From their quaint porches to their often-enchanting surroundings, there is just so much to love about a cottage. Let us count the ways All photos from our friends at Porch.com. A beautiful cottage often has an even more-beautiful garden. Surrounded by the old-fashioned New England cottages along Buzzards Bay on Cape Cod, Sea Crest Beach Hotel is fresh off a $15 million renovation of its 263 rooms and suites. Hit the area’s Shining Sea bike trail with the hotel’s fall bike package This is the side of the house as seen from the entry court. "The house tiers up and away from you; so from here it looks deceptively like a little one-story cottage," Bubnowski says. The first room you enter has a large surfboard closet, which sets the .

