nauticalia with zingy geometric prints and pops of colour that are more typically Caribbean. King Deluxe rooms are covetable in scale, including space to lounge – opt for one with a balcony if you can’t get enough of the island’s sea air. The Lark Suite is top of house literally and figuratively with wraparound terraces and superlative views.

Packing Tips

Wayfarer shades, sailor stripes and deck shoes for off-shore adventures; crop trousers or shorts for cycling; light knits for lingering on the porch long after dessert.

Also

In front of this former captain’s house (a registered historic building), a much-Instagrammed, towering pagoda tree looms: brought in a pot from China centuries ago, it’s said to be the oldest of its kind Stateside.

Children

Little Smiths are welcome at the Christopher (from $50 a night); book a King Deluxe or suite to accommodate an extra bed. Please note there are no specific activities or kit for children here.

Gallery

Food & Drink

Top Table

On the patio on sunny mornings; on your sofa in your room when the weather’s less appealing.

Dress Code

The first meal of the day requires no formality – let your agenda to sail, walk, cycle, or mooch the shops, galleries and cafés of Edgartown dictate your attire.

Hotel Restaurant

Sweet and savory small plates served tapas-style are the Christopher’s way of doing breakfast: enjoy them on the porch or patio, in your room or at a table in the lounge. For lunch or dinner, there’s no shortage of dining spots on your doorstep in Edgartown.

Hotel Bar

Ice buckets, corkscrews and wine glasses are your trio of hints that it’s fine to head out to the bottle shop for wine supplies chez vous.

Last Orders

Breakfast is served 8am until 10am.

Room Service

Your room’s sofa or lounge chairs, private balcony or even your bed are all perfectly acceptable locations for breakfast, 8am–10am. And a selection of in-room snacks is restocked daily.

Planes

Martha’s Vineyard has its own regional runway, but for international arrivals, Boston is your airport of choice: it’s a two-and-a-half-hour drive from Logan International to Edgartown.

Automobiles

Yacht trumps car on Martha’s Vineyard, but if you are bringing wheels, there’s private parking from $50 a day at the Christopher: spaces are very limited, so book with as much notice as you’re able to give.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

MV’s island locale makes sea-based pursuits the obvious choice: if you’re swimming, beaches vary, so find out about undertows and wave sizes before you wade in; take a guided kayaking tour, or book onto a sailing cruise or more exclusive private charter. From Edgartown’s Memorial Wharf, Magic Carpet – a 56ft wooden yawl – sails daily, for a classic yacht experience. Two wheels are the land transport of choice on MV, with miles of trails for cyclists, including a 14-mile round trip looping Edgartown, as well as a six-mile jaunt to Oak Bluffs that’s scenic and waterside most of the way. Some of the island’s outlying beaches make for an idyllic day trip: pack a picnic and take the Chappy Ferry to East Beach, a quieter, boulder-strewn beach of Atlantic rollers and plentiful birdlife. An easy bike ride from the Christopher’s sister stay Summercamp, Joseph Sylvia state beach is where you can jump off ‘Jaws Bridge’ of the Spielberg movie fame.

Earn or Redeem Points with World of Hyatt

This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .