If you want to know why I love going back to the Block year after year (for eight now), here are a few of its attributes.
The island is only accessible by ferry (and only from Point Judith during the non-summer seasons) and small aircraft. There are no chain stores, no Starbucks, and no fast food joints. No building is taller than four stories.
If you ever get an opportunity to visit this quaint slice of heaven, you must stay at the 1661 Inn or its related properties. During the summer it is very expensive, but if you do not mind blowing a couple of hundred bucks per night, you will be very pleased. The rooms are gorgeous and the service is hotel quality in a bed and breakfast setting. The champagne buffet breakfasts are incredible and the afternoon "wine and nibble" is more than worth coming back to the inn for between outdoor excursions.
However, in the off-season, these same rooms are amazingly affordable. My friend, Lee, and I stayed in the Dodge Cottage, just down the road from the main building. For $300, they offer three-night stay at a room in the cottage, round trip ferry tickets, a $75 gift certificate to any of five restaurants, plus the buffet breakfasts (though scaled down a bit). Worth it!
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