Block Island's only beachfront hotel has been carefully redesigned, bringing a fresh perspective to its New England charm.
I’m not a stranger to Block Island. As a young girl, I made a much-anticipated day trip out to the island with my family every summer. But I always wanted to explore its beauty beyond our annual harborside lunch, to see what most people missed in a day. When New England-based Lark Hotels reopened the iconic Surf Hotel as thein July, I booked a roundtrip ferry ticket for one, jumping on the chance to explore the hotel and island I glimpsed every year as a child.
The island takes the shape of a 10-square-mile pork chop sitting south of the Rhode Island coast. Formally incorporated as New Shoreham, it’s the smallest town in the country’s smallest state—a microcosm of what to love about coastal New England. With over 300 miles of old stone walls, sloping beaches framed by blackberry brambles and a Del’s frozen lemonade around every corner, it’s no wonder this place mesmerizes visitors.
With almost prophetic foresight, the island’s leaders rallied to protect its precious ecosystem as more visitors clambered to make this place their seasonal destination. The Block Island Conservancy and the Block Island Land Trust partnered with The Nature Conservancy, which declared Block Island one of the Last Great Places on Earth in the 1990s. Together, these organizations have preserved nearly half of Block Island’s land with the vision of creating a greenway that extends across the island.
The doors to the front and back porch remain open, yielding an ever-present cross breeze that extends to a new-fashioned coffee and cocktail bar and clusters of relaxed couches in small seating areas. The check-in desk doubles as an in-hotel shop selling curated local art and a hodge-podge collection of beach reads tucked into a quiet alcove. Undoubtedly relaxed, it anchors the new vibe of this old place: put up your feet—even if they’re sandy.
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