northeast vacation
 

Hi gys: i need to decide between bulington, portland or providance for a few days vacation by myself, can anyone recomend the most charming one?

Portland Maine is very compact yet has many attributes of a much larger city, including great restaurants, a couple of microbreweries, shopping and a wonderful art museum. If you have access to a car, you can tour the beautiful coastline and lighthouses nearby. But even if you're staying in town, there's plenty to see for a couple of days

Hi Cindy: i will not drive, is there a place to stay that is beautiful that you can recomand?

I vote for Portland, although its is a close call. Both Portland and Burlington have nice pedestrian - cobblestone areas for walking and browsing. Portland has a pretty working harbor (lobsterboats), neat islands to hop to, and chowda from sidewalk vendors. Burlington has a beautiful lake with ferry rides. <BR><BR>Providence is bigger and not so quaint, I think, but I haven't been there in a while.

The good news about Providence and Portland (I believe), is that they both now have train service to Boston. If you get bored in either place, you can go Boston.<BR><BR>All, please correct me if Portland - North Station isn't on line yet.