travel42 Port Guide: Cape Cod

travel42 Professional Cruise Port of Call Review

This long, fishhook-shaped cape located 55 mi/90 km southeast of Boston is a haven for summer vacationers. It offers interesting shopping, museums, restaurants and the famed 40-mi/65-km Cape Cod National Seashore.

Many of the cape's towns have classic village greens and 18th-century houses with salt-spray roses tumbling over fences. Sand dunes, gray-shingled cottages, whale-watching and excellent fresh seafood add to the cape's allure. The cape's charm continues well into the fall (when the c...