AN ABSOLUTELY MUST DO! A FREE EVENT & FREE PARKING! Yarmouth Sand Sculpting Trail is a series of 32…read moreBeautiful & Artistic Sand Sculptures scattered all over Yarmouth in Cape Cod MA. Go see a couple or go on a quest to visit all 32 of them. The Sand Sculpting Trail is celebrating its 11th year in 2022. The Trail will be open from Memorial Day until Mid October. This is both a Summer & Fall Fun Event on the Cape. They also have a Photo Contest here too. This is a great way to see some great Outdoor Artwork & get to see & try some of the local businesses too. There's big & small Mom & Pop businesses from Ice cream & Candy Shops to Golf Courses, Restaurants Regional Banks & even Dunkin Donuts all have Sand Sculptures in front of their businesses. You can get a hard copy of where each place is located at the Visitors Bureau or just download a map on their website. Who are the Artists? Fitzy Snowman Sculpting is a nationally recognized business that is Massachusetts based & provides unique art experiences. They are best known for creating: The Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival & The Yarmouth Sand Sculpting Trail & others. Here!s the list of all 32 Sand Sculpture Sites. 1. Cape Sands Inn 2. The Cove at Yarmouth 3. Bellew Tile and Marble 4.Instant Karma 5. Route 28 Visitor Center 6. The Music Room 7. Cape Cod Irish Village 8. Seaside Cottages 9. Blue Water Resort 10. Caffé Gelato Bertini 11. Candy Co. 12. The Pancake Man 13. Dunkin' Donuts Route 28 14. Seafood Sams 15. Yarmouth Town Hall 16. John G. Sears and Son Inc. 17. Cultural Center of Cape Cod 18. Cape Cod Creamery 19. Hearth 'n Kettle Restaurant 20. Bass River Golf Course 21. Y-D Red Sox (Wilson Field) 22. Ocean Tailors 23. Rockland Trust 24. Dunkin', Station Avenue 25. Cape Cod Five 26. Today Real Estate 27. Bayberry Hills Golf Course 28. Kinlin Grover Compass 29. Strawberry Lane (Route 6A) 30. The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod 31. Just Picked Gifts 32. Route 6 Visitor Center Happy Sandy Trails to You! It used to be, you had to have Mega Bucks & be really Rich to have the Good Life, not anymore. The Game has changed. You've been Upgraded. Now You Can Live Like a King on a Limited Budget!

We had fun driving around seeing what the sculptures were. We were doing it on a rainy day so at…read moresome points couldnt get out of car to get pictures. Took 6 weeks for a couple to come and do these. Some sculptures were 3 ton of sand , some were 5 and one was 15ton! It was special and brought in from New Hampshire. Cuffy's on RT 28 had three inside their place of business so you could really see them up close. Each business designed and paid for them. Dunkin doughnuts ofcourse was a cup of coffee with his hand around a doughnut! After the sculpture is finished they take elmers glue and water and spray the entire surface to keep the sculptures intact.

You don't have to drive out-of-your-way for this spot but if you're in the area, this is worth a…read morebrief stop. You get a nice view of Scargo Lake and further down, Cape Cod Bay. The day I went, it was a little overcast, so seeing beyond the lake was a little harder but I got to see the bay. The stairway and the facilities seem to be in good order and the structure seemed pretty safe.

"Local Favor"? Wrong category. Regardless, super neat spot in the heart of Dennis. Gorgeous,…read moreexpansive views of Scargo Lake with Cape Cod Bay in the distance. It's a trek up the stairs and down again - multiple older and disabled individuals attempting to traverse the spiral staircase did have difficulty, however, it's worth it to make it to the top!

We love Smith Heights! Have been going there for 23 years. So peaceful and quiet. Totally relax…read morewith the serenity of the beautiful nature surrounding you. The kayaks going by, quiet boats...the view of the Town Cove and the Atlantic right from your porch. Love to walk to Fort Hill for our hike. Duane, Joyce and Amanda wonderful hosts. Have been there in June, July, Sept and October....all fabulous. You won't be disappointed. We look forward to this every year!

We have been staying at Smith Heights Cottages for almost 40 years. We love the quaint charm of…read morethese turn of the century cottages. Our favorite spot is sitting in the caned rocking chairs on the screened in porch and looking out over Town Cove and out to Coast Guard Beach. Another favorite is an early morning walk or jog to Fort Hill. And, if you are awake at 5:30 am the sunrises are breathtaking.

Orleans is my favorite go-to vacation spot! I've been coming here every year of my life and keep…read morecoming back, often several times per year. There really is no bad time to visit. Most people like the summer months when the weather is great and all of the restaurants and shops are open. We do too, but the off-season months are great too! Many places are closed from Sept. thru May and the weather gets ice-cold in the dead of winter. But the natural beauty of this place is unique regardless of the season. There are few things better than coming up here when it's bone-chillingly cold to hibernate with a few good books and venture out for lunch or dinner. Orleans has been and will continue to be a regular spot for me and mines! Booyakasha!!!

bomb ass ice cream bomb ass sweets felt hella fat after eating there but was hella worth it because…read moreit was good as hell

Great place to pick up tasty souvenirs of Cape Cod. The ice cream is delicious even though the…read moreserving sizes are skimpy. The "penny" candy isn't close to a penny but it is nice to have a candy shop back in Harwich Port. I miss the old penny candy store that used to be next to the movie theater!

Nice garden to sit in and have my morning coffee. Tranquil and beautiful. Birds singing. I saw…read moreinside they had a yoga class the other day. Looks like a great place but check out the sweet garden next to it.

