Concierge.com's insider take:

When you want to truly get away from it all, the Wauwinet—on the island's northeast tip, half an island's distance from the bustle of town and surrounded by 26 miles of beaches—is the place to be. For every guest, there are two staffers who pride themselves on remembering your name and keep quite busy bringing extra towels, plopping more ice in G&Ts, planning nature tours to nearby wilderness preserves, and arranging water taxis to a private beach. The 28 rooms and six cottages have a tasteful country look—floral prints, Pratesi linens, lots of wicker and pine. (Room 105 is the biggest, although room 302, with its wall of windows overlooking the bay, is the best; most first-floor rooms have private decks.) As at many Nantucket hotels, some rooms are surprisingly small. Luckily, the center of life here is the rolling main lawn set with comfortable cushioned wicker chaises and the cell phone–free sand beach just beyond. The day starts with breakfast at Topper's restaurant (try the lobster frittata and just-made apricot biscuits); the Spa by the Sea's menu includes locally inspired treatments such as a cranberry-crush body scrub, and a caviar facial.

Open early May through late October.