Visit Cape Cod, Massachusetts for your next family vacation, weekend escape or mid-week getaway. Explore our 15 distinctive towns, arts & culture, quaint shops, wooded bicycle paths, plentiful events & festivals, and endless array of land and sea activities. Visit countless historic sites and landmarks, each telling the proud role that Cape Cod has played in American history.
Cape Cod’s beaches are considered among the best in the world, especially those along the Cape Cod National Seashore, a 40-mile stretch of unspoiled sandy beach in Outer Cape Cod. With 559.6 miles of unspoiled coastline, Cape Cod offers many beautiful sandy beaches for you to enjoy, whether you just feel like relaxing, or trying your hand at windsurfing, sailing, or surfing!
A Cat Boat plying the sheltered waters of Pleasant Bay. A guided kayak excursion in Nauset Marsh. A sleek pleasure yacht anchored off the Elizabeth Islands. An offshore fishing boat steaming to the canyons. Boating on the waters that surround Cape Cod is why many visit, and why many stay. The boating industry is one of the economic mainstays on Cape Cod and has been at the heart of the Cape's economy for hundreds of years.
For saltwater fishing, or freshwater fishing, Cape Cod is hard to beat. Whether it’s surf-casting for Striped Bass (Stripers) and Bluefish, or fly-fishing for Trout and Largemouth Bass, the Cape can satisfy the most demanding angler. Cape Cod is well known for its world-class salt water fishing. Striped bass, Bluefish, Fluke, Flounder, Tautog, Mackerel, Baneito, and even Blue fin Tuna all prowl Cape Cod waters during the Spring, Summer, and Fall. What is lesser known is the great freshwater fishing here on Cape Cod. With its 365 ponds and lakes Cape Cod has an abundance of opportunities for anglers of all skill levels!
There are few areas in the world that can rival Cape Cod when it comes to quality golf. From those who are just beginning the quest of playing golf to the more experienced player, Cape Cod's 27 public, daily-fee golf courses and 15 private facilities run the gamut of skill levels with courses that are pristine, scenic, challenging and fun. An added bonus is that the region’s temperate climate allows golfers the unique opportunity to play almost 52 weeks a year! Cape Cod is a golf experience that you won't soon forget.
From historic Sandwich to the Provincetown artists’ colony, Cape Cod’s towns and villages offer art galleries, studios, artisans’ shops and museums for you to explore. Join us for dramas and musicals at a number of performing arts venues, or take in a show at the Cape Playhouse, America’s oldest professional summer theater. And when it comes to great music, allow us to toot our own horn. From the world-class Cape Symphony to a jumpin’ jazz scene, from cozy coffeehouses to the glorious harmonies of the Chatham Chorale, there is music in the air across Cape Cod.
We all need a little Cape Cod, now more than ever! Come to Cape Cod to let yourself go and let it capture yourheart.