What's Nearby
 
Plymouth is centrally located in southern Massachusetts, making trips to Boston, and Providence a short hour away.  The commuter rail (tel. 617-222-3200) www.mbta.com serves Cordage Park, on Route 3A north of downtown, from Boston's South Station four times a day on weekdays and three times a day on weekends (at other times, service is to nearby Kingston). The round-trip fare is $12. The Plymouth Area Link bus (tel. 508-746-0378) www.gatra.org/pal.htm runs between the train station and downtown. The fare is $1, free for children under 7.

Plymouth and Brockton buses (tel. 508-746-4795 or 508-746-0378) www.p-b.com take about an hour from South Station. They run more often and cost more than the train: $10 one-way, $18 round-trip.

Visitor Information
If you haven't visited the Regional Information Complex, pick up a map at the visitor center (tel. 508-747-7525), open seasonally at 130 Water St., across from the town pier. To plan ahead, contact Destination Plymouth (Plymouth Visitor Information), 170 Water St., Suite 10C, Plymouth, MA 02360 (tel. 800-USA-1620 or 508-747-7533) www.visit-plymouth.com.

Plymouth Rock Trolley Company
(tel. 800-698-5636 or 508-747-4161) www.plymouthrocktrolley.com offers a 40-minute narrated tour with unlimited re-boarding, daily from Memorial Day to October and weekends through Thanksgiving. It serves marked stops downtown every 20 minutes and stops at Plimoth Plantation once an hour in the summer. Tickets are $10 for adults, $9 for seniors and AAA members, $8 for children 3 to 12.

The Upper Cape, Historic Newport Rhode Island and quaint Provincetown are a short drive or water ride.