Day Trips® from New York City Getaway Ideas For The Local Traveler

by Durrani, Shandana

• ISBN13: 9780762764600
• ISBN10: 0762764600
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780762768912
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-05
• Publisher: Globe Pequot
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Summary

Need a day away to relax, refresh, renew? Just get in your car and go! This first edition of Day Trips from New York City is your guide to hundreds of exciting things to do, see, and discover in your own backyard. With full trip-planning information and tips on where to eat, shop, and stop along the way, you can make the most of your time off and rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip. Explore places you never knew existed, many free of charge, and most two to three hours from New York City.

Author Biography

Shandana A. Durrani has been a magazine editor and writer in New York City for 18 years and has lived in New York City's West Village since 1993. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including Condé Nast Traveler, Glamour, Cigar Aficionado, Wine Spectator, NYMag.com, Haute Living and the New York Press. She is also a co-author of Insiders' Guide to New York City (Globe Pequot Press).

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Using this guide	p. xi
North day trip 01 historic hamlets	p. 2
Bedford hills, new york	p. 2
Katonah, new york	p. 5
Day trip 02 arts & antiques	p. 9
Cold spring, new york	p. 9
Beacon, new york	p. 13
Day trip 03 spooky new york	p. 16
Tarrytown, new york	p. 16
Sleepy hollow, new york	p. 20
Day trip 04 hudson valley wineries	p. 22
Marlboro, new york	p. 22
Milibrook, new yaork	p. 26
Dya trip 05 ski in, ski out	p. 28
Hunter mountain, new york	p. 28
Windham mountain, new york	p. 31
Plattekill mountain, new york	p. 32
Belleayre mountain, new york	p. 33
South day trip 01 of brotherly love & history	p. 36
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	p. 38
Day trip 02 quaker roots	p. 44
Bordentown, new jersey	p. 44
Burlington, new jersey	p. 48
Day trip 03 on the waterfront	p. 50
Haddonfield, new jersey	p. 50
Collingswood, new jersey	p. 54
Day trip 04 a gambler's paradise	p. 56
Atlantic city, new jersey	p. 58
Day trip 05 the real jersey shore	p. 61
The wildwoods, new jersey	p. 61
Cape may, new jersey	p. 65
East day trip 01 long island wineries	p. 70
Mattituck, new york	p. 70
Southold, new york	p. 73
Day trip 02 beachcombing	p. 77
Long beach, new york	p. 77
Fire island, new york	p. 80
Day trip 03 gold coast treasures	p. 83
Centerport, new york	p. 83
Old westbury, new york	p. 86
Sands point, new york	p. 87
West day trip 01 the bridges of hunterdon county	p. 90
Clinton, new jersey	p. 90
Flemington, new jersey	p. 94
Day trip 02 the holy land	p. 97
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania	p. 97
Nazareth, Pennsylvania	p. 101
Day trip 03 ethnic tapestries	p. 103
Hoboken, new jersey	p. 103
Union city, new jersey	p. 108
Northeast day trip 01 fall foliage	p. 112
Ridgefieid, Connecticut	p. 112
Kent, Connecticut	p. 116
Litchfield, Connecticut	p. 119
Day trip 02 coastal Connecticut	p. 121
Greenwich, Connecticut	p. 121
New haven, Connecticut	p. 125
Day trip 03 of country lanes & the spice trade	p. 132
Wethersfield, Connecticut	p. 132
Simsbury, Connecticut	p. 136
Northwest day trip 01 sculpture in the park	p. 140
Warwick, new york	p. 140
Mountainville, new york	p. 142
Day trip 02 romance in the catskills	p. 144
Port jervis, new york	p. 144
Barryville, new york	p. 147
Day trip 03 culinary rockland county	p. 149
Piermont, new york	p. 149
Nyack, new york	p. 153
Southwest day trip 01 the buck stops here	p. 156
New hope, Pennsylvania	p. 156
Fallsington, Pennsylvania	p. 160
Day trip 02 Victorian new jersey	p. 161
Frenchtown, new jersey	p. 161
Lambertviile, new jersey	p. 165
Day trip 03 college splendor	p. 167
Princeton, new jersey	p. 167
Appendix festivals & celebrations	p. 172
Index	p. 177
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