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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #1 of 27 attractions in Gloucester
Attraction type: Group tour/boat
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #2 of 27 attractions in Gloucester
Attraction type: History museum; Art gallery; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #3 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

"Thar she blows" is a common greeting on this whale-watching tour, that combines lectures from experts along with guaranteed sightings of these magnificent leviathans of the deep.

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

Also called the Beauport Sleeper-McAnn House, this fantasy mansion of more than 40 rooms is perched on the rocks overlooking Gloucester Harbor.

Attraction type: Museum; Historic home; History museum
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #5 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

7 Seas Whale Watch has been leading Gloucester whale watching tours for over 26 years. We are located on Cape Ann, just a forty-five minute drive north of Boston, in the heart of historic downtown Gloucester, MA.

Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #6 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

Hammond castle was built by John Hays Hammond Jr. inventor of the remote control. The castle is a place to house a unique collection of medieval artifacts. In fact, the building itself contains a...

Attraction type: Historic home; Art gallery; Castle; History museum; Other
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

Good Harbor Beach is one of the most beautiful beaches on the north shore and has a large expanse of groomed sand and clean water.  Somehow the water seems warmer here than it does at nearby beaches...

Attraction type: Beach
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #8 of 27 attractions in Gloucester
Attraction type: Monument
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 27 attractions in Gloucester
Attraction type: Tour
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

This hangout for Gloucester's locals was the bar frequented by the ill-fated fishermen of "The Perfect Storm."

Attraction type: Bar/club
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #11 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

Serving as a guide to ships entering the scenic and commercial Gloucester harbor from the Atlantic Ocean, this 36-foot tall cylindrical brick tower was built in 1832 and automated in 1986.

Attraction type: Lighthouse
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #12 of 27 attractions in Gloucester
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #13 of 27 attractions in Gloucester
Attraction type: Street
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #14 of 27 attractions in Gloucester
Attraction type: Art gallery
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #15 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

This Gloucester trail runs through quarries and woods.

Attraction type: Trail
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TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #16 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

Rocky Neck Art colony is a charming artists colony located in Gloucester, MA, north of Boston.  It is the oldest working artist colony in the United States.  It came to prominence in the 1840's and...

Attraction type: Neighbourhood; Landmark/point of interest
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #17 of 27 attractions in Gloucester

This small park overlooking Gloucester harbor marks the spot where the area was first settled in the early 1600s.

Attraction type: Park
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Home of equal rights activist Judith Sargent Murray and her husband, Rev. John Murray, a founder of Universalism in America.

Attraction type: Historic home
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Downtown working-class section of Gloucester.

Attraction type: Town centre/square/plaza
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This gallery in the Rocky Neck Art Colony offers distinctive artwork.

Attraction type: Art gallery
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