Sample itineraries
Grand New England - Escorted Tour
From £1095
This leisurely 9 day tour of all of the scenic six New England states is perfect for the first time traveller to this charming part of the USA.
Highlights:
- Boston
- Maine Coast
- White Mountains
- Green Mountains
- Connecticut River Valley
- Rhode Island
-
Cape Cod
Price per person includes:
- 9 days motorcoach transportation
- 8 nights lodging/ 8 breakfast'
- Return airport transfers
- Guided tours of Boston, Salem, Gloucester and Rockport
- White Mountains touring
- Aerial Tram ride in White Mountains
- Admission to Hancock Shaker Village
- Admission to Newport Mansion
- Choice of Whale Watch or Marthas Vineyard tour
- Visit Plimoth Plantation
- Discount shopping coupon
- Baggage handling (1 bag per person) excluding airport arrival and departure
- 9 days single language tour director service
Day 1-3 Boston
A transfer by shuttle from the airport to your hotel is included. A separate voucher must be issued for this service. Our professional TOURCO tour director will be available in the hotel lobby from 18:00 to 21:00. Here you may collect your TOURCO tour information packet.
On your first morning in Boston, join your tour director in the lobby of the hotel at 08:30 for a 09:00 departure. During this morning’s tour, experience the contrast between the past and present, viewing sites ranging from the Old North Church to the modern John Hancock Tower. This afternoon you are free to explore the city on your own.
Stay: 2 nights
Sheraton Newton, Newton
Day 3-4 To Mid Coast Maine
Distance: 107 miles
This morning, depart at 09:00 to travel along the North Shore of Massachusetts and the southern coast of Maine. Travel through the town of Salem, noted for its 17th century witchcraft trials. Further up the coast are the charming fishing port of Gloucester and the famous Fishermen’s Memorial statue commemorating ... they that go down in ships. The artist colonies of Rockport, Massachusetts and Kennebunkport, Maine, bustle in the summer and provide the quiet inspiration of the sea all year long
Stay: 1 night
Day 4-5 To White Mountains
Distance: 66 miles
Begin with a stop at Portland Head Light, a lovely example of a respected architectural form. Next, we head inland into New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Travel along the scenic Kancamagus Highway, an old Indian Trail which cuts through the National Forest. Enjoy an included aerial tram ride to the summit of Cannon Mountain which offers splendid views of the area (weather permitting).
Stay: 1 night
Eagle Mountain House, Jackson
Day 5-6 To Green Mountains
Distance: 171 miles
More than 1,300 lakes adorn New Hampshire’s Lakes Region, location of the popular film 'On Golden Pond.' Today you will pass two of these lakes, Winnipesaukee and Squam. Our journey continues to Vermont‘s Green Mountains. A photo stop will capture breathtaking views of Quechee Gorge. Continue to
Woodstock for free time in this quaint Vermont town, complete with a wooden covered bridge.
Stay: 1 night
Inn of the Six Mountains, Killington
Days 6-7 To Connecticut River Valley
Distance: 174 miles
Head south through the pastoral beauty of Vermont. Stop in Manchester Village, where designer outlets frame the village green and high street. Continuing south we enter the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts for a visit to Hancock Shaker Village.
Stay: 1 night
Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge
Days 7-9 To Newport and Cape Cod
Distance: 180 miles
Today we travel to Newport, RI, the sailing capital of New England. Here, at the turn of the last century, America’s most wealthy families lived in such opulence that they referred to their palatial seasonal homes as cottages. You will tour one of these summer cottages. Then it is on to Cape Cod. While here, choose
an unescorted round trip ferry ride to the island of Martha’s Vineyard, with an included sightseeing tour (English). This is New England’s largest, and perhaps most famous island. OR: You may decide to join us on a tour of Cape Cod with a whale watch cruise (weather permitting).
Stay: 2 nights
Resort and Conference Centre at Hyannis, Hyannis
Day 9 To Boston
Distance: 75 miles
En route to Boston, you will tour Sandwich, the Cape’s oldest town. Next, Plimoth Plantation invites you to witness life as it was in 1627. Then, return to Boston. This tour will drop passengers off at Logan International Airport by 16:00.
