Massachusetts Travel Guides and Tours

Autumn Foliage at Its Best in Five New England States Join us as Mother Nature puts on her most colorful show of the season! Trace the roots of American history through a traditional New England autumn, and return with colorful memories to last you a lifetime. This tour also features beautiful Martha's Vineyard, playground of the rich and famous. You'll get to visit: • Historic Boston • Plymouth Rock • Martha's Vineyard • Newport, Rhode Island • Vermont's backroad villages • Quechee Gorge • Scenic New Hampshire via train • Lake Winnipesaukee • Kennebunkport, Maine • and many more! 8 Days • 12 Meals

Travel by historic rails and scenic sails as we explore the sights and sounds of New England. In this tour you'll get to visit: • Boston • Portland, Maine • Casco Bay • New Hampshire's White Mountains • North Conway • Quechee Gorge • Essex • Cape Cod • and many others Delicious Dining More than Boston beans are on the menu. Many of Portland’s restaurants offer spectacular bay views and please any taste from surf to turf to Italian. An after-dinner stroll along the wharf can include boutique shopping or simply watching the moon rise over the ocean. Dining at the Historic Deerfield Inn is like opening a doorway to the past in this wonderful historic village often called the “gem of rural New England.” 8 Days • 9 Meals

Visit historic Boston and spend three nights on Cape Cod, the long time refuge of east coast vacationers. Featuring a whale-watching cruise and guided tours of Boston, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, and the Vanderbilt Mansion, "The Breakers", this all-inclusive tour offers a packed itinerary at a reasonable pace.

Welcome to “Beantown,” named for the city’s famous baked beans. As a major influence in the American Revolution, Boston tells the tales of American freedom. It is in this city where Paul Revere began his midnight ride to warn of the arrival of the British, and visitors today can follow his path. See the best of Boston using your Go Boston Card. Tour the city by land and by sea on a Boston Duck Tour or take a harbor cruise for views of the Charlestown Navy Yard. Visit the JFK Presidential Library & Museum, explore Boston Common, and be sure to check out baseball’s historic Fenway Park!

Cape Cod, Newport, Boston, Lexinton/Concord

Get acquainted with the history, beauty, and coastal traditions of Cape Cod and its neighboring islands on this fascinating vacation. Your trip begins in Boston with a welcome drink, guided sightseeing of “Bean Town’s” most famous sites, and two overnights. Head southeast to the pilgrim’s Plymouth to see Plymouth Rock and a replica of the Mayflower II; then visit a working cranberry bog and explore Plimoth Plantation. On to the resort town of Hyannis for two overnights and an orientation tour that features the JFK Memorial and St. Francis Xavier Church. An included excursion takes you along the peninsula’s Cape Cod National Seashore to Provincetown for an exciting whale-watching cruise. Next, take a ferry ride to Nantucket for guided sightseeing of the imposing mansions and Quaker influences, an included clam bake dinner, and an overnight. Board a ferry and make your way to Martha’s Vineyard, where you spend the night and take a morning guided sightseeing tour. A high-speed ferry whisks you to Woods Hole and the cobblestone streets of New Bedford, former whaling port of Moby Dick fame. Continue to elegant Newport, Rhode Island, where you spend two nights and enjoy an orientation tour that shows off Cornelius Vanderbilt’s opulent Breakers mansion. Your incredible Cape Cod & the Islands vacation ends as you return to Boston for your homebound flight.Fall Foliage Departures:Enjoy spectacular fall colors on our Fall Foliage departures: Sept. 10-Sept. 24 (if Mother Nature permits).

Provincetown, Hyannis, Cape Cod, Newport, Martha’s Vineyard, Boston, New Bedford, Nantucket, Plymouth

The charming islands and rugged coastlines of New England are the focus of this eight-day vacation. Join us as we explore Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Cape Cod, and the historic cities of Providence, Boston and Newport. In preservation-minded Providence, see one of the nation's best collections of restored colonial home and mansions on the streets around Brown University. In Newport, the opulence of the Gilded Age is combined with expansive ocean vistas as you take a guided tour of the Vanderbilt summer home, Marble House. In Boston, more colonial history awaits you in the city's historic North End, Beacon Hill, the Old South Meeting House and Old North Church. The story of the Pilgrims becomes very real at Plimoth Plantation, a meticulously researched recreation of their early settlement and center for early American history. On Cape Cod, see the summer playground (and presidential retreat) of the Kennedy family in Hyannisport. On Martha's Vineyard, summer home to celebrities, famous writers and artists, join a local guide to see the island's renowned gingerbread cottages, historic whaling port and captain's homes. On the island of Nantucket, explore the waterfront and browse the shops lining its cobblestone streets before embarking on a guided tour of the island's cottages, beaches and lighthouses.