Cool doors weddings…read moreand strange art The Wellfleet Preservation Hall is a recently restored one hundred year old very cool building located right in the heart of Wellfleet. Air conditioned with a large main hall and several additional rooms, the building is available for weddings, birthdays. parties or any special occasion. The main hall is named the Simone Reagor Hall and has beautiful woodwork, stained glass windows and gorgeous chandeliers. The entrance the main hall is through two elaborate and medieval looking doors that are just stunning and worth a long and careful look. Throughout the building strange and very bizarre artwork of a religious theme hangs off the walls and ceilings. The back of the hall has a lovely garden and yard for outdoor activities. The Preservation Hall was once the Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic Church. Now it is a very cool, unique and pleasantly strange place that also offers convenience and modern amenities. A special place for a special occasion.

I love Woods Hole as you can see from my other reviews. I have lived near there in the past and…read morelove to visit when I can and always learn something new there. This time it was about their new parking system which is inflicted on them by the Town of Falmouth who has the right to do it as Woods Hole is technically a village within Falmouth. Historically, Woods Hole's metered parking has been quite independent. So I blame this conversion on Falmouth, not Woods Hole. Their new parking system (digital electronic) requires inputting your license plate when you park in a legal space along Water Street as well as any of the residential and nonresidential side streets. In the past, and I mean for many decades, it was a "find a space and pay" with manual meters. You could visit and stay as long as you wished should you have plans for an early day meal and shopping and then return later in the day for another meal. No more! You can only have a paid visit with a maximum total of 3 hours in the entire day, even if the second trip is located on a different block of the town. We learned that when we tried to pay during our one day here to be in 2 segments such as I described. However, it would not allow us to pay a second time. Luckily for us it was close to 6pm which is when the pay day ends. Luckily we did not get a ticket as we had reservations at one of our special restaurants. Later, I spoke to Falmouth Parking office staff about the policy and I asked why they changed. They thought it was a better system to move people along. Even with spending hundreds of dollars in local shops that day, they did not think it should be altered for convenience of the visitor. They "suggested" that the alternative was to park over in Falmouth Heights, miles away, and find a place eat there for the second meal. I did not fly from Colorado to eat in that area, I came for Water Street eateries and shops in Woods Hole. Watch your meter and plan around this policy. Go back for a second stint if needed after 6pm. The good parts of the visit that day, in addition to shopping and eating brunch at Pie In The Sky, a longtime favorite, was investigating all of the educational displays in town for the anniversary of the first lab, WHOI. Much of it is world famous, the Alvin deep diving submarine capsule and all the shipboard research they do. The sunset over Eel Pond is classic. We did that after dinner at our favorite fresh seafood restaurant, Shuckers. We had made reservations earlier that day when we walked by on the way to the car and we saw the "2 full lobster meal" special. We also watched the ferries and research vessels arrive and depart from the docks. We noticed that another restaurant is still not open all week, just the 5 busiest days, so we missed it on this trip. And sadly one of our long time favorite eatery spaces has still not found a reliable occupant since before the pandemic. But "in the old days" it was a charming seafood place right on the water. It was a pizza place when it reopened but closed again a couple of years ago. It's still a wonderful town to visit for so many reasons. And for the first time ever, we did not see the drawbridge on Water St operate a single time.

I was unfortunately only a short time in Woods Hole. It's an interesting city, mix of both new and…read moreold. Small town feel but cutting edge. It's home to a lot of different scientific institutes including Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Marine Biological Laboratory, the Woods Hole Research Center, NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center (which started the Woods Hole scientific community in 1871), the Woods Hole Science Aquarium, a USGS coastal and marine geology center, and the home campus of the Sea Education Association. The views like in most towns I visited on my vacation is spectacular, another wonderful little stop in my trip thru Cape Cod.

AN ABSOLUTELY MUST DO! CHATHAM HAS EVERYTHING YOU THINK ABOUT WHEN YOU CONJUR UP IMAGES OF OLD CAPE…read moreCOD. It is a quaint beautiful little town on the water that inspires people with its artistic natural beauty. This is A Painter's Paradise. You'll soak up the Cape Cod Lifestyle From shopping in unique shops, boutiques & restaurants or just meandering Main Street with an ice cream or some home made chocolates from The Candy Manor. In the summer You'll see people singing and playing their instruments on the street. You Can check out their Gazebo that houses The Chatham Band. There's Free Parking here in many lots. After your stroll, you have to see the old CHATHAM LIGHTHOUSE & THE BEAUTIFUL SANDY BEACHES! WOW!!!! Chatham has its own little airport & a great restaurant called Hanger B. You can go for a Bi-Plane Ride & see Cape Cod like you've never seen it before. The weekend before Father's Day they have an open house nicknamed Planes, Trains & Automobiles with a great collection of cars & planes. Even the Military shows up to display their vehicles. Don't Forget about their Free Summer Concerts here. This is an annual tradition here in Chatham since 1932- Yup 86 Years. They start the season on June 29th at 8 PM and play every Friday night until August 31st at Kate Gould Park. Thousands & Thousands of people have seen the concerts over the years. The Travel Channel has featured Chatham in it's segment called "10 Great Small Towns for Big Vacations". Chatham is Naturally Beautiful Laid Back & you can Chill-Ax to Old School Cape Cod. It used to be, you had to have mega bucks & be really rich to have the Good Life, not anymore. The Game has changed. You've been Upgraded. Now You Can Live Like a King on a Limited Budget!

Great spot all that Cape Cod was in my mind you can experience in Chatham. People…read morewere friendly and helpful with suggestions to see while here.