May 23 - 25, 2015 (3D2N): Perfect idea for a long weekend getaway from NYC!  We started by visiting our friends in Boston.  The itinerary below focuses on the best cities in Cape Cod to visit per my research.

*Highly Recommended

Day 1

• Depart for Boston (4 hr drive)

• Lunch with friends @ Alive & Kicking Lobsters*

• Tour around MIT (the Dome) & Harvard (Widener library)

• Drive to Sandwich (1:30 hr drive):

  • Hoxie House* (photo only; opens in June)

  • Dexter Gristmill (photo only; opens in June)

  • Town's artesian well (adjacent to the mill)

  • Sandwich Boardwalk* (Boardwalk Road off Jarves Street)

• Check-in @ Commodore Inn Resort*

• Dinner @ Skippers* @ South Yarmouth

Day 2

• Cape Cod Lavender Farm @ Harwich

• Visit Chatham:

  • Chatham Railroad Museum (photo only)

  • Chatham Windmill

  • Chatham Lighthouse

  • Chatham beach*

  • Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge*

  • Lunch @ Chatham Pier Fish Market* (sit by the beach and hang out with seals)

  • Walk along Main street (googlemap Chatham Candy manor)

• Drive to Eastham:

  • Check-in @ FourPoint by Sheraton Eastham Cape Cod

  • National Seashore – Salt Pond Visitor Center @ Eastham

  • Nauset Lighthouse (lighthouse featured on Cap Cod chips)

  • Three Sisters Lighthouses

• Nauset beach @ Orleans

• Dinner @ Arnold’s*

Day 3

• Provincetown (30mins drive; parking @ Conwell & Bradford $8/day)

  • Dolphin Fleet whale watch* (3hr duration; ~$44) @ MacMillan Wharf

  • Pilgrim Monument & museum (9am-7pm; $12)

  • Walk around Commercial Street

  • Lunch @ The Canteen

  • Portuguese Bakery @ 299 Commercial St. (get malasadas)

  • Province Lands Visitor Center* for sand dune & last spot on the National Seashore

Tips

• While Route 6 is the fast highway, Route 6A to the north of that is extremely pretty and passes through lovely villages and near beaches and coves and wetlands. It is called the Old King's Highway.

• There are some seafood shacks along the route going up to Provincetown.