The hotel is by no means fancy. It's a basic, large American motel. Its best feature is its location. It's surrounded on three sides by water. It's near Herring Cove Beach, and the views of Proviencetown from its beach are stunning. The best place on the entire Cape to view a sunset is from the beach wall here at the inn.

The motel is a sprawling complex, with a pool in the center. A pool at a hotel in P'town is hard to find, and it's a nice selling feature here. There are 100 rooms, and many are different. The room rates run a wide range from $57 to $379 a night. The rates depend on room location and time of year. The hotel is open most of the year and only closes for 6 weeks after New Year's.

We have never stayed here, but have been to many of the family week functions here. The staff does an outstanding job feeding 300 hungry guests at these events. The food always is fresh and tasty, and the staff is friendly. Their events run smoothly. Judging by the events here, I would guess that the level of service one can expect here would be pretty good. They always seem to have enough staff on duty and everyone seems cheerful.

I have walked by rooms, which seem pretty basic. They look clean and of an average size. The rooms are exactly what you picture when you think about an American-style motel. The lobby too is pretty basic, but again comfortable. The motel is also home to the Provincetown Theater Company, which has theater productions all summer just off the lobby.

Okay, if this hotel was in another location, I would barely give it a second glance. There is nothing offensive about it, but it's not a place that will WOW you, except for one thing - the location! You can forgive a lot with a location and views like this! This is my vote for the best views in P'Town, if not the entire Cape.

The main thing I can say about the Provincetown Inn is LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION. It sure has it! This has to be the prime piece of real estate for a hotel in Cape Cod. The hotel is located at the far end of Commercial Street but is very walkable (or bike-able) into town. It sits at the very tip of the Cape and has some killer views from its grassy lawn in the back. On one view you can look and see the whole town and look the other way and you see the tip of the Cape and the quaint lighthouse. It's in a prime spot for tide pools and the kids loved going down and looking for critters when the tide was low.

The motel is a typical 1950s or 1960s low rise that frankly is uninteresting and uninspired. The lobby is dark and has the feel of a bad den from the 1960s with lots of browns, oranges, and yellows. The desk is little more than a hole in the wall. In the hall there are some cheesy murals of Cape Cod history painted on the walls. The motel does have a restaurant and comedy club and seems to be a popular hangout.

Not all places in Cape Cod have a pool, but this motel does have a good sized pool and also the beach, plus it's walkable to the big main beach, just a few blocks away.

I did not see a room close up, but we did walk by some. The rooms seem average. The room rate for in-season weekends range from $159.00 to $369.00. These rates seem pretty much inline for high season in P'Town. Also like anywhere on the cape, they offer some bargain basement prices for other times of the year.

We had a BBQ and a Fish Fry here. The BBQ was good, but the Fish Fry was outstanding. The staff did a great job and the food was delicious. I was surprised what a great job they did for so many people.

As far as looks, this would never be my first choice in P'Town, but if you are a location hound, you aren't going to get any better than this motel anywhere on the Cape!