Synopses & Reviews
A step-by-step walking guide takes you through more than 30 picturesque New England villages, towns, and city neighborhoods, with an emphasis on local history and architecture. This is the first and only walking guide to New England that focuses on sightseeing in towns, villages, and historic urban districts. A New England resident for most of his life, author Robert J. Regalbuto has traveled widely throughout the region and has selected walking tours in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine that focus on historically significant and culturally rewarding locales. Featured tours include:
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
Camden, Maine
Boston, Massachusetts
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Newport, Rhode Island and many more. Each walk description includes a map, mile-by-mile directions, and fascinating, knowledgeable commentary on the history and architecture of the area. 30 black & white photographs, 31 maps, index.
Synopsis
This walking guide to New England focuses on sightseeing in towns, villages and historic urban districts. Each walk includes a map, mile-by-mile directions and commentary on the history and architecture of each area.
Synopsis
A step-by-step walking guide takes you through picturesque New England villages, towns, and city neighborhoods, with an emphasis on local history and architecture.
Synopsis
An invitation to explore the best of New England on foot, and at your own pace, this guide will lead you to the most popular and picturesque destinations in all six New England states. Each chapter includes directions to the starting point, step-by-step walk routes, a helpful map, and fascinating, knowledgeable commentary about points of interest you'll see. Whether you amble along Beacon Hill's cobbled byways, across the covered and trestle bridges of Woodstock, Vermont, venture along Maine's windswept seacoast or through Yale's ivy-covered gothic quads, you'll find a good walking companion. Featured tours include: Boston, Massachusetts, Concord, New Hampshire, Newport, Rhode Island, and many more. 30 black & white photographs, 45 maps, index.
About the Author
Robert J. Regalbuto has traveled extensively, staying at monastery guesthouses along the way. He is the author of several books, including Monastery Guest Houses of North America, Weekend Walks in Historic New England, Weekend Walks in the Historic Washington, DC, Region, and Weekend Walks in Brooklyn. Regalbuto graduated from Harvard cum laude and lives in Rhode Island.