Ray Bartlett, Gregor Clark, Dan Eldridge, Brandon Presser

TRIPSNew England

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Trip InformationPractical details for points of interest within trips can be found at the end of every trip under Trip Information. Prices in this book are listed as a range to account for seasonal varia-tions. Under Eat, “mains” means main courses or entrées. Under Sleep, “r” means rooms.% Telephoneh Opening hoursc Family-friendly Listings accompanied by this icon are great for families with young children Pet-friendly Listings accompanied by this icon allow dogs (and sometimes other pets).

Link Your TripExtend your trip with this handy feature that lists nearby trips worth combining.

Maps & Route ShieldsRegional maps show the trip number at the starting point of the trip.USA Interstate freeway US highway State highwayCANADA Trans-Canada highway Provincial highway Canadian highway

Theme IconsAll trips are themed using the following icons.

Best TripsTrips starred with the Best Trip icon are our hands-down favorites. We highly recommend these trips.

Expert-Recommended TripsWe teamed up with local experts including a clam-digger, a travel blogger, a sled-dog musher, the MA Farmers Market Representa-tive, and TV personality Chef Harry, who shared with us their favorite trips, listed on p29.

Ecofriendly & Sustainable OptionsListings that have a green mission and have an ecofriendly or sustainable mantra are listed in our GreenDex, p351.

Great, must-do trips that represent the region

Trips that follow a well-known route, with extra insider detail

Trips to diners, wineries, breweries, dairy farms and seafood shacks

National Park drives, coastal hikes and mountain bike rides

Trips to historic towns, museums, Ivy League Universities and more

Trips that combine the kitsch, haunted, creepy or bizarre

Trips for urbanites

Trips up to an hour away from a hub city

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NEW ENGLAND TRIPS You know the drill: it’s 3pm on a Friday, and your mind is drifting off to a place with coast-hugging roads, clam shacks, historic towns, mountain vis-tas and boutique breweries. Does such a place reallyexist, or is it all just a post-traumatic work-week-induced fantasy? Luckily, this dreamy destination is quite real: it’s New England. So that’s where you want to be, but where to go? When? How? As trip-takers and travelers ourselves, we know that condensing information down into simple, inspirational jour-neys can be tough. There are just so many sources and opinions. We just want to pick a trip and go.

Our local authors have scoured New England to bring you 53 of the best trips for food lovers, his-tory buffs, outdoor enthusiasts, culture-vultures and families, as well as unique and off-the-beaten track options. Our most inspirational trips range from an insider’s look at Ivy League schools to Vermont’s best dairy farms; from a bicycle ride through kitschy Rhode Island to a clam digger’s tour of Cape Cod. Trips are themed to suit your interests, perhaps even your mood. For day trip-pers we have picked our favorite short trips from Boston, covering music, history and museums.

Now that you’ve got the inspiration, all you need is to pack your bags and go. Oh, and tell your boss you won’t be in on Monday.

ETHAN ALLEN HIGHWAY & BEYOND p65Pretty Moss Glen Falls provides respite from Route 100

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RAY BARTLETTRay Bartlett began travel writing at 18 by jumping a freight train for 500 miles and selling the story to a local newspaper. Two decades later he is still wandering the world with pen and camera in hand. He has been published in USA Today, the Denver Post, Miami Herald, and other newspapers and magazines, and recently appeared on PRI’s The World. His Lonely Planet titles include Japan, Mexico, Yucatán, and Korea. More about him can be found at his website, www.kaisora.com. When not travelling, he surfs, writes fiction, drinks way too much coffee, and burns way too much midnight oil.

GREGOR CLARKGregor Clark lives in Vermont. After six previous Lonely Planet assignments in Europe, South America and California, exploring his beloved home state with fam-ily has been a dream come true. Favorite new discoveries include Derby’s Haskell Opera House and West Rutland’s Carving Studio.

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BRANDON PRESSERAfter spending his childhood summers collecting starfish along the Maine coast, Brandon per-fected his ‘pahk the cah’ Bostonian drawl while attending Harvard University. When he’s not writing his way across the globe, Brandon still calls New England home.

