FALL COLORS IN NEW ENGLAND, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE IT ANYPLACE ELSE IN THE US. JOIN US FOR A SPECTACULAR WEEK OF SIGHTSEEING AND TRAIN RIDING IN NEW HAMPHIRE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE FALL COLORS IN THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. THIS TOUR WILL PRESENT TO YOU SOME OF THE MOST AWESOME SCENERY IN NEW ENGLAND. THE MOUNTAINS ARE COVERED IN BLAZING COLOR THAT SIGNALS WINTER IS AGAIN APPROACHING. THIS TOUR FEATURES SIX EXCITING TRAIN RIDES PLUS A STEMSHIP CRUISE AND LOTS OF SIGHTSEEING. ONE ADVENTURE AFTER ANOTHER WILL UNFOLD ON THIS TOUR.
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Day 1:
SEPTEMBER 22: INDEPENDENT ARRIVALS IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. OVERNIGHT LODGING INCLUDED.
Day 2:
SEPTEMBER 23: WE START OUR GRAND FALL COLORS TOUR BY SHOWING YOU SOME OF THE POINTS OF INTEREST IN BOSTON. WE THEN BOARD ONE OF THE MBTA TRAINS FOR AN INTERESTING RIDE TO ROCKPORT. THIS IS PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS AND SCENIC SEAPORT VILLAGES ON THE EASTERN COAST. THE MANY RUSTIC BUILDINGS AND SHOPS ARE A PHOTOGRAPHER'S DREAM. LATE AFTERNOON OUR CHARTER MOTORCOACH WILL TAKE US NORTH TO NORTH CONWAY, NEW HAMPHIRE.
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Day 3:
SEPTEMBER 24: MORNING DEPARTURE ON THE CONWAY SCENIC RAILROAD'S "NOTCH TRAIN" FOR A FIVE HOUR JOURNEY THROUGH THE FINEST NATURAL SCENERY IN THE EAST. OUR JOURNEY WILL RUN NORTH FROM NORTH CONWAY TOWARD THE WHITE MOUNTAINS. SHEER CLIFFS, STEEP RAVINES, CASCADING BROOKS AND STREAMS, WIDE MOUNTAIN VISTAS, AND PANORAMIC VIEWS OF MT. WASHINGTON ARE THE ORDER OF THE DAY. OUR TRAIN RUNS THROUGH CRAWFORD NOTCH STATE PARK TO FABYAN WERE WE TURN AROUND AND HEAD BACK TO NORTH CONWAY.
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Day 4:
SEPTEMBER 25: WE AGAIN BOARD A CONWAY SCENIC RAILROAD TRAIN, TODAY WE RIDE THE "VALLEY TRAIN" FOR RUN TO BARTLETT AND RETURN, AND WE WILL BE SERVED A WONDERFUL LUNCH PREPARED ONBOARD, SERVED WITH FRIENDLY YANKEE HOSPITALITY. OUR TWO HOUR TRAIN RIDE UP THE MT. WASHINGTON VALLEY WILL ALLOW US TO RE-LIVE THE GOLDEN DAYS OF RAILROAD DINING. WHEN WE ARRIVE BACK IN NORTH CONWAY OUR MOTORCOACH WILL TAKE US TO BRETTON WOODS, JUST NORTH OF CRAWFORD NOTCH.
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Day 5:
SEPTEMBER 26: AFTER BREAKFAST WE BOARD THE MT. WASHINGTON COG RAILWAY FOR THE SPECTACULAR RIDE TO THE TOP OF MT. WASHINGTON, HIGEST POINT IN NEW ENGLAND AT 6,288 FEET. ALL TRAINS ARE OPERATED BY STEAM LOCOMOTIVES, AND NOW THIS RAILROAD IS A NATIONAL HISTORIC ENGINEERING LANDMARK. BUILT IN 1869, THE GRADE AT ONE POINT IS AN INCREDIBLE 37%. THE VIEWS FROM THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN ARE AWESOME. ON A CLEAR DAY ONE CAN SEE INTO MAINE, VERMONT, AND QUEBEC. AFTER OUR TRAIN RIDE WE TAKE OUR MOTORCOACH TO FRANCONIA FOR LODGING.
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Day 6:
SEPTEMBER 27: WE WILL SPEND THE ENTIRE DAY IN THE FRANCONIA NOTCH STATE PARK. FIRST WE TAKE A RIDE ON THE CANNON MOUNTAIN AERIAL TRAMWAY TO THE TOPL OF CANNON MOUNTAIN AT 4,200 FEET. WE THEN CONTINUE INTO THE HEART OF THE FRANCONIA NOTCH MAKING A NUMBER OF PHOTO STOPS AS WE MAKE OUR WAY TO THE FAMOUS FLUME GORGE WHERE THE WALLS RISE TO A HEIGHT OF 70 TO 90 FEET AND ARE ONLY 12 FEET APART IN AREAS. THIS GORGE IS 800 FEET LONG AND WE WILL TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE GORGE. THEN WE CHECK INTO OUR HOTEL AT LINCOLN. AFTER CHECK IN WE GO BOARD THE CALFE LAFAYETTE DINNER TRAIN IN NEARBY NORTH WOODSTOCK. ENJOY A FIVE COURSE DINNER SERVED TO YOU IN GRAND EUROPEAN MANNER.
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Day 7:
SEPTEMBER 28: NEXT WE STOP AT WEIRS BEACH AND BOARD THE M/S MOUNT WASHINGTON STEAMSHIP FOR A 3 HOUR LUNCH CRUISE ON LAKE WINNEPESAUKEE. AFTER OUR CRUISE WE THEN BOARD THE WINNEPESAUKEE SCENIC RAILROAD FOR A RIDE ALONG THE SHORES OF THE LAKE. AFTER OUR TRAIN RIDE WE BOARD OUR CHARTER MOTORCOACH FOR THE RETURN TO BOSTON AND HOTEL CHECK-IN.
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Day 8:
SEPTEMBER 29: CHECK-OUT AND END OF TOUR.
Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.
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