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What to do in Harwich on a beautiful Cape Cod day

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Cape Cod Getaway

Harwich | America’s #2 Happiest Seaside Town   Harwich is a welcoming seaside village in central Cape Cod.  Beaches, Nature, and Cranberry bogs define the town.  Coastal Magazine voted Harwich as America’s #2 Happiest Seaside town and Country Living Magazine listed Harwich as one of the Top 25 Main Streets in the USA…for a reason. … [ READ MORE ]

Cape Cod Rainy Day Activities

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Cape Cod Rainy Day Activities

There is nothing like a rainy day on Cape Cod.  The smell of the sea, a little fog blowing in to soften the edges,  a cup of coffee next to a fire to start your day…for a rainy day it does not get much better.  Are you looking to stroll and shop or is a… [ READ MORE ]

Where Do You Find The Best Ice Cream On Cape Cod?

Simon Hunton -

We’re often posed the question “where is the best place for an ice-cream on Cape Cod?’ The first answer that springs to mind is “safely in hand as you sit with your feet up on a sandy beach looking out across the blue waters of Nantucket Sound” but that does of course miss out one… [ READ MORE ]

TOP 5 CAPE COD TRAVEL APPS (and they’re free!!)

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Time was that any self-respecting traveler would not set foot outside his or her home without a shopping bag full of free AAA maps, a suitcase weighed down with guide books from Frommers, Fodors, Rough Guide & Lonely Planet (because frankly you could never really decide which was the best), a list of emergency phrases… [ READ MORE ]

Cape Cod Vacation – Things To Do on Cape Cod

Simon Hunton -

As I write this the temperature gauge has finally peaked its mercurial head over the 50F mark and with the announcement that painting will start shortly on the Sagamore Bridge, I think it’s safe to announce that Spring 2013 has arrived on Cape Cod! An apt time therefore to share a few articles that give… [ READ MORE ]

Cape Cod Day Trip – Newport, RI

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The historic island city of Newport, Rhode Island is a mere 60 miles from Cape Cod so a comfortable distance for a day trip by car if you’re having a Cape Cod vacation at our boutique inn. The city is home to the highest number of colonial buildings in the US and, most famously, to… [ READ MORE ]

Cape Cod Bed and Breakfast

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We celebrated the end of our 2012 Cape Cod Bed and Breakfast season with a sold-out New Year’s Day champagne brunch for our guests at The Platinum Pebble. First order of business was a safety roll-call to make sure that the previous night’s revelry hadn’t resulted  in any guests, with temporarily impaired faculties, deciding that… [ READ MORE ]

The Revitalization of Historic Dennisport Village

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Our Cape Cod Bed and Breakfast, The Platinum Pebble, is fortunate to be nestled between two of Cape Cod’s prettiest villages, Harwichport and Dennisport. After many years of neglect the winds of fortune have now shifted for the historic seaside village of Dennisport on Cape Cod. In the 19th century Dennisport stood tall as a bustling… [ READ MORE ]