Harwich, Cape Cod

The villages of Harwich, Massachusetts lie along the waters of Nantucket Sound and reach all the way east to Pleasant Bay.

Harwichport is the town’s most charming spot; its picture-perfect Wychmere Harbor is a favorite for photographers.

Harwich Center, which lies inland, is a quiet and almost isolated village. Only a few stores, including an old-fashioned hardware store and friendly coffee shop, are among the pristine structures of this historic district.

Though no longer host to a thriving fishing industry, Harwich is today one of the most productive cranberry areas on the Cape with many well-maintained bogs scattered throughout the town. The town’s annual Cranberry Festival in autumn celebrates the prosperity of that tart little berry.