Lonely Planet New England's Best Trips (Travel Guide)

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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Whether exploring your own back yard or somewhere new, discover the freedom of open roads with Lonely Planet's New England's Best Trips, your passport to unique experiences that await you along New England's highways. Featuring 32 amazing road trips, from 2-day escapes to 2-week adventures, you can make coastal stops to climb historic lighthouses or drive through autumnal farmlands sipping fresh-pressed cider, all with your trusted travel companion. Jump in the car, cue up your driving playlist, and hit the road! Inside Lonely Planet's New England's Best Trips: Lavish color and gorgeous photography throughout Itineraries and planning advice to pick the right tailored routes for your needs and interests Get around easily - 46 easy-to-read, full-color route maps, detailed directions Insider tips to get around like a local, avoid trouble spots and be safe on the road - local driving rules, parking, toll roads Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sight-seeing, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Useful features - including Stretch Your Legs, Detours, and Link Your Trip Covers Massachusetts, Boston, Cape Cod, Nantucket, Connecticut, Hartford, Rhode Island, Providence, Vermont, Montpelier, Lake Champlain, New Hampshire, Concord, Lake Winnipesaukee, Maine, Acadia, Augusta and more The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's New England's Best Trips is perfect for exploring New England in the classic American way-by road trip! Planning a trip to the region sans a car? Lonely Planet's New England guide, our most comprehensive guide to New England is perfect for exploring both top sights and lesser-known gems. Looking for a guide focused on Boston? Check out Lonely Planet's Boston guide for a comprehensive look at all the city has to offer. There's More in Store for You: For more road-tripping ideas, check out Lonely Planet's USA Best Trips guides to Southwest USA, California, Pacific Northwest, Florida & the South, New York & the Mid-Atlantic, and USA. Or start with our FREE SAMPLER 'USA's Best Trips: 7 Amazing Road Trips,' with excerpts from each guide to help you pick which region to explore first. Also, check out Lonely Planet's European Best Trips guides to Italy, France, and Ireland and our FREE SAMPLER 'Europe's Best Trips: 3 Amazing Road Trips' for more road trip inspiration. Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, Mara Vorhees, Amy C Balfour, Paula Hardy and Caroline Sieg. About Lonely Planet: Since 1973, Lonely Planet has become the world's leading travel media company with guidebooks to every destination, an award-winning website, mobile and digital travel products, and a dedicated traveler community. Lonely Planet covers must-see spots but also enables curious travelers to get off beaten paths to understand more of the culture of the places in which they find themselves. NEW ENGLAND’S BEST TRIPS 2 IN THIS BOOK… MAP LEGEND & CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS cont. CLASSIC TRIPS CONTENTS WELCOME TO NEW ENGLAND WHAT IS A CLASSIC TRIP? MAP NEW ENGLAND HIGHLIGHTS Cape Cod National Seashore Fall Foliage Acadia National Park Appalachian Trail Lighthouses BEST BEACHES White Mountains BEST HIKING TRAILS Ivy League Universities Colonial History Vermont Farms Mansions of Newport Maritime New England Ben & Jerry’s Ice-Cream Factory BEST DRIVING ROADS IF YOU LIKE... Seafood Outdoor Activities Beer & Wine Art & Architecture History Wildlife NEED TO KNOW When to Go Daily Costs Eating Sleeping Arriving in New England Money Tipping Opening Hours Useful Websites CITY GUIDE Boston Massachusetts Map & Contents Don't Miss Coastal New England TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Gloucester Salem Marblehead Boston New Bedford Newport WHY THIS IS A CLASSIC TRIP Mystic Groton New Haven Eating & Sleeping Pilgrim Trail TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Provincetown Sandwich Plymouth Quincy Boston Salem Eating & Sleeping Cape Cod & the Islands TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Sandwich Hyannis Nantucket Yarmouth Port Brewster Cape Cod National Seashore LOCAL KNOWLEDGE Wellfleet Provincetown Eating & Sleeping Around Cape Ann TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Newburyport Plum Island Ipswich Crane Estate Essex Rockport Gloucester Eating & Sleeping Berkshire Back Roads TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Lenox Lee Tyringham Great Barrington Stockbridge Eating & Sleeping Mohawk Trail TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Deerfield Shelburne Falls Charlemont Western Summit North Adams Williamstown Eating & Sleeping STRETCH YOUR LEGS BOSTON STRETCH YOUR LEGS PROVINCETOWN STRETCH YOUR LEGS SALEM Connecticut & Rhode Island Map & Contents Don't Miss Rhode Island: East Bay TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Little Compton Tiverton Newport Middletown Bristol Providence Eating & Sleeping Rhode Island: Coastal Culture TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Providence Wickford Jamestown Narragansett Block Island Westerly Watch Hill Eating & Sleeping Quiet Corner TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Coventry Lebanon Norwich Canterbury Brooklyn Pomfret Woodstock Eating & Sleeping Connecticut Wine Trail TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Greenwich New Canaan Shelton New Haven Guilford Stonington North Stonington Eating & Sleeping Lower River Valley TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Hartford