Highlights
Boston | Mid Cost Maine | White Mountains | Green Mountains | Connecticut River Valley | Newport | Cape Cod |
Itinerary
DAY 1 & 2
Boston, MA
A transfer by shuttle from the airport to your hotel is included. Our professional City Tours Maine tour director will be available in the hotel lobby from 18:00 to 21:00. Here you may collect your City Tours Maine tour information packet. On your first morning in Boston, join your tour director in the lobby of the hotel at 08:30 for a 09:00 departure. During this morning's tour, experience the contrast between the past and present, viewing sites ranging from the Old North Church to the modern John Hancock Tower. This afternoon you are free to explore the city on your own.
2 nights in Boston, MA
Select: Hilton Boston Financial District
DAY 3
To Mid Coast Maine (107 mi/171 km)
This morning, depart at 09:00 to travel along the North Shore of Massachusetts and the southern coast of Maine. Travel through the town of Salem, noted for its 17th century witchcraft trials. Further up the coast is the charming fishing port of Gloucester and the famous Fishermen's Memorial statue commemorating "... they that go down in ships. “The artist colonies of Rockport, Massachusetts and Kennebunkport, Maine, bustle in the summer and provide the quiet inspiration of the sea all year long.
1 night in Portland, ME
Select: Holiday Inn by the Bay
DAY 4
To White Mountains, NH (66 mi/106 km)
Begin with a stop at Portland Head Light, a lovely example of a respected architectural form. Next, we head inland into New Hampshire's White Mountains. Travel along the scenic Kancamagus Highway, an old Indian Trail which cuts through the National Forest. Enjoy an included aerial tram ride to the summit of Cannon Mountain which offers splendid views of the area (weather permitting).
1 night White Mountains, NH
Select: North Conway Grand
DAY 5
To Green Mountains, VT (171 mi/274 km)
More than 1,300 lakes adorn New Hampshire's Lakes Region, location of the popular film "On Golden Pond. Today you will pass two of these lakes, Winnipesaukee and Squam. Our journey continues to Vermont 's Green Mountains. A photo stop will capture breathtaking views of Quechee Gorge. Continue to Woodstock for free time in this quaint Vermont town, complete with a wooden covered bridge.
1 night in Green Mountains, VT
Select: Holiday Inn Rutland
DAY 6
To Connecticut River Valley, MA (174 mi/278 km)
Head south through the pastoral beauty of Vermont. Stop in Manchester Village, where designer outlets frame the village green and high street. Continuing south we enter the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts for a visit to Hancock Shaker Village.
1 night Connecticut River Valley, MA
Select: Sturbridge Host
DAY 7 & 8
To Newport, RI & Cape Cod, MA (180 mi/288 km)
Today we travel to Newport, RI, the sailing capital of New England. Here, at the turn of the last century, America's most wealthy families lived in such opulence that they referred to their palatial seasonal homes as "cottages". You will tour one of these "summer cottages". Then it is on to Cape Cod. While here, choose an unescorted round trip ferry ride to the island of Martha's Vineyard, with an included sightseeing tour (English). This is New England's largest, and perhaps most famous island. OR: You may decide to join us on a tour of Cape Cod with a whale watch cruise (weather permitting).
2 nights Cape Cod, MA
Select: Radisson Hyannis
DAY 9
To Boston, MA (75 mi/120 km)
En route to Boston, you will tour Sandwich, the Cape's oldest town. Next, Plymouth Plantation invites you to witness life as it was in 1627. Then, return to Boston. This tour will drop passengers off at Logan International Airport by 16:00.
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