New England Rails & Trails

October 4, 2027 | 9 days | From $5,224
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Phone: 1-877-953-8687 | Email: bookings@pwd.travel

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Final payments/booking deadline: July 6, 2027

HIGHLIGHTS

• 2 Rail Journeys

• Granite State Scenic Railway
• Mt. Washington Cog Rail

• Boston City Tour
• Faneuil Hall Marketplace & Quincy Market
• JFK Presidential Library & Museum
• Billings Farm & Museum
• Woodstock, Vermont
• North Conway, NH
• Maple Sugar Farm
• Ben & Jerry’s Factory
• Shelburne Museum
• Kancamagus Highway
• Portland, Maine
• Casco Bay Cruise
• Morse Libby House
• Cold Hollow Cider Mill
• Portland Head Lighthouse
• Lobster Farewell Dinner
• All Two Night Stays - Boston, Burlington, White Mountains & Portland

INCLUSIONS

• Roundtrip Airfare - GEG
• 11 Meals: 8-Breakfasts (B) & 3-Dinners (D)
• Professional Tour Director
• Motorcoach Transportation
• Hotel Transfers
• Admissions per Itinerary
• Sightseeing per Itinerary
• Baggage Handling at Hotels

ACCOMMODATIONS

8 Nights Accommodations

• 2 Nights - The Westin Boston Seaport or Le Meridien Boston/Cambridge, Boston Area
• 2 Nights - Doubletree by Hilton or Best Western Windjammer, Burlington, VT
• 2 Nights - The Glen House, Woodward Mountain Resort White Mountains Area, NH
• 2 Nights - Hyatt Place or Holiday Inn, Portland, Maine

On some dates alternate hotels may be used

ITINERARY

DAY 1: ARRIVE BOSTON

Upon arrival in Boston meet your Tour Director and transfer to your Boston Area hotel for a two-night stay. Enjoy the evening at leisure in this historic city filled with amazing restaurants.

Overnight: Boston Area

DAY 2: BOSTON SIGHTSEEING

Today enjoy a Boston City Tour featuring Boston Commons, the Old State House, the Old North Church from where Paul Revere got the signal to start his famous ride, the Old South Meeting House, Beacon Hill and Old Ironsides. Visit the Faneuil Hall Marketplace, located in downtown Boston near the waterfront and originally gifted to the city in 1742. Enjoy lunch and shopping in this area which also features Quincy Market, added to the complex due to Boston’s growth in 1826. Later visit the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum, which is dedicated to the memory of our nation’s thirty-fifth president. Located on Boston’s waterfront, the Library & Museum is set on a 10-acre park landscaped to be reminiscent of President Kennedy’s beloved Cape Cod. Tonight enjoy a Welcome Dinner.

(B,D) Overnight: Boston Area

DAY 3: BOSTON - BURLINGTON

After breakfast travel to the scenic town of Woodstock, often referred to as America’s Prettiest Town with its colonial architecture and New England charm. Visit the Billings Farm & Museum, a modern working dairy farm and history museum of Vermont life in the 1890’s. This afternoon pass through quaint villages and mountain scenery before arriving in Burlington for a two-night stay in the famous and historic Vermont mountain town.

(B) Overnight: Burlington, VT

DAY 4: VERMONT SIGHTSEEING

Visit the Shelburne Museum, located in Vermont’s scenic Lake Champlain Valley & one of the nation’s finest, most diverse and unconventional museums of art and Americana. Later visit Cold Hollow Cider Mill, one of the largest apple cider mills in New England and known for cold-pressed cider. Also visit the home of Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream, founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station. Enjoy a brief factory tour and a scoop of one of the creative flavors. Late afternoon return to your hotel for an evening at your own pace.

(B) Overnight: Burlington, VT

DAY 5: MAPLE SUGAR FARM - GRANITE STATE SCENIC RAILROAD - WHITE MTNS.

This morning visit a Maple Sugar Farm to sample some authentic Vermont Maple sweets and learn about the sugaring process. Later board the Granite State Scenic Railway in Lincoln formerly known as the Hobo Railroad. The picturesque 80-minute experience rides along the banks of Pemigewasset River and through the woods on a historic rail system that dates back to the late 1800’s. Continue to your hotel for a two-night stay in the beautiful White Mountains and enjoy dinner with your fellow travelers.

(B,D) Overnight: White Mountains, NH

DAY 6: MT. WASHINGTON COG - NORTH CONWAY

This morning board the historic Mount Washington Cog Railway. Enjoy breathtaking vistas during the three-hour rail experience aboard the world’s first (1869) mountain climbing Cog Railway to the top of the highest peak in the Northeast, Mount Washington. Then travel to the small town of North Conway for some leisure & shopping time. Continue to one of New England’s most popular scenic drives, the Kancamagus Highway. The drive offers spectacular views of rushing rivers, covered bridges and mountain scenery. Enjoy the evening at leisure.

(B) Overnight: White Mountains, NH

DAY 7: WHITE MOUNTAINS - PORTLAND

After breakfast board your motorcoach and enjoy the scenery as you travel from the mountains to the coast. Arrive in Portland, Maine’s largest city that sits on a peninsula jutting out into beautiful island-filled Casco Bay. Visit the Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse Libby House, the nation’s premier showpiece of Victorian architecture. Arrive at your hotel for a two-night stay in Portland.

(B) Overnight: Portland

DAY 8: PORTLAND

Today enjoy a scenic Casco Bay Cruise past lovely Victorian cottages on the shorelines of Little & Great Diamond Island. Then enjoy some leisure time for shopping and lunch on your own in Old Port, Portland’s historic waterfront. Later visit the Portland Head Lighthouse & Museum in Cape Elizabeth, one of America’s oldest and most photographed lighthouses. Tonight enjoy a Lobster Farewell Dinner with your fellow travelers. Lobster is a favorite dish of New Englanders in the summer and fall.

(B,D) Overnight: Portland

DAY 9: PORTLAND - BOSTON - FLY HOME

Travel to Boston & fly home with wonderful memories of your New England experiences.

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