pillz

Hi all,

Would like to ask - if I have about slightly more than a week in New England and don't drive, how should i structure my trip?

Ideally I would like to spend a couple of days in Boston and also a bit of time to head up to Hanover to visit my friend at Dartmouth ...

Thanks in advance!

Cheers

tchoiniere

As someone replied in your other thread, it is very difficult to move around New England without a car. Can your friend come down to pick you up in Boston and bring you to Hanover? Or will you be trying to move around on your own?

pillz

I will most likely be moving around on my own; am taking a bus to Hanover from Boston.

I guess it's really difficult to move around without a car, some stuff I have come up with is perhaps just take a ferry to Cape Cod/Martha's Vineyard and do something there, or head over to Newport ... that might be my best bet.

litefoot

Boston is a walking city so you should have not problem without a car. It also has a good T (subway) system. I would suggest you take a tour (duck or land) to get your bearings on the city. Then you can figure out what to do and how to get there.

Ceidleh

If you are looking for something else besides downtown Boston and Hanover, you can take the commuter rail for a day trip to Salem. Or maybe the bus to get to Providence, RI - pretty small, compact enough to walk around.

joesorce

www.concordtrailways.com

www.vermonttransit.com

www.amtrak.com

china_cat

you can take a day trip from Boston to Provincetown on Cape Cod by ferry. but once in PTown its hard to get around.

I think going to Martha's Vineyard would be more difficult. You'd have to get a bus to the ferry stop. or perhaps you can take the commuter rail to New Bedford, and take the ferry to MV from there.

you can take the train to Salem as an earlier poster mentioned. The same line also goes to Rockport which is a nice town for walking around and seeing a little bit of the coast. You also can take the train to Providence (no need to bother with the bus) if something there interests you.

Another option might be Portland ME, if you are looking to get away from Boston, and do more than daytripping. there is a train to Portland too.

suze

It is not easy to get around New England without a car, plain and simple. You might check first the various bus and train schedules & then build your itinerary from there (the reverse of how you'd usually plan).

Vttraveler

A good option for the Boston to Hanover trip is the Dartmouth coach service listed in joesorce's first link.
We often use this company to travel to Logan airport from NH

I would not try to do much more than Boston and Hanover with only one week. You should also plan to spend some time in Cambridge via T from Boston

One interesting place to visit from Boston via public transit (T) is the Adams National Historic site in Quincy
http://www.nps.gov/adam/planyourvisit/directions.htm

bachslunch

I'd say it depends on where you want to go and what your time frame is. While a car is necessary to reach some cities, towns, or outdoor attractions in New England, others are easy to manage.

There is, for example, a bus that goes between Boston and Hanover, NH:

http://www.concordcoachlines.com/dar...s_schedule.htm

And Boston is easy to get around via public transportation and walking.

Where else did you want to go?

irishface

There is a bus that goes to the ferry in Woodshole. I can't remember if it is Plymouth and Brockton, Bonanza, Trailways, or PeterPan. Once you land on Martha's Vineyard, there are shuttle busses that cover the main sights. You can buy a day pass on MV. You could also rent a bike.

yellowbyrd

Take a ferry from Boston to Provincetown or take a bus from Boston to Hyannis and then take the Breeze and Flex buses to get around on the outer cape.
www.theflex.org www.p-b.com
and http://www.thebreeze.info/

You can actually see quite a lot from Harwich to Provincetown on the outer cape, where the National Seashore is, by using the Flex bus. One of the nice features about that bus is that you can ask them to divert from their normal route to drop you someplace...hence the name Flex.

pillz

Thanks! I've decided to use the time instead to travel around Provincetown and also down to Newport ... I guess without a car it's almost always better to stay in a city ...

pillz

Hi all,

hopefully someone can help me out here, is Newport, RI a better place to visit on the weekdays or the weekends? I like to enjoy scenery and am a kinda cosy person.

Thanks!