2023 Best of Things to do Cape Cod & the Islands Cape Cod Life's Annual Readers' Choice Awards Presented by Things to do Categories Beach Day Spa Exercise/Wellness Center Family Activity Golf Course Hair Salon Kids Activity Land & Sea Excursions Museum Nightlife/Music Fundraising Event Off-Season Event Park or Nature Area Picnic Spot Rainy Day Activity Summer Event Sunset View Theatre/Playhouse Walking or Bike Path Wedding Venue Best Beach Gold Jetties Beach Nantucket | Nantucket Nauset Beach Orleans | Lower Cape Mayflower Beach Dennis | Mid Cape Herring Cove Beach Provincetown | Outer Cape South Beach/Katama Beach Edgartown | Martha's Vineyard Old Silver Beach North Falmouth | Upper Cape Silver Red River Beach Harwich | Lower Cape Race Point Beach Provincetown | Outer Cape Surfside Beach Nantucket | Nantucket Joseph Sylvia State Beach Oak Bluffs/Edgartown | Martha's Vineyard Chapoquoit Beach West Falmouth | Upper Cape Sandy Neck Beach West Barnstable | Mid Cape Best Day Spa Gold blú day spa Provincetown, MA | Outer Cape The Beauty Barracuda Falmouth, MA | Upper Cape Revive by Sarka Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Wind River Massage Therapy Dennis Port | Mid Cape Spa at Chatham Bars Inn Chatham | Lower Cape Darya Salon & Spa Nantucket | Nantucket Silver Emma Ross Hair & Beauty Nantucket | Nantucket Le Petite Day Spa Chatham | Lower Cape Salon 700 Day Spa & Bridal Suite Hyannis | Mid Cape Bellezza Salon Medspa Falmouth | Upper Cape Sea Spa Salon Edgartown | Martha's Vineyard Shui Spa Provincetown | Outer Cape Best Exercise/Wellness Center Gold Chatham Works North Chatham | Lower Cape Mid-Cape Athletic Club South Yarmouth | Mid Cape Provincetown Gym Provincetown | Outer Cape Nantucket Health Club Nantucket | Nantucket YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Fitness Directions Falmouth | Upper Cape Silver Studio EX Cycle & Group Fitness Hyannis | Mid Cape Mansion House Health Club Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Yoga by 1111 Nantucket | Nantucket 241 Fitness Falmouth | Upper Cape btone FITNESS Harwich | Lower Cape Mussel Beach Health Club Provincetown | Outer Cape Best Family Actvity Gold Maria Mitchell Association Aquarium Nantucket | Nantucket Cape Cod Museum of Natural History Brewster | Lower Cape Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf South Yarmouth | Mid Cape Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch Provincetown | Outer Cape Flying Horses Carousel Oak Bluffs | Martha's Vineyard Shining Sea Bikeway Falmouth | Upper Cape Silver Art’s Dune Tours Provincetown | Outer Cape Heritage Museums & Gardens Sandwich | Upper Cape Whydah Pirate Museum West Yarmouth | Mid Cape Monomoy Island Excursions Harwich Port | Lower Cape Cranberry Harvest Festival Nantucket | Nantucket Island Alpaca Company Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Best Golf Course Gold Blue Rock Golf Course South Yarmouth | Mid Cape The Captains Golf Course Brewster | Lower Cape Highland Links Golf Course Truro | Outer Cape Miacomet Golf Course Nantucket | Nantucket Farm Neck Golf Club Oak Bluffs | Martha's Vineyard Falmouth Country Club Falmouth | Upper Cape Silver Cranberry Valley Golf Course Harwich | Lower Cape Vineyard Golf Club Edgartown | Martha's Vineyard Holly Ridge Golf Club Sandwich | Upper Cape Sankaty Head Golf Club Nantucket | Nantucket Dennis Pines Golf Course South Dennis | Mid Cape Chequessett Yacht & Country Club Wellfleet | Outer Cape Best Hair Salon Gold Emma Ross Hair & Beauty Nantucket | Nantucket Panache Salon & Spa West Tisbury | Martha's Vineyard Hair Affinity Chatham | Lower Cape Razzmatazz Hair Studio Marstons Mills | Mid Cape Snip Salon Provincetown | Outer Cape Arabella Salon Mashpee | Upper Cape Silver Salon 700 Day Spa & Bridal Suite Hyannis | Mid Cape Headlines Salon & Day Spa Falmouth | Upper Cape RJ Miller Salon & Spa Nantucket | Nantucket Samantha’s Hair Studio Chatham | Lower Cape Monument Barbershop Provincetown | Outer Cape Maggie’s Salon Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Best Kids Activity Gold Cape Cod Museum of Natural History Brewster | Lower Cape Pirate’s Cove Adventure Golf South Yarmouth | Mid Cape Wellfleet Drive-In Theatre Wellfleet | Outer Cape Maria Mitchell Association Summer Discovery Nantucket | Nantucket Flying Horses Carousel Oak Bluffs | Martha's Vineyard Cape Cod Children’s Museum Mashpee | Upper Cape Silver Dot to Dot Art Workshop Harwich Port | Lower Cape Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary South Wellfleet | Outer Cape Cape Cod Inflatable Park West Yarmouth | Mid Cape Woods Hole Science Aquarium Woods Hole | Upper Cape Summer Stars Children’s Theater Camp Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Nantucket Atheneum Nantucket | Nantucket Best Land & Sea Excursions Gold Endeavor Sailing Excursions Nantucket | Nantucket The Black Dog Tall Ships Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Monomoy Island Excursions Harwich Port | Lower Cape Hyannis Whale Watcher Cruises Barnstable | Mid Cape Art’s Dune Tours Provincetown | Outer Cape RideAway Adventures Sandwich | Upper Cape Silver Just Do It Too Nantucket, MA | Nantucket Liberté, The Schooner Falmouth | Upper Cape Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch Provincetown | Outer Cape Island Girl Excursions Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Lobster Roll Cruises East Dennis | Mid Cape Beachcomber Boat Tours Chatham | Lower Cape Best Museum Gold Cape Cod Museum of Natural History Brewster | Lower Cape Cape Cod Museum of Art Dennis | Mid Cape Provincetown Art Association and Museum Provincetown | Outer Cape Nantucket Whaling Museum Nantucket | Nantucket Martha’s Vineyard Museum Vineyard Haven | Martha's Vineyard Heritage Museums & Gardens Sandwich | Upper Cape Silver The Carnegie Edgartown | Martha's Vineyard Sandwich Glass Museum Sandwich | Upper Cape Atwood House Museum Chatham | Lower Cape Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum Provincetown | Outer Cape Whydah Pirate Museum West Yarmouth | Mid Cape Maria Mitchell Natural Science Museum Nantucket | Nantucket Best Nightlife/Music Gold The Club Provincetown Provincetown | Outer Cape Harvest Gallery Dennis | 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