Day 1 & 2 Boston, MA
A transfer by shuttle from the airport to your hotel is included. Our professional tour director will be available in the hotel lobby from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Here you may collect your tour information packet before Dinner. Join your tour director after Breakfast for City Tour. During this morning’s tour of one of America’s oldest cities, 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. (B,D)

Day 3  Salem/Rockport/Kennebunkport
This morning after Breakfast, travel along the North Shore of Massachusetts and the southern coast of Maine. Visit 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. We’ll see former President Bush’s summer home on Walker’s Point and continue to Portland for Dinner and overnight. (B,D)

Day 4 To White Mountains, NH
Begin after Breakfast, 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). Arrive at your home for the evening, where Dinner awaits. (B,D)

Day 5  Quechee Gorge/Woodstock
Awake to a hearty New England Breakfast. Then, travel through New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, location of the popular film “On Golden Pond.” 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 quintessential Vermont town, complete with a wooden covered bridge. Later, arrive at your home for the evening before Dinner. (B,D)

Day 6 Manchester, VT/Hancock Shaker Village
Breakfast this morning, then head south through the pastoral beauty of Vermont. Stop in lovely 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. The famous Shaker furniture and other artifacts on display here were intended to be a simple expression of their worship. Continue to Springfield for Dinner and overnight. (B,D)

Day 7 & 8 Newport, RI/Cape Cod
Today we first travel to America’s smallest state, Rhode Island. Visit Newport, 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.” Travel along the beautiful Ten Mile Drive, lined with extravagant stately mansions. You will tour one of these “summer cottages”. Then it is on to Cape Cod. Awake to the fresh sea air in this world renowned resort. Today, choose an unescorted round trip ferry ride to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, with an included sightseeing tour. 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). (B,D daily)

Day 9 Cape Cod to Boston, MA
En route to Boston, you will tour through Sandwich, the Cape’s oldest town. Next, Plimoth Plantation invites you to witness life as it was in this settlement in 1627 and to interact with the “pilgrims” as they go about their daily life. Then, sadly, it’s time to return to Boston. This tour will drop passengers off at Logan International Airport by 4:00 p.m (B)

Package Includes:

• 9 Days Deluxe Motorcoach Transportation

• 8 nights lodging

• 16 meals: 8 breakfast/8 dinner

• Airport/Hotel arrival transfer by shuttle

• Guided tour of Boston, Tour of Salem, Rockport, Gloucester, Touring of White Mountains

• Visit Portland Head Light, Admission to White Mountains Aerial Tram, Hancock Shaker Village, Newport Mansion, Plimoth Plantation

• Choice of Whale Watch Tour OR Martha's Vineyard Tour

• Passenger Travel Documents

• Comprehensive Tour Cancellation/Interruption Insurance

• Create-A-Video

• Services of Experienced Tour Director throughout

Rates
Rates are per person including tax (room taxes) in US Dollars. Airfare not included. Flights should arrive in Boston by 3:00pm on Day 1 and depart Boston after 6:00pm on Day 9. Please phone for our other spring, summer, fall operating dates. Guaranteed Departure are 13 or 18 September, '08