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8 Days • 11 Meals NEW ENGLAND RAILS & TRAILS
NEW ENGLAND RAILS & TRAILS
8 Days • 11 Meals
September 28 - October 5, 2024 - Guaranteed Departure
September 28 - October 5, 2024 Guaranteed Departure
Activity Level
Activity Level 3: Moderately Active Pace - Active walking daily, some hiking, uneven terrain, hills, and steps. Less rest options available. Active sightseeing, early starts, evening activities, and significant travel times possible.
Activity Level
Activity Level 3: Moderately Active Pace - Active walking daily, some hiking, uneven terrain, hills, and steps. Less rest options available. Active sightseeing, early starts, evening activities, and significant travel times possible.
Tour Highlights & Inclusions
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
  • Round Trip Home Pick-up*
  • Round Trip Airfare
  • 11 Meals: 7-Breakfasts, 4-Dinners
  • Lobster Farewell Dinner
  • Boston City Tour & Faneuil Hall Marketplace
  • 2 Rail Journeys: Mt. Washington Cog Railway & Conway Scenic Railroad
  • Foliage: Kancamagus Highway & Quechee Gorge
  • Unconventional Shelburne Museum
  • Tour & Taste: a Cider Mill, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, and a Maple Sugar Farm
  • Portland Lighthouse & Harbor Cruise
  • Professional Tour Manager
  • Hotel Transfers & Baggage at Hotels
Accommodations
FEATURED HOTELS
  • Boston Area (1) - Hyatt Place Boston/Braintree or Le Meridien Boston/Cambridge
  • Jackson, NH (2) - North Conway Grand, Residence Inn, or Fox Ridge Resort
  • Burlington (2) - Doubletree or Best Western
  • Portland (2) - Hyatt Place or Holiday Inn
Alternate hotels may be used

*Please see Terms & Conditions

 
Departures & Prices

Prices for this departure date:
$3975 per person double
$3925 per person triple
$5125 single

Prices above are from
LAX / SAN / SFO / IND / CVG
DFW / IAH / SAT / AUS / PHX
LAS / ABQ / DEN / SLC / SEA / PDX

Cash Early Booking Discount
SAVE $100 - First 1-20 Clients
SAVE $75 - 21-40 Clients
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Single Supplement Discount
The first TWO Singles to book, SAVE 50% off the Single Supplement

Additional Airports & Prices
$3,975 pp Double  LAX / SAN / SFO
$3,975 pp Double  IND / CVG
$3,975 pp Double  DFW / IAH / SAT / AUS
$3,975 pp Double  PHX / LAS / ABQ
$3,975 pp Double  DEN / SLC / SEA / PDX
+$50  SNA / SMF / OAK / SJC
+$150  ONT / PSP
Singles +$1,150 / Triple (in 2 Beds) -$50
Land Only  $3,299

Contact us for prices from other airports.

Daily Itinerary
Day 1 - Saturday, 9/28/2024 - Fly to Boston
Upon arrival in Boston, meet your Tour Manager and transfer to your hotel. This evening enjoy a Welcome Dinner with your fellow travelers. - Dinner
Day 2 - Sunday, 9/29/2024 - Boston
This morning enjoy a Boston city tour featuring Boston Commons, the Old State House, the Old North Church from where Paul Revere got the signal to start his famous ride, the Old South Meeting House, Beacon Hill and Old Ironsides. Visit the Faneuil Hall Marketplace for leisure time to grab a bite to eat, wander, people watch, and shop. Later, coach to Jackson in New Hampshire’s scenic White Mountains. - Breakfast - Dinner
Day 3 - Monday, 9/30/2024 - Conway Scenic Railroad / Mt. Washington Cog Railway
This morning board the Conway Scenic Railroad for a nostalgic ride through the scenic Mt. Washington Valley countryside in the restored historic railcars. Next travel to board the historic Mount Washington Cog Railway. Enjoy breathtaking vistas during your three-hour rail experience aboard the world’s first (1869) mountain-climbing Cog Railway to the top of the highest peak in the Northeast, Mount Washington. Later enjoy the evening at your own pace. - Breakfast
Day 4 - Tuesday, 10/1/2024 - Scenic Drive / Woodstock
This morning motorcoach along one of New England’s most popular scenic drives, the Kancamagus Highway. The drive connects North Conway with Lincoln and offers spectacular views of rushing rivers and covered bridges. Continue to Quechee Gorge, “Vermont’s Little Grand Canyon.”  Later arrive in the scenic town of Woodstock to visit the Billings Farm & Museum, a modern working dairy farm and museum of Vermont life in the 1890’s. This afternoon, pass through quaint villages and mountain scenery before arriving in Burlington for a two night stay in the famous and historic Vermont mountain town. - Breakfast - Dinner
Day 5 - Wednesday, 10/2/2024 - Vermont Sightseeing
Visit Shelburne Museum, in the scenic Lake Champlain Valley, one of the nation’s finest, most unconventional museums of art and Americana. Later, visit Cold Hollow Cider Mill, known for their cold-pressed cider and visit Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station. Enjoy a tour and a scoop of one of the creative flavors. Return to your hotel for an evening at leisure. - Breakfast
Day 6 - Thursday, 10/3/2024 - To Portland, Maine
This morning, visit a Maple Sugar Farm. Sample some authentic Vermont Maple sweets and learn about the sugaring process.  Later relax and enjoy the spectacular New England scenery enroute to the Maine Coast. Arrive in scenic Portland, Maine, on island-filled Casco Bay. - Breakfast
Day 7 - Friday, 10/4/2024 - Portland / Lobster Dinner
Today enjoy a scenic Casco Bay Cruise past lovely Victorian cottages on the shorelines of Little & Great Diamond Island.  Then enjoy some leisure time in Old Port, Portland’s historic waterfront. Later, visit the Portland Head Lighthouse & Museum in Cape Elizabeth, one of America’s oldest and most photographed lighthouses. Tonight enjoy a Lobster Farewell Dinner with your fellow travelers. - Breakfast - Dinner
Day 8 - Saturday, 10/5/2024 - Fly Home
After breakfast, transfer to Boston and fly home. - Breakfast

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