Old Wethersfield Colchester East Haddam Chester Essex Old Lyme Eating & Sleeping Litchfield Hills Loop TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Norfolk Lakeville West Cornwall Kent Lake Waramaug Bethlehem Litchfield Eating & Sleeping Fall Foliage Tour TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Lake Candlewood Kent LOCAL KNOWLEDGE Housatonic Meadows State Park Berkshires Mt Greylock State Forest Manchester Lake Champlain Bretton Woods North Conway Eating & Sleeping STRETCH YOUR LEGS NEWPORT STRETCH YOUR LEGS NEW HAVEN Vermont Map Contents & Don't Miss Vermont’s Spine: Route 100 TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Wilmington Weston Plymouth Killington Ben & Jerry’s Factory Waterbury LOCAL KNOWLEDGE Stowe Morrisville Eating & Sleeping Cider Season Sampler TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Quechee Woodstock Bridgewater Corners Shelburne Cambridge Montpelier East Thetford Eating & Sleeping Vermont Back-Roads Ramble TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Cabot St Johnsbury & Lyndonville Glover Brownington Craftsbury Common Jericho Richmond Huntington Eating & Sleeping Robert Frost Country TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Middlebury Robert Frost Interpretive Trail Robert Frost Wayside Area Rochester Mount Horrid Observation Site Brandon Eating & Sleeping Lake Champlain Byway TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Middlebury Shelburne South Burlington Burlington South Hero Island Grand Isle North Hero Island Isle La Motte Eating & Sleeping Southern Vermont Loop TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Brattleboro Bennington Shaftsbury Arlington Mt Equinox Hildene Manchester Grafton Village Cheese Company Eating & Sleeping STRETCH YOUR LEGS STOWE STRETCH YOUR LEGS BURLINGTON New Hampshire Map Contents & Don't Miss Ivy League Tour TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Hanover, New Hampshire Enfield Shaker Museum Concord, New Hampshire Lowell, Massachusetts Concord, Massachusetts Cambridge, Massachusetts LOCAL KNOWLEDGE Providence, Rhode Island New Haven, Connecticut Eating & Sleeping Woodland Heritage Trail TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Six Gun City & Fort Splash Jefferson Lancaster Weeks State Park Stark Milan Hill State Park Nansen Ski Jump Berlin Gorham Eating & Sleeping White Mountains Loop TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Lincoln & North Woodstock Franconia Notch State Park: Flume Gorge Franconia Notch State Park: Cannon Mountain Bretton Woods Crawford Notch State Park Story Land Glen Ellis Falls Pinkham Notch Visitor Center Mt Washington North Conway Kancamagus Highway Eating & Sleeping Connecticut River Byway TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Littleton, New Hampshire Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont LOCAL KNOWLEDGE Saint-Gaudensnational Historic Site, New Hampshire Fort at No 4, Charlestown, New Hampshire Walpole, New Hampshire Montague, Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts Northampton, Massachusetts South Hadley, Massachusetts Springfield, Massachusetts Eating & Sleeping Lake Winnipesaukee TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Weirs Beach Meredith Holderness West Rattlesnake Trail Loon Center Castle in the Clouds Libby Museum Wolfeboro Laconia Eating & Sleeping Monadnock Villages TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Miller State Park Peterborough Hancock Jaffrey & Jaffrey Center Monadnock State Park RhododendronState Park Keene Eating & Sleeping STRETCH YOUR LEGS PORTSMOUTH Maine Map Contents & Don't Miss Maritime Maine TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Kittery Wells Cape Elizabeth Portland Yarmouth Freeport Bath Rockland WHY THIS IS A CLASSIC TRIP Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse Ellsworth Lubec & Quoddy Head Saint Croix Island International Historic Site Calais Eating & Sleeping Acadia Byway TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Acadia national Park Hulls Cove Visitor Center Precipice Trail Beehive Trail & Sand Beach Bar Harbor Schoodic Peninsula Jordan Pond House Carriage Roads LOCAL KNOWLEDGE Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse Sieur de Monts Spring Cadillac Mountain Eating & Sleeping Old Canada Road TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Brunswick Hallowell Augusta Waterville & Winslow LC Bates Museum Gifford’s Ice Cream Stand Robbins Hill Scenic Area The Forks Jackman Eating & Sleeping Maine Highlands TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Bangor Millinocket Baxter State Park Katahdin Iron Works & Gulf Hagas Butterfield’s Ice Cream Greenville & Moosehead Lake Lily Bay State Park Rockwood Eating & Sleeping Lakes Tour TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Fryeburg Visitor Information Center Fryeburg Saco River Canoe & Kayak Bridgton Bridgton twin Drive-in Naples Sebago Lake State Park Portland Eating & Sleeping Mainely Art TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Portland Brunswick Waterville Bangor Belfast Camden Hills State Park Camden Rockport Rockland Eating & Sleeping Alpine Escapes TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Bethel Grafton Notch State Park Rumford Height of Land Rangeley Rangeley Lakestrails Center Maine Huts & Trails Office Sugarloaf Eating & Sleeping STRETCH YOUR LEGS PORTLAND New England Driving Guide DRIVER’S LICENSE & DOCUMENTS INSURANCE RENTING A CAR BORDER CROSSING MAPS ROADS & CONDITIONS ROAD RULES PARKING FUEL SAFETY RADIO FERRY CROSSINGS Behind The Scenes Index OUR WRITERS OUR WRITERS cont.