WELLFLEET

Wellfleet is a true Art Gallery Town.  You can stroll through the village and enjoy the comprehensive collection of art on the Cape.  Saturday evening is gallery night and all are welcome to join the receptions and meet the artists.  Maps will be provided upon your arrival at the Inn.  There many good restaurants in the area and wonderful “Lobster in the Rough” restaurants – the way the Wampanoag taught the settlers how to eat nature’s treasures from the sea, the Clambake. 

In this small town, there is a charming mix of the invigorating past and exhilarating present, a comfortable blend of the old and the modern.  Galleries of handsome artwork stand now where barrel makers and sail lofts flourished; dramas are presented where fish used to be sold; and authentic general store still prospers where the train station stood in South Wellfleet.  Restaurants flourish in old oyster houses and in houses on the National Register.  Bars can be found in what were the borning rooms of small Cape Cod houses and even in an old Life Saving Station.

The fresh water ponds are a particular delight in Wellfleet.  Their tranquil surfaces shimmer in early sunlight, and their small sandy beaches echo with happiness in late afternoons as the shadows from the surrounding pines darken the water.  The combination of a day on a stimulating and expansive Back Shore beach, and a leisurely swim in the warm water of one of the kettle ponds is a special luxury that Wellfleet offers.

Seafood lovers gratefully pay homage to that brave soul who “first at an oyster” every time they down a dozen on the half-shell.  Wellfleet fishermen produce and harvest oysters famous throughout the world.  Taste for yourself at the restaurants and fish markets of Wellfleet.    Besides the Wellfleet Oyster restaurants in the area serve  “Lobster in the Rough” – the way the Wampanoag taught the settlers how to eat nature’s treasures from the sea, the Clambake.  Especially join the fun at the Fall Oyster Festival in October.

Marconi  Station Site – off Route 6, at the traffic light at Marconi Station area.  Here you will find high sand cliffs above the ocean and the history of Marconi and his wireless radio station.  Interpretive exhibit.  Observation platform.  Seasonal restrooms.  Access to Atlantic white Cedar Swamp Trail.

Atwood Higgins House – inquire at visitor centers for directions.  18^th century Cape houses (seasonally-scheduled free tours and open houses) accessed from true “back roads” to Bound Brook Island.  Caution:  Circuitous, narrow roads.  Limited parking.