Falmouth, Cape Cod

The second largest town on Cape Cod, Falmouth, Massachusetts is a commercial hub, yet its Main Street business district retains its small town atmosphere.

Lined with marinas and home to a summer island ferry, Falmouth Inner Harbor has waterfront restaurants where one can enjoy fine food and watch the passing nautical parade.

Lovely old homes and an 1856 church surround the nearby Village Green, a former militia training field during the 18th century.

Falmouth’s eight villages, with more than a dozen harbors and miles of public beaches, possess the most coastline of any Cape town. The seaside village of Woods Hole, home to a Coast Guard Station and the famed Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Marine Biological Laboratory, is also the departure point for island ferries.

Woods Hole

Especially charming is the village of Woods Hole, in Falmouth inner harbor.  Woods Hole has long been the gateway to Martha's Vineyard.  This salty, strolling village is charming and bustling with life in the summer.  Woods Hole is unique to Cape Cod in that it is both easily walkable and waterfront.  Walk through this small village will reveal great eating places, waterfront dining, unique shops, galleries, museums, educational institutions and attractions, beautiful gardens and incredibly scenic vistas.

Woods Hole bustles with visitors, shoppers, scientists, residents, and passengers waiting for the next ferry to the island of Martha's Vineyard.

Woods Hole is unique in that it is a traditional fishing village which is also the hub of oceanic scientific research in the globe.  Woods Hole is home to world renowned scientific institutions and other educational establishments.

 

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