Synopses & Reviews
Everything You Need to See the Best of New England by Car!Let Frommer's take you to:
- The picture-postcard villages of Cape Cod and the Berkshires
- Mystic and the maritime towns of the Connecticut coast
- The settings that inspired Wyeth, Rockwell, Melville, and Thoreau
- Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, New Hampshire's White Mountains, and the Maine woods
- Newport's mansions, college towns, Boston's Freedom Trail, and the lobster capital of the world
- And much, much more!
Inside you'll find:
- 23 distinctive, easy-to-use itineraries—all fully illustrated with beautiful full-color photos
- Recommendations on the best hotels and restaurants along each route
- Exact directions, distances, and driving times for each route
- All the sights along the way—with highlights for history buffs, nature lovers, and families traveling with kids
- Scenic side trips, special moments, and recommended walks
- Detailed, accurate full-color route-planning maps
Synopsis
These full-color travel guides, prepared by the Automobile Association of Britain, feature more than twenty complete driving tours in each volume, accompanied by descriptions of locales and sights along the route, scenic detours, recommended walks, historical sites and landmarks, parks, suggested children's activities, detailed maps, and tips on hotels and restaurants.
Synopsis
These full-color guides show travelers how to see the best of Europe and the U.S. by car.
• More than 20 driving tours
• More than 100 color photographs
• Hotel recommendations
• Detailed maps
Synopsis
Let Frommer's take you to:- The picture-postcard villages of Cape Cod and the Berkshires
- Mystic and the maritime towns of the Connecticut coast
- The settings that inspired Wyeth, Rockwell, Melville, and Thoreau
- Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, New Hampshire's White Mountains, and the Maine woods
- Newport's mansions, college towns, Boston's Freedom Trail, and the lobster capital of the world
- And much, much more!
Inside you'll find:
- 23 distinctive, easy-to-use itineraries--all fully illustrated with beautiful full-color photos
- Tips on the best hotels and restaurants along each route
- Exact directions, distances, and driving times for each route
- All the sights along the way--with highlights for history buffs, nature lovers, and families traveling with kids
- Scenic side trips, special moments, and recommended walks
- Detailed, accurate full-color route-planning maps
Table of Contents
Route Map of New England.About this book.
Massachusetts.
Birthplace of a Nation.
Tour 1: Lexington & Concord.
Tour 2: The North Shore.
Tour 3: Cape Cod.
Tour 4: The Berkshire Hills.
Boston.
Tour 5: The Boston Freedom Trail.
Tour 6: Boston Old & New.
Tour 7: Cambridge & Harvard University.
Cultural Cradles.
Connecticut.
Tour 8: Hartford.
Tour 9: New Haven & Yale University.
Tour 10: The Litchfield Hills.
Tour 11: The Connecticut Shore.
The Maritime Tradition.
Rhode Island.
Tour 12: Providence.
Tour 13: Newport.
Vermont.
Tour 14: Bennington.
The Fall.
Tour 15: Southern Vermont.
Tour 16: Central Vermont.
Tour 17: Northern Vermont.
New Hampshire.
Tour 18: Portsmouth.
Tour 19: The White Mountains.
Tour 20: Around Lake Winnipesaukee.
Maine.
Tour 21: The Mid-Coast of Maine.
Tour 22: Portland.
Tour 23: Portland & Lakes of Maine.
Practical Information.
Accommodation and Restaurants.
Index & Acknowledgments.
Atlas.