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Includes Woods Hole, Waquoit, Teaticket and Sippewissett
Here is a list of things to do
in Falmouth
when it
isn't a beach day:
1. Visit the Falmouth Historical Society, 55 & 65 Palmer
Ave, Falmouth (508) 548-4857
Tour the
Julia Wood House, The Conent House and the Hallett Barn.
http://www.FalmouthHistoricalSociety.org
2, Buy yourself a Good Book, These
bookstores have a lot to offer:
Booksmith Bookstore and Cafe, 33 Davis Straits (Falmouth Plaza)
Falmouth (508) 540-6064
Eight
Cousins Children's Books, 189 Main St. Falmouth (508) 548-5548
Ocean
Village Books, 435A East Falmouth Hwy (Rt. 28 in Davisville
Square) East Falmouth (508) 457-0976
Usbourne Books at Home, 36 Sanddollar Circle, East Falmouth
(508) 540-7418
3. Visit a Salon or Day Spa, Here are a number
of places to pamper yourself:
At Your
Fingertips, 194 Teaticket Hwy. Teaticket
 (508) 540-0703
Bellezza
Day Spa, 221 Main St. Falmouth
(508) 299-8300 Massage,
facials, hair services, nail care, body treatments.
http://www.spabellezza.com
Headlines Salon and Day Spa, Inc. 218 Main St. Falmouth
(508) 457-1100 Hair, skin & waxing, nails, massage.
http://www.headlinessalonanddayspa.com
Relax &
Renew Day Spa, 635 West Falmouth Hwy. West Falmouth
(508) 540-7775
4. Rent a Video, Here are two places where you
can catch the latest releases on DVD and VHS:
Blockbuster Video, 96 Davis Straits, Falmouth (508) 457-4373
Video
Paradise, 882 Main Street, Falmouth (in Colonial Plaza) (508)
547-1388
5. Let's Go Bowling! Two centers for
family fun:
Leary
Family Amusement Center, 23 Town Hall Square, Falmouth (508)
540-4877 Candlepin and Bumper bowling, Videogames and
Redemption games.
Trade
Center Bowl, 89 Spring Bars Rd. Falmouth (508) 548-7000
10-pin and Bumper bowling, Pool tables, Video games.
6. Visit Centers at Woods Hole,
These important institutions have a lot to brag about:
Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute, 93 Water St. , Woods Hole (508)
289-2252
Tours and exhibits related to ocean
science.
http://www.whoi.edu/home/
Marine Biological Laboratory, Visit the Robert W. Pierce
Visitor's Center, 100 Water St. Wood's Hole, (508) 289-7423
http://www.mbl.edu/inside/visit/visit_visitors.html
National Marine Fisheries Aquarium, Water Street, Woods Hole
(508) 548-7684 The country's first Aquarium has "touch tanks"
and a behind the scenes work area.
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/aquarium/
7. Visit The Wood's Hole Historical Museum, 579
Woods Hole Rd. Wood's Hole (508) 548-7270 Visit Historic
Homes, Small Boat Museum and the Yale Workshop.
http://woodsholemuseum.org
8. How About the Library? A number of
branches with Books on Tape, Videos, Internet Access and, of course,
books.
Falmouth Public Library,
123 Katharine Lee Bates Road (Main St.) Falmouth
(508) 457-2555
http://www.falmouthpubliclibrary.org/
East Falmouth
Branch, 310 E. Falmouth Hwy, East Falmouth (508) 548-6340
http://www.falmouthpubliclibrary.org/
North Falmouth Branch, 6
Chester St. North Falmouth (508) 563-2922
http://www.falmouthpubliclibrary.org/
West Falmouth
Branch, 575 W. Falmouth Hwy, West Falmouth (508) 548-4709
http://www.falmouthpubliclibrary.org/
Woods Hole Public
Library, 581 Woods Hole Rd. Woods Hole (508) 548-8961
http://www.woodsholepubliclibrary.org
9. View the Latest from Hollywood,
Spend a rainy afternoon or evening at
the Cinema:
Hoyts
Cinemas Falmouth Mall 6, Rt. 28, Teaticket Hwy
(508) 540-2169
http://www.movietickets.com/
Regal
Cinemas, Nickelodeon 5, 742 Nathan Ellis Hwy (Route 151) North
Falmouth (508) 563-6510
http://www.movietickets.com/
10. Work out at the Gym, These fitness centers will
help increase your heart rate:
Balanced Health and Fitness, 133 East Falmouth Hwy. (Rt. 28)
East Falmouth (508) 540-8896
http://www.balancedhealthfitness.com/
Falmouth Sports Center, 33 Highfield Dr. Falmouth (508) 548-7433
Nautilus, free weights, cardiovascular equipment and indoor tennis.
http://www.falmouthvisitor.com/Falmouth_Sports_Center.htm
11. Take a Ferry Boat to Martha's Vineyard,
These companies will take you over to the island:
The Island Queen,
Falmouth Harbor Falmouth Hts. Rd (off Rt. 28) Falmouth (508)
548-4800 A 35 minute cruise across Vineyard Sound brings you to
Vineyard Haven.
http://www.islandqueen.com/
The Steamship Authority,
Woods Hole harbor (508) 477-8600 Car and passenger transit to
Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs.
http://web1.steamshipauthority.com/ssa/mvwh.cfm
12. Go See a Play, Three possible choices here:
Cape Cod Theater Project,
Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth (508) 457-4242
A playwright's workshop that presents staged readings of new
American plays. 
http://www.capecodtheaterproject.org
The College Light Opera
Company, 58 Highfield Drive, Falmouth (508) 548-2211
Presenting stock Broadway musicals
http://www.collegelightopera.com
Woods Hole Theater
Company, Woods Hole Community Hall, Water St. Woods Hole
(508)540-6525 Offering a wide variety of plays at affordable
prices.
http://www.woodsholetheatercompany.org
13. Let's Go Shopping, There are a number of
places where the stores are grouped together:
Falmouth Mall,
Teaticket Highway (Rt. 28), Falmouth
Falmouth Village,
Downtown Main Street, Falmouth
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