Sagamore
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Sagamore is one of the nine villages of the town of Bourne, Massachusetts. It is at the eastern end of the Cape Cod Canal.
[edit] Get in
Sagamore, is a little more than an hour from both Boston and Providence.
- From Boston take I-93 south to Route 3 south to the Sagamore Bridge. (Becomes Rt. 6). After the crossing Sagamore Bridge you are in Sagamore (get off now,at Exit one).
- From Providence or points south take I-95 north to I-195 to Route 25 south to the Bourne Bridge (I-495 also becomes Route 25). At the rotary (traffic circle) on the Cape side of the bridge go almost all the way around and travel along the Canal to either the lights at the ramp leading on to the Mid Cape Highway, or under the bridge and then, your next right (for the Christmas Tree Store and ChocoLatte).
Sagamore seems to straddle both sides of the Cape Cod Canal at the Sagamore Bridge, but there is a subtle, important difference: on the north side, off-cape, it's Sagamore Beach, a village of Sandwich. On the south side, it's Sagamore - a village of Bourne. For the most part, people are interested in Sagamore, across the Bridge, on Cape Cod. Note that as soon as you cross the bridge, Route 3 becomes Route 6 -otherwise known as the Mid Cape Highway. If you go past that first exit - which comes up quickly as soon as you are over the bridge, you are past Sagamore and into Sandwich. So for now, think of getting off at exit one - taking the ramp to your right. If you do you will almost immediately come across one of Sagamore's few tourist attractions - The Cape Cod Outlet Mall (a right turn on the ramp as it winds around):featuring Reebok, Hanes, Jones of New York, and other outlet shopping opportunities. But for now, hold off on the outlet shopping and take the ramp all the way to its end, at a set of signal lights. You are now facing the canal, and Route 6A. Take a right here and you could go almost all the way to the end of the Cape, the slow and pretty way - past bookstore, antique shops, slews of restaurants, and some of the more old fashioned communities (the olde Cape, so to speak). But as we are just addressing Sagamore here, take a right on 6A but, after you pass under the bridge (the Sagamore Bridge you came over on a minute ago), look for the right turn (big sign) for the Christmas Tree Store. This is the famous 'windmill' branch of this Cape Cod landmark outlet store. Take that right, but before you spend your 'wad' on the fab bric-a-brac of the Christmas Tree store, take note: at the far end of the parking lot for the Xmas Store, is a quaint little Cape Cod tradition that you should not miss. The store is called 'ChocoLatte', but for years it was just known as 'The Chocolate House'. ChocoLatte continues on the tradition of real, Copper-Kettle Cape Cod Fudge: made on the premises in antique copper pots. Generation after generation return just for that fudge. But ChocoLatte offers more - including their justly famous Bog Beans - an authentic, original chocolate covered cranberry (their own creation), along with dozens of fine chocolates, hand-crafted lattes and espressos, fresh brewed micro-roast coffees, croissant, scones, muffins and more. In the summer try their Gelatto, in the winter warm soup - all that in a small, old fashioned store. As they say, the first and the last 'taste of the Cape'. Okay, so armed with your latte and a mouthful of fudge, stroll back over to the Christmas Tree Store and fill up on kitsch.. and all this in the first 100 yards of the Cape.
[edit] Get around
[edit][add listing] See
- Pairpoint Glass Company, Rt. 6A (Just north of the Sagamore Bridge), Sagamore +1 508-888-2344. 8:30AM-4:30PM. Watch glass blowers at their trade. Gift Shop.
- Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall, Exit One Ramp (coming over the bridge from the north,take our first right exit (Exit 1) and be ready to take a sharp right as you come around the bend. Several well known retailers offering outlet prices. Plus sandwich shop, snacks, tee shirts, etc.
[edit][add listing] Do
- Walk, run, bike or rollerblade on the Cape Cod Canal service roads. There is one on each side of the Canal for the full length.
