ORLEANS

The town of Orleans is the only town on Cape Cod with a French name.  It is a great walking town with quaint clothes shops and wonderful galleries.   Orleans can also boast of some of the finest restaurants on Cape Cod, and they are all within five minutes of the Inn.  Rock Harbor has the largest deep sea fishing fleet on the Cape.  There they take you out, put on the bait, take you to some of the best fishing sites on Cape Cod Bay, and clean your catch.  Nothing like the fight of a Striped Bass or Bluefish!

French Cable Station Museum, Orleans

This is where the first transatlantic communications were made between Orleans and Brest, France, via a 3,000-mile underwater cable.  For a period of 50 years, the station received important news of the times, including Lindbergh’s landing in Paris in 1927 and the invasion of France by Germany in 1940.  The original working equi9pment is still in place.
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The 1833 Meeting House Museum, Orleans

It contains many interesting historical artifacts from the early days of Orleans.  It is located on the right to Nauset Beach on the corner of River Road.  508-240-0071

Rock Harbor, Orleans

Rock Harbor is the scene of a famous 1812 battle where Orleans militiamen turned back the British HMS Newcastle.  The dead trees at the harbor entrance mark the channel for the fishing fleet.