New England Trips (Regional Guide) |  | Authors: Ray Bartlett, Gregor Clark, Dan Eldridge, Brandon Presser
Publisher: Lonely Planet
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ISBN: 1741797284
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Product Description
53 of the Region's Best Trips!
Whether you're a local looking for a long weekend escape, a visitor looking to explore or you simply need some ideas when family and friends come to visit, Lonely Planet's Trips series offers the best itineraries - and makes it easy to plan the perfect trip time and again.
Theme icons make finding the perfect trip simple - no matter what your interest
Easy-to-use maps for every trip, plus driving times and directions
Explore the region with trips ranging from two to five days, and day trips from Boston
Local experts share their favorite trip ideas, including a clam digger's seafood tour, a sculptor's art tour and a winery trip from television personality Chef Harry
Iconic Trips chapter covers must-do trips across the region, from Fall Foliage to Coastal New England
Tune In
on the road with our regional music playlists
Family-friendly and pet-friendly listings throughout
Green Index lists the region's most environmentally friendly options
Travel America with Lonely Planet
Since 1984 Lonely Planet USA has published over 100 guides to America, working with over 200 American travel writers. For this Trips series our authors drove more than 100,000 miles, visited 230 diners, stopped at 810 roadside attractions and rediscovered the country they love. Visit Lonely Planet online at www.lonelyplanet.com
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 Very helpful.... May 14, 2009
Judy Smith (jamestown, ky United States)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. It has 53 themed Itineraries and 1012 local places to see. The trips are planned for you and tells how many hours it takes for each one and where to stay, where to eat, and the most interesting things to see on that trip.
For instance, if you like lighthouses there is a trip called 60 lighthouses in 60 hours. You cover a distance of 375 miles and start in Kittery (just over border from New Hampshire) and end up in Calais. There is footnotes of interest too; like on this one it says that only a few man made things can be seen from space but evidently Nubble Lighthouse in York can be seen.
If you are into architecture, there is a trip that includes Cape Cod and Nantucket. It takes 3 days and covers 150 miles and starts in Sandwich and ends in Truro.
There are Food Trips, Fall Foliage tours, coastal trips, Book Hunting in Pioneer Valley, Cape Ann Curiosities, trips to offbeat Vermont, arts and galleries, hiking trips....all kinds of trips for whatever your interest might be.
A really interesting tour book! Easy to read and great to plan by.
Odd little corners and big cities May 13, 2009
Brian Connors (Cape Cod, MA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
When this one came up, it certainly struck me as an interesting choice -- I am a New Englander, but I've not seen as much of the area as I'd like. That said, I have to put in a good word for this based just on the areas it covers that I know.
As the title shows, this isn't just a travel reference, but a book of itineraries, some fairly short, some rather long and even a little scattershot. Some are themed (food trips, bookstore crawling in central Massachusetts), some are geographic sightseeing tours. All are meant to be self-guided -- you don't buy a Lonely Planet book when you're expecting to be on and off a bus. The book is pervaded with a gentle informality, even going so far as to provide suggested music mixes for each trip, and each chapter is summed up with things to do, places to eat, and sights to see.
There isn't a whole lot to say about travel books; either they're good or they're bad. This is definitely a good one.
A Travel Guide that offers a unique approach to planning trips May 28, 2009
M. Erb (Syracuse, NY)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Lonely Planet series of travel guides takes a different approach to the itineraries it includes in its books. While this approach may not appeal to all, I find it refreshing and the book made me enjoy the process of choosing an itinerary for an upcoming trip to New England.
What I really enjoy about this book is the personal anecdotes the authors inject into the trip commentary. The text is written in a very entertaining yet informative way that I like a great deal. The trips themselves are grouped into different "themes" and actually the same trip can be found in any of several possible different classifications. For instance, Trip 1 is the Coastal New England trip. This is classified in several areas...Trips by Season, Trips by Theme (Route), and Iconic Trips. Depending on what type of trip you are seeking, that particular trip might show up in several areas. I like that because depending on what type of trip you are looking to take, the most appropriate trips are shown.
This is a conveniently sized book easy to shove in the glove box or just to keep handy anywhere. There are maps, not particularly helpful maps, interspersed throughout the book, but you'd definitely want a better set of maps once you begin your travels to supplement what's in the book.
Overall I found this book highly entertaining and informative. It made planning our upcoming trip an enjoyable experience and I give high marks for the manner in which it was written and the unique approach it takes.
5 stars.
An essential guide June 21, 2010
William Banks (Alexandria, VA United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
New England has been a special place for me. I spent summers with my grandmother on Cape Cod until I was 16. My late wife and I kept up this love. Last year we traveled all around Massachusetts after spending our 40th anniversary on the Cape. I purchased this book after our trip and saw so much that I had grown to love. Its structured itineraries are quite good. I will go back again and use this handy book to add to my knowledge of this beautiful area.
The Best Itineraries, The Best Reading, The Best There Is April 22, 2009
prisrob (New England USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One glance, that is all it took and I fell in love. This New England Trips by Lonely Planet could be the best travel book I have read. I devoured this book. I live in New England and I thought I knew most everything there was to know about traveling in my favorite states. But Ohhh Nooooo, was I ever wrong. I can't wait to plan and follow one of these delectable trips.
The book is separated by the most marvelous themes and titles.
1. Iconic Trips (what a treat)
Must do trips that represent the region.
Trips that follow a well known route, with insider detail.
Trips to diners, wineries, breweries, dairy farms and seafood shacks.
National Park drives, coastal hikes, and bike trips.
Trips to historic towns, museums, and more.
Trips that contain the kitsch, haunted, creepy or bizarre.
Trips for urbanites.
Trips up to an hour away from a hub city.
2. Best Trips
Trips starred with the Best Trip icons are the hand downs favorite.
3. Trips separated by states
Massachusetts
Cape Cod Area
Rhode Island Trips
Connecticut Trips
Vermont Trips
News Hampshire Trips
Maine Trips
4. Trips by Theme
Routes
Food and Drink
Outdoors
History and Culture
Offbeat]
Cities
5. Trips By Season
6. Expert Recommended Trips
Each trip is detailed with a map, the places you can't go because they are a figment of someone's imagination. Detours, Getting there, eat and drink, sleep and useful websites. Regional music play lists are also provided. Family friendly and pet friendly listings are given. There is even a Green Index giving the areas environmentally friendly options.
The Ivy League Secrets and Superstitions trip is the Best Iconic Recommendation. The book explains the tours of each Ivy League school, where to eat, sleep and useful websites. And, then there are links to your trip- art galleries,cities and fun places to see.
There are 352 pages in this marvelous book. I am planning a trip on Raid Riding in the Cape Cod Area and Book Hunting in the Pioneer Valley- the state's best second hand bookstores are pointed out near the Connecticut River. The Maine Lobster Tour looks sensational and delicious!
This is one of the most comprehensive travel books I have read. It is fun and surprising;. The book cover is a beautiful scene of an idyllic farm in the countryside, in the fall. The leaves are red and orange and full of vim and vigor. I can hardly wait to begin my trips!
Highly Recommended. prisrob 04-22-09
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