Getting to Cape Cod: Boston is the nearest large city to Cape Cod.
Air service reaches Boston from other major hubs and cities. Rental cars are available at the airport.
From Boston take Route 93 to Route 3 and after 60 miles, cross the Cape Cod Canal. Continue on
Route 6 for all locations on Cape Cod or go to Route 6A for the slower scenic route through the villages.
Routes 6 and 6A join in Orleans and go to the tip of Cape Cod.
Several small commuter airlines serve Hyannis Airport and Provincetown Airport on Cape Cod from
Boston, Providence, and New Bedford. Cape Air, US Airways Express, and Linear Air (Hanscom Field
Bedford Ma)
Bus service is available from Boston and from Logan Airport. Plymouth and Brockton, Logan Direct
serves Hyannis
Bonanza Bus Lines serves Bourne, Falmouth, and the Wood's Hole ferry from Logan Airport
Passenger Boats leave daily from Boston to the tip of Cape Cod (May -September) at Provincetown.
Bicycles can go aboard.
A fast cat boat and a slower conventional passenger boat make trips from Boston. Bicycles permitted
A passenger boat makes a daily run from Plymouth, MA to Provincetown.
Planning a Cape
Cod Sightseeing
vacation can be
easier if you
divide Cape Cod
into four
sections: Upper
Cape, Mid
Cape, Lower
Cape, and Outer
Cape.
Each has its
unique features
your choice will
depend on how
you like to spend
your vacation.
Cape Cod sightseers visiting the Mid Cape and Lower Cape will find that it offers a good mix
of golfing, nature preserves, bike trails and beaches,
Sightseeing on the Outer Cape will offer the nature lover a solitude that prompted Henry David
Thoreau to visit several times and write a Journal, about his sightseeing on Cape Cod that is
now available as "Cape Cod"
Cape Cod Sightseeing on the upper Cape takes you through villages settled by the sons and
daughters of the 1620 Pilgrims from England. The upper Cape can offer tons of history including
the oldest house on the Cape, the Hoxie House pictured above, along with its dunes and
beaches.
Cape Cod Sightseeing can be easier if you divide Cape Cod into four
sections: Upper Cape, Mid Cape, Lower Cape, and Outer Cape for
convenience, All are part of a sandy terminal moraine that is full of history
and natural beauty but they differ in many ways and offer the traveler a
varied selection that will keep the Cape Cod vacation interesting.
Cape Cod Sightseeing, Divide Cape Cod, Upper Cape, Mid Cape, Lower
Cape, Outer Cape
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The early shuttle from the hotel to the airline terminal will allow you to book an early flight and save
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rate for extra days. . Cruise passengers can take advantage of these deals also at some hotels. See
Free Airport Parking link below for Park Sleep Fly, they have detailed information about the hotels
including photos
Convenient free airport parking with a one night hotel stay could save you money on an early flight
and could enhance your experience. You will also save on transportation to the airport, and save
money on less expensive early flight tickets with a hotel stay near the airport
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Cape Cod Sightseeing is easier when you divide Cape Cod
into Upper Cape, Mid Cape, Lower Cape, and Outer Cape
Cod. The four sections of the sandy peninsula that juts into
the Atlantic are different and offer varied sightseeing,
beaches, history museums, art colonies, and antique galleries.
Cape Cod Sightseeing can be better planned if you
divide Cape Cod into Upper Cape, Mid Cape, Lower
Cape, and Outer Cape Cod. These four sections of the
peninsula that is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean will
each offer great beaches, Rail Trail biking, history
museums, art galleries, antique shopping, and nature
walks on beaches such as Skaket Beach, Orleans,
pictured above.
Cape Cod Sightseeing
Upper Cape, biking
Shining Sea Bikeway,
Woods Hole.
Fifteen large towns and many small villages make up the sandy moraine that juts into the Atlantic Ocean
60 miles south of Boston that was named by explorers in 1607 Cape Cod because of the abundant fish..
Upper Cape: Along the Cape Cod Canal, the towns of Bourne, Falmouth, Mashpee, and Sandwich define
the upper Cape
Mid Cape includes Barnstable, Hyanis, Yarmouth, and Dennis. The mid Cap is where you will find Hyannis
Airport
Lower Cape includes Brewster, Harwich, Orleans and Chatham.
Outer Cape includes Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro, and Provincetown.