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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This title offers quirky trip suggestions that include Ivy League Secrets & Superstitions, Stephen King's Maine, and the Kennedys. It presents expert travel advice from a clam digger, an historian and a dairy farmer. This is the most comprehensive guide to New England in the market. It provides more than 10 outdoor trips that get you out of the car and into nature, including winter sports, Vermont by bike & rail, Acadia National Park, the Appalachian Trail and more. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Ray Bartlett | | Paperback: | 360 pages | | Publisher: | Lonely Planet | | Publication Date: | February 15, 2009 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1741797284 | | Product Width: | 127.5 centimeters | | Product Height: | 193.0 centimeters | | Product Weight: | 0.84 pounds | | Package Length: | 7.6 inches | | Package Width: | 5.0 inches | | Package Height: | 0.9 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 43 reviews |
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24 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Very helpful.... May 14, 2009
By Judy Smith
"judylynnsbooks"
This book includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. It has 53 themed Itineraries and 1012 local places to see. The trips are planned for you and tells how many hours it takes for each one and where to stay, where to eat, and the most interesting things to see on that trip.
For instance, if you like lighthouses there is a trip called 60 lighthouses in 60 hours. You cover a distance of 375 miles and start in Kittery (just over border from New Hampshire) and end up in Calais. There is footnotes of interest too; like on this one it says that only a few man made things can be seen from space but evidently Nubble Lighthouse in York can be seen.
If you are into architecture, there is a trip that includes Cape Cod and Nantucket. It takes 3 days and covers 150 miles and starts in Sandwich and ends in Truro.
There are Food Trips, Fall Foliage tours, coastal trips, Book Hunting in Pioneer Valley, Cape Ann Curiosities, trips to offbeat Vermont, arts and galleries, hiking trips....all kinds of trips for whatever your interest might be.
A really interesting tour book! Easy to read and great to plan by.
21 of 25 found the following review helpful:
 Too many trips, too many stops, too many miles, not enough good info May 21, 2009
By Snap, Crackle and Pop
I've lived in three New England states and traveled extensively. I'm always looking for new ideas, and we get lots of visitors so we keep a stack of guidebooks handy. Lonely Planet's New England Trips is one guidebook I won't be suggesting anyone take with them.
It's not just that the information is really uneven. Too many of the places mentioned aren't worth a detour to get to, and too many places worth a stop aren't mentioned. That's especially disappointing after the amazing places around the world that other Lonely Planet guides have taken me.
And it's not just that the information on any given attraction, restaurant or hotel is too brief to even figure out if it's someplace you want to go.
No, it's more than that. The idea of a book of "53 Themed Itineraries" with "1012 Local Places to See" turns out to be a really bad one. Maybe there are people who are interested visiting just sites related to "Pilgrims & Puritans" (Trip 16), and are willing to drive 269 miles just visiting sites on that theme. And who don't mind driving right past all kinds of fantastic places on the way ("No, Marge, we've already been through this, it's gotta be Pilgrims & Puritans, or we keep on driving ... "). Both of those people should probably buy this book. Everyone else should avoid it, because you really want to spend less time driving and more time sightseeing, eating, shopping or ... anything but deciphering guidebooks and driving.
Part of the problem is that 53 trips is way too many to try to cram into the book. They should have cut way down on the number of trips, and had more information about fewer itineraries. And created itineraries filled with really worthwhile stops, rather than the hodgepodge they ended up with to get to 53 and 1012.
They should also have expanded the arbitrary definitions of themed trips to explore one area more, and do it more effectively. (Really, even on the Vermont Ramble, it would be OK to drive the hundred yards across the river into New Hampshire to see some amazing things.) Follow this book and they'll have you circling New England for months, and driving thousands of miles.
Yes, thousands of miles. I did a quick tally of the mileage for their itineraries - about 8,000 miles. Sounds like good times, doesn't it?
Maybe this book is just meant to be for armchair travelers, dreaming about journeys they might take. Other than that, I'm not sure who they imagine would use and enjoy this book. First time visitors would get a bum steer from this book, and have to spend way too much time figuring out how to use it. Locals would have to comb through the book to find what they're looking for. Maybe it's meant as some kind of genius revenge on New Yorkers headed north ...
11 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Odd little corners and big cities May 13, 2009
By Brian Connors
When this one came up, it certainly struck me as an interesting choice -- I am a New Englander, but I've not seen as much of the area as I'd like. That said, I have to put in a good word for this based just on the areas it covers that I know.
As the title shows, this isn't just a travel reference, but a book of itineraries, some fairly short, some rather long and even a little scattershot. Some are themed (food trips, bookstore crawling in central Massachusetts), some are geographic sightseeing tours. All are meant to be self-guided -- you don't buy a Lonely Planet book when you're expecting to be on and off a bus. The book is pervaded with a gentle informality, even going so far as to provide suggested music mixes for each trip, and each chapter is summed up with things to do, places to eat, and sights to see.
There isn't a whole lot to say about travel books; either they're good or they're bad. This is definitely a good one.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
A Travel Guide that offers a unique approach to planning trips May 28, 2009
By M. Erb
The Lonely Planet series of travel guides takes a different approach to the itineraries it includes in its books. While this approach may not appeal to all, I find it refreshing and the book made me enjoy the process of choosing an itinerary for an upcoming trip to New England.
What I really enjoy about this book is the personal anecdotes the authors inject into the trip commentary. The text is written in a very entertaining yet informative way that I like a great deal. The trips themselves are grouped into different "themes" and actually the same trip can be found in any of several possible different classifications. For instance, Trip 1 is the Coastal New England trip. This is classified in several areas...Trips by Season, Trips by Theme (Route), and Iconic Trips. Depending on what type of trip you are seeking, that particular trip might show up in several areas. I like that because depending on what type of trip you are looking to take, the most appropriate trips are shown.
This is a conveniently sized book easy to shove in the glove box or just to keep handy anywhere. There are maps, not particularly helpful maps, interspersed throughout the book, but you'd definitely want a better set of maps once you begin your travels to supplement what's in the book.
Overall I found this book highly entertaining and informative. It made planning our upcoming trip an enjoyable experience and I give high marks for the manner in which it was written and the unique approach it takes.
5 stars.
8 of 9 found the following review helpful:
An essential guide Jun 21, 2010
By William Banks
"Librarycop"
New England has been a special place for me. I spent summers with my grandmother on Cape Cod until I was 16. My late wife and I kept up this love. Last year we traveled all around Massachusetts after spending our 40th anniversary on the Cape. I purchased this book after our trip and saw so much that I had grown to love. Its structured itineraries are quite good. I will go back again and use this handy book to add to my knowledge of this beautiful area.
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