1. Truro Center For The Arts At Castle Hill
City: Truro, MA
Category: Education
Telephone: (508) 349-7511
Address: 10 Meetinghouse Rd.
Description: One of the Lower Cape’s most respected nonprofit educational institutions, Castle Hill has for more than 30 years offered classes with instructors who are both talented and distinguished. Housed in an 1880s barn with an adjacent windmill that contains the school’s administrative offices, this unusual school offers a full range of courses in painting, sculpture, printmaking, pottery, poetry, playwriting, and fiction. Course offerings vary from year to year, but are always interesting and challenging. There are classes for children, a lecture series, and artist receptions.
2. Duarte/Downey Real Estate Agency
City: Truro, MA
Category: Relocation
Telephone: (508) 349-7588
Address: 12 Truro Center Rd.
Description: This Truro real estate agency first opened its doors for business in 1937. A full-service brokerage with three Realtors, Duarte/Downey offers residential properties, including single-family homes, cottages, and condominiums, in its primary market area of Truro and Wellfleet. The agency also features waterfront homes and land as well as rentals in the Truro area.
3. Adrian’S Restaurant
City: Truro, MA
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (508) 487-4360
Address: 535 U.S. Rte. 6
Description: Owners Adrian and Annette Cyr regularly travel to Italy, where they gather and fine-tune recipes for their loyal following. (The wood-fired brick pizza oven, in fact, was brought from Italy—brick by brick!) The homemade pastas are available in appetizer and entree sizes or try the Gorgonzola cappelletti, with a sage, butter, and Parmesan sauce. For dessert there is tiramisu or blueberry peach cobbler. During the season, Adrian’s serves wonderful breakfasts, including huevos rancheros and cranberry pancakes with orange butter. You can have breakfast and dinner at Adrian’s daily in summer. The restaurant is open from mid-May through mid-Oct, and in the spring and fall serves breakfast Sat and Sun, dinner Thurs through Sun.
4. Jams Gourmet Grocery
City: Truro, MA
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (508) 349-1616
Address: 14 Truro Center Rd.
Description: For many people Memorial Day marks the official start of the season on the Cape. It also marks the day Jams opens its door after months of hibernation. The sandwiches, named after Cape Cod sites and sights, are a bit pricey but mouth-watering and very filling. The Long Nook, for example, features tarragon chicken salad with lettuce and tomato; the Bikini has provolone, lettuce, tomato, onions, sprouts, and creamy Italian dressing. The newly renovated store also carries wine, coffee, newspapers, and toiletries. Jams offers breakfast, lunch, and takeout. It is open from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily during the season and closes its doors in early Sept.
5. Montano’S
City: Truro, MA
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (508) 487-2026
Address: 481 U.S. Rte. 6
Description: This great family-oriented restaurant serves creative Italian specialties, fresh seafood, and great steaks. Hearty appetites will be satisfied here, as entrees come with unlimited garden salad, potato or pasta, and homemade bread. Chef/owner Bob Montano includes some innovative chicken and veal dishes among the many menu offerings. Montano’s is open daily year-round for dinner.
6. Terra Luna
City: Truro, MA
Category: Restaurants
Telephone: (508) 487-1019
Address: 104 Shore Rd.
Description: With its cathedral ceiling, barn-board walls, exposed beams, tin-and-wood roof, and whimsical pieces of art, this eatery knows the importance of being different. And it shows on the menu and blackboard specials, which feature New American and Mediterranean cuisine. Terra Luna serves dinner daily from late May through mid-Oct.
7. Truro Council On Aging
City: Truro, MA
Category: Retirement
Telephone: (508) 387-2462, (508) 487-9247
Address: 346 U.S. Rte. 6
8. Highland Light (Cape Cod Light))
City: Truro, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 487-1121
Address: 27 Highland Rd.
Description: This is the nation’s first lighthouse. The original Cape Cod Light first stood watch on these sandy cliffs in 1797 and was lit by whale-oil lamps. By 1857, the tower was in danger of falling down, so the current Highland Lighthouse was constructed that year. Remarkably, the original whale-oil lamps were in use until the turn of the 20th century, when they were replaced by a modern lamp system. The light system was updated with electricity in 1932. Sitting atop the cliffs of Truro and with a range of some 20 to 30 miles, the light is the first seen by transatlantic mariners as they approach the northeast coast. The 80-foot tower was moved back from the cliff in 1996 and thus saved from erosion threatening to destroy it. Highland Light is open mid-May through mid-Oct, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily. Admission is $4 for the tower, and $6 for the tower and adjoining museum. Children must be 48 inches tall to tour the tower.
9. Truro Vineyard
City: Truro, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 487-6200
Address: 11 Shore Rd.
Description: On the way to Provincetown stop for a sip at this pretty seaside winery. The Cape’s microclimate of sandy soil and warm ocean breezes has proved perfect for the growing of Chardonnay, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc grapes. Pinot Grigio is Truro Vineyards’ specialty, but they also produce a highly regarded estate Chardonnay. Tastings are offered year-round ($10 for 5 pours) and in summer there are daily free tours at 1 and 3 p.m.