Most visitors to Cape Cod think of Hyannis as the largest town, but in fact Hyannis is only one of seven "villages" in the incorporated Town of Barnstable.

Barnstable Town's administrative center is not Hyannis, on the ocean side of Cape Cod, but Barnstable Village, on MA Route 6A on the Cape Cod Bay side (map).

The busy commercial center of Hyannis is the closest thing to a city on Cape Cod, with alll the expected services, including the Barnstable County Airport and docks for ferries to Nantucket.

As you wend your way eastward along MA 6A, the village of Barnstable offers several good choices for lodging and a few other services.

In Barnstable, as well as Yarmouthport, MA 6A becomes Main Street, also called the Old King's Highway.

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