With some terrific day trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much more difficult to soak up all that Popponesset Beach, 45 miles away, has to offer. Among your first stops here ought to be Cotuit Center for the Arts, Cape Cod Children’s Museum and Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The locals are also likely to point you in the direction of Manomet Beach, 25 miles away. If you only have time for one attraction here, let it be Plimoth Plantation. (But we’re also huge fans of Pinehills Golf Club and Plymouth Farmers’ Market.)