Ruggie’s Breakfast & Lunch (707 Main St., Harwich, 508-432-0625) is a local favorite for omelets and breakfast sandwiches. Just around the corner, the Harwich Historical Society’s Brooks Academy Museum (80 Parallel St., Harwich, 508-432-8089) last year opened the reconstructed Elmer Crowell Barn. Crowell (rhymes with “roll”), who died in 1952, was one of the all-time master…
Falmouth’s triangular Town Green is one of the prettiest on Cape Cod, surrounded by one-time homes of well-to-do merchants and sea captains. Main Street also has some of the Cape’s best clothing shopping, including the home-grown chain Puritan Cape Cod (199 Main St., 508-548-0116) and the chic Maxwell & Co. (200 Main St., 508-540-8752). …
A perfect day in Eastham is a day in and near the water. Known by drivers as the place where Cape Cod turns north and the speed limit drops to a radar-enforced 40mph, most of Eastham east of Rte. 6 falls into the Cape Cod National Seashore. Start at the Seashore’s Salt Pond Visitor…
Just about dead center on Cape Cod, the Town of Dennis spans the width of the peninsula with 16 beaches distributed between tranquil Cape Cod Bay on the north side and the lapping waves of Nantucket Sound to the south. A perfect day in Dennis starts with surveying the north shore from Scargo Tower (Scargo…
Bring your camera and your wallet. Chatham has one of the most idiosyncratic shopping districts on Cape Cod. The nostalgia-packed Ben Franklin Store (631 Main St., Chatham, 508-945-0655) echoes the five-and-dimes of yesteryear. For more than 20 years, artist Jenny Bovey has been translating ink prints of local fish into clothing at Blue Water Fish…
Brewster’s eight beaches on Cape Cod Bay are so shallow and so gradual that you can walk out nearly a mile at low tide—and wade nearly that far at high tide. A Perfect Day in In Brewster starts at Breakwater Beach (off Breakwater Rd.). If the tide is out, you can explore tidal pools for…
There are 15 towns in Barnstable County, which covers all of Cape Cod, from the Bourne Bridge, to the tip of Falmouth to the stone jetty in Provincetown, and there are 15 weekends between Memorial Day and Labor Day. What a coincidence! A Perfect Day In Bourne starts right in the village. The villages…
There are 15 towns in Barnstable County, which covers all of Cape Cod, from the Bourne Bridge, to the tip of Falmouth to the stone jetty in Provincetown, and there are 15 weekends between Memorial Day and Labor Day. What a coincidence! With villages ranging from rustic West Barnstable to busy Hyannis, the Town of…
I know it is frustrating out there. The economy is down & so many people need shelters. Emotions are up & down & sideways.There is a Potential Year Round Tenants Rental Protocol available. There is a huge demand & no supply for Year Round rentals on Cape Cod & investors are no longer buying rental properties. As a rental…
Plan ahead to take it all in. In Chatham, for example, you can take a seal tour, charter a fishing boat, tour the Chatham Lighthouse (above) or sunbath at Chatham Light Beach (above) all in the same trip. It is never too early to start planning your Cape Cod vacation, and – to be honest…
