Fishing Salem

Stop at quaint villages settled in the early to mid-1600s: Salem, Gloucester, Rockport, and Essex. Learn about famous personages like Cotton Mather of the witchcraft trials in 1692 where twenty locals met their fate. Learn about the history of trade, and fishing including the tragic story of the Andrea Gail, the fishing vessel that left from Gloucester in search of swordfish on a glass sea which inspired the book/movie "The Perfect Storm." Walk Bearskin Neck in Rockport -- with 35 artist galleries -- and snap a photo of Eastern Point Lighthouse and the fishing shack Motif 1.

Tour Highlights Escorted tour with an experienced tour guide House of Seven Gables – admission included Salem Maritime National Historic Site Gloucester Fishermen's Memorial Fishermen’s Wharf Eastern Point Lighthouse Rockport’s Artist Colony at Bearskin Neck