Riverview Resort is a 44-suite, condo-style retreat set right on the banks of Bass River in South Yarmouth, on Cape Cod’s Mid-Cape. Studio, one-bedroom, and two-bedroom suites come with kitchenettes, so couples and families can cook in and spread out instead of squeezing into a single hotel room. The property keeps its heated indoor pool and hot tub open every season, plus a fitness center and a recreation room stocked with billiards and arcade games. Out back, a private marina and a grassy waterfront lawn dotted with Adirondack chairs give guests a front-row seat to the tidal current and passing boats.

Riverview’s central South Yarmouth address puts most of the peninsula within an easy drive. Bass River Beach and Seagull Beach sit two to three miles south on warm Nantucket Sound, while Hyannis is about twelve minutes away for Main Street shopping, the JFK Museum, and ferries to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard. Riders can pick up the Cape Cod Rail Trail in minutes, and day trips reach Chatham Lighthouse and its harbor seals, Nauset Beach along the National Seashore, and the galleries and dunes of Provincetown at the tip.