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Also known as: America's Hometown
Plymouth is a historic, deeply foundational coastal town beautifully situated on Plymouth Bay along the rugged South Shore of Massachusetts. Established meticulously in 1620 by the Pilgrim passengers aboard the Mayflower, it stands as the legendary first permanent European settlement in New England and one of the oldest in the United States. Today, the town expertly preserves its deep-rooted seventeenth-century maritime heritage, successfully blending grand open-air living history museums with active commercial cranberry farming and a thriving modern coastal tourism economy.
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Suggested stay: 1–2 days
View the historic boulder monument at Plymouth Rock, step aboard the meticulously detailed full-scale replica ship Mayflower II, and immerse in seventeenth-century colonial life at Plimoth Patuxet Museums.
