My wife and I recently stayed at the Wauwinet for three nights on our first trip to Nantucket, and we had a very positive experience. The Wauwinet is a small luxury inn that really impressed us with its good sense of place, warm and thoughtful service, and generally lovely décor and views. Although it is isolated from most of Nantucket, staying at the Wauwinet is tranquil and upscale. Location: We’ve wanted to visit Nantucket for many years, and a lot of the information I read pointed to the Wauwinet as being one of the most luxurious hotels on the island, with the only con being its location 9 miles from town on narrow, winding roads (an approximately 20-minute drive). The hotel really is out on its own at the very end of the paved road, and we received advice not to stay there for our first trip to Nantucket. Despite this, as we looked at hotels, we just never quite found another hotel that we liked as much as the Wauwinet. It ultimately was a good choice, but I do certainly see the benefit of staying in town, especially on a first trip to the island. You simply can’t beat the convenience of walking right out of your hotel and having all of the dining and shopping at your fingertips. However, for a more serene experience with grounds overlooking the water and its own beaches, you can’t really beat the Wauwinet. I did appreciate that the hotel does its best to minimize difficulty caused by its location, such as by offering a free shuttle to town, which drops off and picks up guests outside the tourist information office. The shuttle also stops closer to the ferry docks as well. The shuttle leaves the hotel half past the hour starting at 9:30 am, and then leaves to return to the hotel at the top of every hour, with 11:00 pm being the last trip back from town. The shuttle was comfortable and the drivers were wonderful and friendly every time we used it. We took the shuttle when we could, but the timing didn’t always quite work for us, particularly when trying to get to town for specific meal reservation times. In my ideal world, the shuttle would depart the hotel every half hour to be the most useful. We ended up choosing to Uber instead when the times didn’t quite work, or when we wanted to go elsewhere on the island. I also believe there is a boat transfer into town, but it was too early in the season for that to be offered when we visited in early June. Ubers are pretty reliable on Nantucket, but they can take a while to get to the hotel since it’s isolated, and we had a couple of issues where drivers would cancel once they realized where we were located. We found that Ubers were usually around $30 each way to town or the airport, and slightly less to Sconset. Another transportation option the hotel offers that isn’t well publicized is a complimentary BMW X5 that guests can check out for a half-day period. We never saw anything about this before our stay, but the staff mentioned it at check-in. My understanding is that the car can’t be r