New England Tour

Old Sep 21st, 2017, 09:24 AM
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New England Tour

We are 4(2+2) flying to boston on 27th September for 11day tour and starts road tour by renting car.
We aim to cover places starting from Boston,Portland,Portsmouth,Acadia,Green Mountains,Burlington, White mountains,Capecod.
We planned our hotels bookings as follows
Boston. 2nights
Old Orchard beach 2nights
Dedham. 2nights
Burlington. 1nights
Cape cod. 3nights
So,can you please suggest the best landmarks and sightseengs in those loctions
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Old Sep 21st, 2017, 02:04 PM
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I'll get you started.

In Boston do the freedom trail and depending on your interests, visit some of the museums, do a food tour, take a Duck tour etc.

You can visit Portsmouth on the way to Old Orchard Beach. OOB is a typical beach town, but quite close to Portland so that could make a day trip destination, maybe a ride on one of the mail boats in the bay.
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Old Sep 21st, 2017, 08:56 PM
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Can you change hotels or are they prepaid, non-refundable?

Dedham makes no sense

Old Orchard Beach is dull indeed in October. You're missing the best of what Maine has to offer. Are you planning just a day drive to Acadia from Old Orchard?

What are your interests? Hiking? History? Beach? Fall color? Shopping? Dining? Sailing? You have a lot of beach time (Cape & OOB) but Oct is not really beach weather.
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To add on to the previous comments....

Agree to skip Dedham....unless you're visiting family...it's a suburb of Boston, but not much to attract a tourist

For Boston:
As mentioned Freedom Trail and North End, Old Government house and Fanuel Hall, Duck tour, Science Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum...lots to do in Boston. Taking a Fenway Park tour is fun, too if you are baseball fans.

On way to Portland, you can stop in:

Newburyport, MA...historic seaside town, nice shops, harborfront, proximity to Plum Island (gorgeous dunes for running and blowing off energy)Beautiful sea captains homes.

Portsmouth, NH...small, historic seaside town. Visit Strawbery Banke historic village right in downtown. Lots of good restaurants, shopping, etc. Maybe take a tour of the Albacore submarine, also just outside of downtown.

Ogunquit....gorgeous seaside town. Walk the Marginal Way.

Portland: visit Old Port, take a boat ride to Peaks Island, there is a children's museum there, too.

Further up, which you didn't mention are:
Bath...nice Maritime museum
Camden...nice harbor and Mount Battie, and state park
Boothbay: Boothbay Coastal Botanical Gardens

Acadia National Park is about 2.5 hours or so further north from Portland.
Spend at least 2 nights there, 3 is better. Plenty of things to do...hike, ride bikes on carriage trails, horseback riding, whale watching (but October could be rough)

White Mountains...hike on the Kangamagus highway. The leaves are already turning, so you will have some nice color. Lots of company, too, as foliage season is popular in New England.

Cape Cod:
I'd ride the Shining Sea bikeway with the kids, and have some fun time on the beach. October days can be very pleasant, although that's not a given.

Can't comment on Vermont.

You'll see lots of nice foliage throughout.
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What part of the Cape are you staying in - there are more than a dozen towns here and varying activities/sights depending on where you're staying.
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I don't know what Dedham is doing on your list since it's in MA. You listed Burlington which I assume is the one in VT. You can drive through the White Mountains.

Don't know whether you mean 2 adults and 2 children or 2 couples/adults.

In Burlington you can have an inexpensive and relaxing dinner at Burlington Bay Market. They have a deck that overlooks Lake Champlain. Not a perfect view but good enough to enjoy the sunset. They have a very busy ice cream window. A maple cremee is Vermont's official ice cream, I think.

I like the boat tours out of Portsmouth NH. The inland rivers will give you the best view of foliage. But the mail boat out of Portland ME that stops at Peaks Island is nice, too. You might consider the cruise to see the city lights.

I can't figure out when you are visiting Rhode Island but we just took the Providence Down City food tour and it was great fun. Also recommend Beneath the Breakers and Servants Life (The Elms) mansion tours in Newport RI.

Last weekend I drove from Burlington VT to NH via I89 and it's actually a very pretty drive but expect a lot of traffic on a weekend because everyone is out looking at leaves. Try to stop at an apple orchard for some fresh apples, maybe some cider donuts if you stop at the right place.
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ps Acadia is lovely but means driving a lot of miles. The top of Mt Battie in Camden is one of the best views on the coast of Maine. Take the auto road or hike. Check the hours but I think McLoon's lobster in South Thomaston is still open. If weather is nice you eat at picnic tables looking out on a beautiful little working harbor. A real Maine lobster shack.
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Thankyou for the wondercul responses..
Just as per the prices and availability i will have choose the hotels in those areas. My main intrests are sightseeing..
I thought dedham is near to visit acadia and barharbour..as per the hotel availability
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I'm afraid Dedham is not near Acadia. You need to stay in Bar Harbour for that. Kennebunkport is another intermediate stop; also Freeport if you are into outlet shopping.
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When you leave Acadia, I would suggest driving south to Portland and then west to Conway NH. The view looking north on Main Street in North Conway is beautiful but expect that area to also have a lot of traffic. You can cross the mountains via the suggested Kancamagus Hwy and then head north via I93 to where you can cross over into VT and then head to Burlington VT. This will probably take you most of the day which is why I don't suggest going as far north as Acadia. We have driven the northern route from Bangor/Ellsworth area to the top of NH's White Mountains and it is a very rural highway. It will probably be pretty but know ahead of time where you can stop for lunch. It would actually be more interesting than driving south on I95 in Maine to Portland because I95 is boring.

Burlington VT to Cape Cod is also going to be a long day of driving. I hope you have unlimited mileage on the rental car.

If you do too much driving and rushing from one place to the next, you are going to miss the essence of New England. Yesterday is was warm enough (unusually so) for us to enjoy a RI restaurant's outdoor patio and a leisurely breakfast. We live in NH but still take time to just sit and enjoy how the colors are changing and what birds are flying around. I hope you don't spend most of the time driving in heavy traffic.
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There is a small town Dedham Maine not far from acadia but I am not sure whether it has any lodging options

I think that driving to Cape Cod and to the Acadia area will keep you in the car far too long so would re-think those and/or eliminate the Burlington VT stay. Going into the mountains of New Hampshire would be closer to other destinations than Burlington.
Unfortunately so far the fall foliage does not seem great in VT.
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We are 4(2+2) flying to boston on 27th September for 11day tour and starts road tour by renting car.
We aim to cover places starting from Boston,Portland,Portsmouth,Acadia,Green Mountains,Burlington, White mountains,Capecod.
We planned our hotels bookings as follows
Boston. 2nights
Old Orchard beach 2nights
Dedham.ME 2nights
Gorham 1night
Burlington. 1nights
Cape cod. 3nights
So,can you please suggest the best landmarks and sightseengs in those loctions
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The towns in different states in New England often have the same names. I assume your stop in Burlington is in Massachusetts not Vermont. If that is so and is to make it a stop between Maine and the cape, I would suggest you go at least an hour or so south to avoid some of the morning traffic in the area. I would even bite the bullet and go all the way to the Cape or at least closer to it.

If you are planning on using Burlington as a place to go and visit sites like Concord and Lexington before heading to the Cape then I guess it would work.

If you are planning on going all the way to Burlington, VT than that's a much longer trip.
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