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EXPLORE THE TOWN

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Within our walls

  • Open 5 PM - 1 AM every night all year long

  • This pub is a favorite for locates and friends. Lounge by the fireplace, dance, play pool, or meet up for a drink (or three) on our Porch.

  • Located on Floor 2 and is accessed by the upper porch past the Inn’s reception desk.

    bars@gifford.house

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  • Open most nights in season from 9 pm - 1 am (promptly), depending on the week.

  • An “anything goes” event space complete with a stage, commercial kitchen, and bar.

  • Located on FLOOR 1 and is accessed off Carver Street

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  • Open most nights in season from 9 pm - 1 am (promptly), depending on the week.

  • With live music and driving DJ sets with the best new sound, and lighting. Club Purgatory welcomes you to step into an underground space of electrifying beats, tantalizing vibes, and unapologetic self expression. Everyone is welcome here.

    One of America’s very first Leather Bars — if not the first — Gifford House’s dance floor has been transformed back to her original character with raw brick walls and open ceilings.

  • Located on FLOOR 1 and is accessed off Carver Street

  • Open 7 Nights a Week

    Hours vary between 9 pm and midnight

    Open between Memorial Day - Labor Day

  • Experience the best of live entertainment nightly in the Love Lounge during summer season. A grand piano, guitars, and more accompany incredibly talented singers and performers.

  • Located on Floor 2 within the lobby of the Gifford House Inn’s Main Building

We are a one-stop shop for any event you can dream

Let us host you

Gifford House is your one stop, does-it-all container for any retreat, wedding, corporate event or whatever else you can dream up. The complex includes a large dining hall complete with a stage, a private bar, exterior patio all serviced by a large professional commercial kitchen to cater to your needs. Spill into our Love Lounge with its baby grand or rent out our lower level disco. Our Inn has 18 en-suite rooms year round and up to 33 in the summer months several of which are multi-room suites with the ultimate hilltop harbor views.

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Don’t Miss a beat

Gifford House Townie Pass

TOWNIE PASSES ARE BACK!

A Gifford House Townie Pass grants you access to Club Purgatory and House Events [excluding Fag Bash, ticketed theatre shows, and private events]

$120 CASH ONLY at Pick-Up.

Purchased passes can be picked up from 11 AM - 2 PM only all Saturdays & Sundays May-July at the Gifford House Reception Desk @ 9 Carver Street.

Last Day to grab yours is May 31st

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Explore the Town

All you need is your two feet or a bike. The entire town is less than about 2.5 miles wide and long at its widest points!

Pro-Tip:
Commercial Street is one way east for cars but two ways for pedestrians and bicyclists, so just always remember to look both ways frequently!

Getting here

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  • Cape Air provides daily round trip service from Boston’s Logan International Airport. It’s just a quick and scenic 20-minute flight to the Provincetown Airport (PVC).

    Jet Blue has some options from JFK.

  • Boston Harbor City Cruises
    Bay State Cruise Company

    Daily high-speed 90-minute services, round trip from Boston. The ferry service begins in May and runs through October.

    2o% discount to Gifford House guests on Boston Harbor City Cruises.

  • Enterprise rent-a-car is available at the Provincetown Airport. Uber is about $150 one way from BOS. Take 93S to 3S to Rt 6.

    Uber works great too.

    Drive from: Boston - 116 miles, 2.4 hours Providence - 120 miles, 2.5 hours Hartford - 205 miles, 3.5 hours New York City - 298 miles, 5 hours

  • The Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Co. offers daily round trip bus service from Boston’s South Station and the Hyannis transportation Center with connections to many other Regional bus routes throughout New England. You can take the Peter Pan line from Provincetown to Providence and NYC.

Once You’re Here

It’s festivals galore year-round in Provincetown.

Provincetown is vibrant, predominantly LGBTQ-owned, and accessible to all open-minded and kind people. It’s a magnet for lovers of life, artsy types, gallery-goers, fun-seekers and known for its diverse and colorful culture.  It’s the place where you let your guard and your hair down (all the way). It’s filled with great food, fun boutiques, quirky shops, wonderful whales, carefree nightspots and amazing festivals and events.

There’s also a quieter more contemplative side: awesome beaches, spectacular sunsets, the National Seashore, whale Watch adventures, hikes in the dunes, bike riding through Beech Forest or, if you simply enjoy people watching Commercial Street is the best entertainment money can’t buy.

The Gifford House will be hosting Special Events, Live Entertainment, and Dance Parties seven days a week during the season. Check our calendar above for an ever-evolving schedule of parties, performances and special occasions.

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