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What to See and Do at The Jewel on the Beach and the Provincetown Area Nature at Your Door – The deck of The Jewel is perfect for watching the mystery of the tide rising and falling. From your chair, watch shore and migratory birds enjoying the bay water. Sunset and, for early risers, sunrise, are beautiful to behold, whether from the living room couch or the deck lounge chairs. When it snows, the accumulated snow melts first from the footprints absorbing the heat of the sun; then the snow melts outward from there. Nature and BikeTrails – Race Point offers miles of trails to walk or bike through ProvinceLands Bike Trail at Race Point Whale Watching – Walk 5 minutes to MacMillian Wharf and hop on a whale watching boat Fishing – Guests can walk to MacMillian Wharf and take advantage of many charter fishing opportunities. Gear is provided! Lighthouses – Cape Cod has numerous lighthouses, historic relics from the old days of shipping when the Cape was known as “The Graveyard of Ships”. Race Point Lighthouse is a quick trip from the Jewel on the Beach. Other lighthouses along the Outer Cape include Gay Head in Truro, Nauset Light in Eastham, and Chatham Light in Chatham. Lifesaving Houses – Cape Cod has several historic relics from the old days of lifesaving circa 1800s, when the Cape was known as “The Graveyard of Ships”. The Massachusetts Humane Society to founded the world’s first organized lifesaving service in 1785 after several thousand shipwrecks took place in the shifting sandbars around the Cape. By the early 1800s, remote stations were established. By 1872, the Department of Treasury officially staffed the first station, marking the beginning of the U.S. Life Saving Service. Most lifesaving houses were decommissioned in the 1940s. Some were torn down, some were relocated. Several are still in place in the Cape although used as private homes, museums or, here at Race Point in Provincetown. Wellfleet’s Beachcomer Restaurant/beachfront bar on Cahoon Hollow Beach is located in an old Lifesaving house. Other Lifesaving Stations are still visible at Pamet River, and on Nantucket. Pirates – Within two years of her maiden sailing, the Whydah (widda, as is widow), had started a successful and profitable second life as a pirate ship and then abruptly sank to the bottom of the ocean floor off the beaches of Eastham, Cape Cod in 1717. Captain Black Jack Bellamy and his crew and plunder all went down in a fierce storm. Story has it that he was returning to his lover on the Cape when the storm hit. Almost 300 years later, the ship was found with plenty of treasure. The Whydah Museum is on the wharf in Provincetown. Tennis – Art Galleries – The east end of town is referred to as the Gallery District, but art galleries are all over the town. Antiques – As all around Cape Cod, Provincetown is home to many antique stores offering books, glass, jewelry, furniture, nautical items, etc. Beaches and Swimming – Guests at The Jewel can step off the deck and dip right into the water of the bay. For ocean beaches, Provincetown offers many to suit all, including traditional beaches, gay and nude. The National Seashore: Shopping – Provincetown offers a wide array of shopping, including local crafts to nautical items to international import boutiques. Simply stroll up or down Commercial Street to visit shop after shop. Dining – Scores of restaurants in town offer just about any dining experience one would want in this lovely vacation setting. http://www.provincetownlive.net/?L=search.restaurants&query=&pattern=all&gender=Restaurant <<back |
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