Take a step back in time to a small island with a small town feel. With no highways, no stoplights, no chain stores and no country clubs, Block Island is a year-round and vacation community that is as relaxing as it is unpretentious and friendly. Named one of the last great places in the western hemisphere by the Nature Conservancy, the island offers amazing beaches, beautiful cliff views, miles of walking trails and a historic downtown of made up of local businesses. Whether you want to fish, surf, paint, write or even farm, this is the laid back place to do it in peace.