Frommer's New England's Best-Loved Driving Tours

by Frommer, Arthur

• ISBN13: 9780764563669
• ISBN10: 0764563661
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-03-01
• Publisher: Frommer

Summary

Frommer's Driving Tours are packed with detailed, color-coded maps and stunning full-color photographs. Each guide outlines dozens of driving tour options and then helps you plan your route with exact directions, distances, and driving times. You'll see all the top sights and then have the flexibility to discover the hidden pleasures of each destination ñ our suggested routes include scenic detours and stops for spectacular views, easy walks, shopping, dining, and fun breaks for travelers with children. We'll show you how to enjoy some of the world's most spectacular drives! 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.And much, much more!

Table of Contents

About This Book	4	(2)
MASSACHUSETTS	6	(52)
Birthplace of a Nation	8	(2)
Lexington & Concord	10	(6)
The North Shore	16	(7)
Cape Cod	23	(7)
The Berkshire Hills	30	(10)
Boston	38	(2)
The Boston Freedom Trail	40	(5)
Boston Old & New	45	(6)
Cambridge & Harvard University	51	(7)
Cultural Cradle	56	(2)
CONNECTICUT	58	(26)
Hartford	60	(6)
New Haven & Yale University	66	(5)
The Housatonic Valley	71	(5)
The Connecticut Shore	76	(8)
The Maritime Tradition	82	(2)
RHODE ISLAND	84	(12)
Providence	86	(4)
Newport	90	(6)
VERMONT	96	(26)
Bennington	98	(6)
The Fall	102	(2)
Southern Vermont	104	(6)
Central Vermont	110	(5)
Northern Vermont	115	(7)
NEW HAMPSHIRE	122	(16)
Portsmouth	124	(4)
The White Mountains	128	(6)
Around Lake Winnipesaukee	134	(4)
MAINE	138	(20)
The Mid-Coast of Maine	140	(7)
Portland	147	(5)
Mountains & Lakes of Maine	152	(6)
Practical Information	158	(16)
Index & Acknowledgments	174