Summer Pilgrimages: Five Tried-and-True Women’s Destinations That Still Inspire

Are you looking for a summer travel destination that has more to offer than salt water taffy and $20 silk screened tees? Here are our top five summer travel spots for the girls. 

Provincetown, Massachusetts

Are you looking for a summer travel destination that has more to offer than salt water taffy and $20 silk screened tees? Here are our top five summer travel spots for the girls. 

Provincetown, Massachusetts

First reached by the Pilgrims in 1620, Provincetown has been attracting visitors for nearly 400 years with its breathtaking beachscapes and one-of-a-kind mix of restorative solitude and cosmopolitan community. The modern gay history of P-town, as fans the world over affectionately call this former fishing village at the tip of Cape Cod, began in the early 20th century with the establishment of a thriving colony for artists, poets, playwrights, and radicals. Today, with a 90-minute fast ferry connection to Boston, this New England classic continues to draw adventurers in search of natural beauty, vigorous outdoor activities, peaceful reflection, and happening culture and cuisine. A multi-seasonal roster of special events caters to singles, women of color and families.

Michfest

Fed up with shouting matches about birth control mandates and mothers working outside the home? The Michigan Womyn's Music Festival offers your back-to-the-land escape from the noise of the culture wars. Michfest, as the regulars call it, takes place each August on the Land, a parcel of feminist perfection near Hart, Mich. Entirely built, staffed and operated by women, the largest and largest-running festival for “women born women” offers music, workshops, culture, and community. Worth the once-in-a-lifetime journey, although many first-time attendees have been known to become lifers.

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