1. Platinum Pebble Inn
City: West Harwich, MA
Category: Accommodations
Telephone: (508) 432-7766
Address: 186 Belmont Rd.
Description: Luxury without pretense makes this 8-room retreat both a style-conscious and budget-conscious choice. The beds are piled high with pillows, down duvets, and Italian linens. All the rooms have marble baths with glass walk-in rain showers; some have soaking tubs. Breakfast is included and brought to your room or, if you prefer, poolside.
2. Cape Cod’S Irish Pub
City: West Harwich, MA
Category: Nightlife
Telephone: (508) 432-8808
Address: 126 Rte. 28
Description: Irish superstars such as Tommy Makem and the Clancy Brothers have been known to stop in at the Irish Pub, located right next to the Herring River Bridge. The pub, which sponsors an Irish Pub Road Race in August, is open from May to Sept and features nightly entertainment in season. From Irish-American ensembles to karaoke nights, it’s a musical melting pot on stage, the beat generally goes on between 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m.
3. The Potted Geranium
City: West Harwich, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 432-1114
Address: 188 Rte. 28
Description: Every room of this old Cape Cod house is filled with wonderful home accessories, folk art, crafts, and gifts. You’ll find pewter bookmarks made in Chatham, locally produced weathervane Christmas ornaments, hand-painted mirrors, baskets, ceramics, linens, Vera Bradley bags, and even paper jewelry. If a new mom or baby is on your gift list, visit the baby room for blankets, layettes, clothes, and wooden toys. Or check the kitchen for flavored teas and coffees, kitchen utensils and linens, and a sampling of jellies and jams from the Chatham Jam and Jelly Shop. Open daily in season.
4. Yankee Doodle Shop
City: West Harwich, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (508) 432-0579
Address: 181 Rte. 28
Description: Room after room of finished and unfinished quality country furniture, all made right on the premises, are offered at prices so low you’ll question the price tag. Yankee Doodle markets a wide selection of onion lamps and decorative storage boxes, hand-painted bureaus, and cast aluminum eagles—even authentic spinning wheels. In the off-season it’s open Sat and Sun only. During the season they are generally open daily but call for hours.
5. Harwich Antiques Center
City: West Harwich, MA
Category: Shopping
Telephone: (580) 432-4220
Address: 10 Rte. 28
Description: This two-building complex has more than 140 dealers displaying furniture, paintings, Lionel trains, model ships, art deco, Griswold, Orientals, primitives, vintage dolls, old radios, and other intriguing antiquities. There’s a large assortment of majolica, along with porcelain, dinnerware, linen, and quilts. The center is open daily all year.
6. Trampoline Center
City: West Harwich, MA
Category: Tours & Attractions
Telephone: (508) 432-8717
Address: 296 Rte. 28
Description: Kids will have a great time jumping to their hearts’ content. A dozen large trampolines in a fenced-in outdoor area are set at ground level, so even the smallest of small fry can fly high. Remember to follow the two rules: no shoes and no flips. The center is open 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. (or 11 p.m. if lots of people are bouncing) daily from mid-June through Labor Day. The cost is $5 for 10 minutes.