DAN ELDRIDGE Born in the San Francisco Bay Area and cur-rently based in Philadelphia with his wife and their five cats, Dan Eldridge is the author of a travel guide to Pittsburgh, and the founding editor of Young Pioneers magazine. Dan has written about Turkey and Thailand for Lonely Planet, and his journalism has appeared in the Daily Telegraph, Houston Chronicle and Paste, among other publications.

CONTRIBUTING EXPERTSTaylor Brown A Cape Cod native living in Chatham, Taylor Brown is a professional clam digger who also works as an accessory designer, and as a vintage clothing online retailer. Visit www. sweetwatervintage.etsy.com and www.myspace.com/sweetwatervinatge to learn more. She takes us clam diggin’ on p147.

Chef Harry Chef Harry is the creator and host of PBS’ Chef Harry and Friends. He is a regular contributor on NBC’s Today Show, and the KTLA-CBS Food Guru in Los Angeles and the Fox Food Guru in Nashville. He has authored five books, and is currently the Culinary and Creative Director for Heritage Trail Vineyards and Winery. His expertise

on the Connecticut wine industry is shared on p197. To learn more, visit www.chefharry.com.

Stephanie Elsener As a lover of the lakes, mountains and fresh air, the Lakes Region was the ideal spot for Stephanie to be raised. Cur-rently traveling the world and spending more time in her husband’s native Switzerland, she still keeps a warm place in her heart for NH and the Lakes Region, which she shares on p295.

Silas Finch Originally from Massachusetts, Silas Finch is a found-object sculptor based in New Haven, CT. Finch uses cast-off and discarded metals and leathers to build a diverse cast of

LONELY PLANET AUTHORSWhy is our travel information the best in the world? It’s simple: our authors are in-dependent, dedicated travelers. They don’t research using just the internet or phone, and they don’t take freebies, so you can rely on their advice being well researched and impartial. They travel widely, to all the popular spots and off the beaten track. They personally visit thousands of hotels, restaurants, cafés, bars, galleries, palaces, museums and more – and they take pride in getting all the details right, and telling it how it is. Think you can do it? Find out how at lonelyplanet.com.

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characters – from dancing elephants and drum-mer boys to biomechanical monsters. Photo-graphs of his work can be seen at www.myspace.com/silasfinch. Silas takes us through the ins and outs of New Haven’s art galleries on p213.

Lissy Heminway Lissy, founder of Vermont Dog Sledding (www.vermontdogsledding.org), grew up on a small farm in New England, where her dreams of becoming a musher began. She settled in Vermont in 1992 and has been running sled dogs ever since. Her expertise on the other side of winter sports is shared on p251.

Melissa Jenks Melissa was raised in Thailand and has travelled solo since she was eleven. Lately, she’s hiked the Appalachian Trail (see p73 for the best sections to hike), bicycled from Key West to Maine, and sailed to the Bahamas, while blogging at www.casting-off.blogspot.com.

Daniel Kany An art historian, author, foodie and co-founder of the Gallery Association of Portland Maine, Daniel grew up in central Maine and attended nearby Bowdoin College. His contempo-rary art gallery specializes in international glass art (http://kany.net), but for this book Daniel has returned to the familiar art scene of Portland on p313.

Kimberly Keefe A Newportite through and through, Kimmie’s been hobnobbing with the

best of ‘em for as long as she can remember. She is currently in medical school with plans to become a doctor, but took time out to show us the mansions of Newport on p183.

Charlotte Clews Lawther Charlotte is an Acadia National Park ranger and naturalist. She’s worked for the park for three years and grew up in nearby Blue Hill. She’s been coming to the park all her life to hike, swim and eat popovers (learn more at www.wildravenarts.com), and has shared her favorite Acadia spots with us on p327.

Matthew Perry Visual artist Matthew Perry is cofounder and Artistic Director of the Vermont Arts Exchange (www.vtartxchange.org). His paintings and sculptures are inspired by his surroundings, whether in Vermont or through his travels abroad, where he has also taught and exhibited. On p279 he uncovers the arts renais-sance in Vermont.

David Webber David is the Farmers Market Coordinator for the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, working with local communities to set up and promote farmers markets. David is a Massachusetts native and enjoys traversing the Massachusetts country-side, enjoying the local bounty area farmers provide. He helps us out with the best farmers markets to visit on p113.

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