This eight-day bus tour with Insight Tours starts in Boston, and then heads through the hilly Berkshires to Williamstown, Massachusetts, which is where travelers see the first major sighting of foliage. From there, the tour journeys through Vermont to Stowe for a two-night stay. Here, the blazes of orange and yellow leaves frame a view of Mount Mansfield, Vermont's tallest peak. On day five, the tour goes east to New Hampshire's North Conway for a two-night stay. The views in the White Mountains of New Hampshire are some of New England's most spectacular. The tour includes a ride on the Cannon Aerial Tramway, drives through Franconia Notch and Crawford Notch, and travel on the coast, where the colors make for picture-perfect memories against the waters of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kennebunkport, Maine. As of March 2010, this tour starts at $2,025 per person and includes a tour director, first-class hotels, 10 meals, and airport transfers.
Insight Vacations, Inc
801 Katella Ave.
Anaheim, CA 92805
800-582-8380
www.insightvacations.com
The Islands of New England tour, an eight-day tour with Collette Tours, is a great way to experience New England's fall foliage for those who are more interested in the coastal landscape rather than the mountainous inland. It begins in Providence, Rhode Island, and travels through Newport, Rhode Island, Boston, and back to Providence by bus. Travelers next set off by ferry from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, and end with a tour of Hyannis and Provincetown, where a dinner train takes you to the end of the tour in Cape Cod. This tour features a lobster feast, visits to the Plymouth Plantation, and a guided tour of one of New England's working cranberry bogs. The infusion of color with the red cranberries and the fall foliage is one not many forget. As of March 2010, prices start at $1,599 per person for fall tours. Lodging is not included.
Collette Vacations Global Headquarters
162 Middle St.
Pawtucket, RI 02860
800-340-5158
www.collettetours.com
This epic eight-day tour by Vacations by Rail combines three trains (the Hobo Railway, Essex Steam Train, and Cape Cod Central Railroad) and three cruises (Portland's Casco Bay to Diamond Island, the Becky Thatcher Riverboat Cruise, and the Hyannis Harbor Cruise). The tour begins in Boston, travels to Portland, Maine, North Conway, New Hampshire, Mystic, Connecticut, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and back to Boston. The tour includes a tour manager, 11 meals, airport transfers, and a city tour of Boston with a local guide and $45 in travel credits. The drive up New Hampshire's winding, scenic Kancamagus Highway, Vermont's Quechee Gorge, and an authentic lobster dinner in the Cape are not to be missed. The fall 2010 prices start at $1,698 per person, as of March 2010.
Vacations by Rail
877-929-7245
[email protected]
www.vacationsbyrail.com
