Art's Dune Tours

Imagine dunes stretching as far as you can see with wispy beach grass, dark green pine trees and deep red beach plums nestled in hollows which are brought together by a silhouette of blue sky. You will travel through the majestic dunes where your guide points out the "dune shacks" where famous artists and writers like Eugene O'Neill and Harry Kemp became inspired to create their art.

You will also pass the remains of the Peaked Hill Life Saving Station and learn how the brave "life savers" enacted their heroic efforts to save the lives of thousands from the doomed shipwrecks!  It is such a beautiful tour.  You will be amazed!

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What's Happening

by Chris Daniels
Provincetown.com

Next year, Bobby Wetherbee will celebrate his
50th season of performing in Provincetown 

With the cool air comes the equally cool vibes of many fantastic performers and pastimes to delight locals and visitors alike and to satisfy varied interests and desires.

Provincetown’s favorite “cabaret man,” Bobby Wetherbee is tickling the ivories in the Central House at the Crown every Friday and Saturday night. I saw him this weekend, and he is a little DYNAMO. In his first hour at the piano, he delivered a rapid-fire stream of song, music history and patter, had the entire audience singing “Over the Rainbow” and “Walkin’ After Midnight” at full volume, and brought laughs with his rendition of “I Want to be Evil,” complete with the famous Eartha Kitt purr. According to audience member Tim Richmond, “He sits down at that piano, and doesn’t stop for a break until his set is over after midnight. I don’t know how he does it.” You HAVE to see this wonderful whirlwind in action.

At the Art House, the all-male singing string quartet Well Strung are still holding court on weekends through September 22nd. This is an act you don’t want to miss! Tickets are $30-35. [...]

For the outdoor lover, Dolphin Fleet whale watches will continue to run 3-4 trips a day through October 28th, starting at 9:45 am. At this time of year, it’s a smart idea to carry a warm sweater and/or a rain slicker for sudden showers and to wear shoes with good traction. They guarantee that if you don’t see any whales, you get a free admission for another trip. Tickets are $44 for adults and $29 for kids under 12; see their website for discounted reservations. 

Art’s Dune Tours will also continue tours of the Cape Cod National Seashore through October. Trips include one-hour daily tours, tours of Race Point lighthouse, and two-hour sunset tours, with or without a New England clambake dinner. Reservations and schedules are available on their website.
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Mid-October Sunset Dune Tour

by Radu Luca

video credit: Radu Luca

photo credit: Janet Jorgulesco

    
 

 “You gotta have Art’s” is their motto and right they are...

No visit to Provincetown is complete without a dune tour. I’ve been a Provincetown resident for a while now, but I’ve never been on one...until yesterday. And what a treat that was! We booked a sunset trip and we were lucky to have great weather and clear skies.


Abby and Paul, who have been living in Provincetown “for ever” as they said, were our drivers. Their knowledge on the history, geography, and pretty much every aspect involving the dunes, never ceased to amaze me.


En route we learned interesting facts about some of the famous dune shacks, symbols of sought solitude and romantic or creative getaways, picked delicious wild cranberries from a bog and witnessed an epic sunset.


The serene scenery is breathtaking and it seems to be untouched by the years that have gone by. Unsurprisingly, the decor consisting of wild vegetation, sand dunes, divine light and archaic dune shacks built with driftwood from the “graveyard” of the Atlantic ocean, which Peaked Hill used to be, was a motor of inspiration for great artists such as Harry Kemp and Eugene O’Neill.

Art’s Dune Tours have been in business since 1946, ever since Art Costa, “The King of the Dunes” started his beach taxi business. Now, over 60 years later, Rob Costa, his son, is managing the family business.


Art’s run daily dune tours mid-May through mid-November, Race Point Lighthouse tours, and private charters for special events. Clambakes, where passengers can choose from a variety of menu items, are available on request.