2 days, $200 on Cape Cod

Priceless and affordable, rare and rejuvenating, there is plenty to sample and savor if you look around this lovely peninsula

May 31, 2009|Tom Haines, Globe Staff
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Afternoon: Highland Light, Truro Vineyards, Wellfleet bookstore There are views aplenty to be had while heading south on Route 6, such as that from the deck just beyond Highland Light. (Golfers, too, will find plenty of play on the historic Highland Links, as fair a representation of the old country as a golfer may find on this side of the ocean.) Oenophiles have one choice on the outer Cape, but it is nearby, at Truro Vineyards, where free tours can lead to a tasting of chardonnay or cabernet franc. Others craving the indoors could do well to choose one particular shop, Herridge Books, of Wellfleet, which features in its window such volumes as "On the Road," by Jack Kerouac; "Hugging the Shore," by John Updike; and "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss.

No matter your choice, it will soon be time to turn south on Route 6 again, more focused now on heading for home. Wait! It is worth one last stop, at the Hot Chocolate Sparrow, in Orleans, for a jolt of strong coffee, or a double scoop of Death by Chocolate. Not a bad way to end it all.

Tom Haines can be reached at thaines@globe.com.

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