Tisbury (also known as Vineyard Haven) is the most active year-round community, partly because it is the only year-round ferry port on Martha’s Vineyard. Most Vineyard Haven shops and restaurants remain open in the winter, unlike those in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown, which rely more heavily on summer tourist trade. The village is the center of the town of Tisbury.
The first of the up-island towns, West Tisbury provides a gradual transition from the hustle of down-island to the bucolic tranquility of up-island. Although primarily rural, it still offers a variety of retail businesses along State Road. You can get away from it all in West Tisbury, Martha’s Vineyard’s traditional farming community. All the Vineyard takes its flora and fauna seriously…