New England Autumn Foliage Rails anEdxpe riSencea auitulms n in New England. Travel by historic rails and scenic 8 Days • 12 Meals sails as we explore the sights and so unds of New England roundtrip from Boston. 2016 Departure Date: October 5 USS Constitution Museum on the Boston Harbor Visit Kennebunkport, one of Maine’s coastal jewels DAY ONE – Arrive in Boston The Mayflower Way Arrive in Boston, Massachusetts with an included transfer to your hotel. Meet your Tour Manager in the hotel lobby at 6:00 4 12 Meals (4 dinners, 1 lunch and 7 breakfasts) p.m. for dining suggestions. 4 Round trip airport transfers 4 City tour of Boston with a local guide including the Freedom Trail DAY TWO – Boston City Tour and Harbor Cruise and Boston Common This morning we take a panoramic city tour of Boston, the 4 Narrated Historic Boston Sightseejng Cruise through Boston’s birthplace of American Freedom. See the Freedom Trail with Inner and Outer Harbors the Old and New State Houses, Paul Revere House and the 4 Dinner at Legal Seafoods, featuring upscale casual dining Boston Common. Enjoy free time for lunch on your own at the 4 Tour the USS Constitution Museum and hear the history of “Old remarkable Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Then, we take to the Ironsides” water for a Historic Boston Sightseeing Cruise through Boston’s 4 Visit the town of Kennebunkport, one of Maine’s coastal jewels Inner and Outer Harbors. Hear tales of the heroes from the Rev - 4 Cruise along Maine’s rocky shoreline and wooded islands of olutionary War to local legends of the sea, and see how the har - Casco Bay bor has been transformed to one of the nation’s cleanest. Also, 4 Visit Camden Hills State Park with its panoramic views of see the country’s oldest continuously manned lighthouse, the beautiful wooded hillsides and Maine’s rugged coast from the Harbor Islands National Park and Boston’s extravagant water - top of Mount Battie front living. Tonight, dinner is at Legal Seafoods, a blend of up - 4 Visit the Maine Lighthouse Museum with its collection of scale casual dining featuring the freshest of the local catch. Fresnel lenses (Breakfast and dinner) 4 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens with it 250 acres of plant life and garden landscape 4 DAY THREE – USS Constitution Museum Visit Boothbay Railway Village with its period structures and and Casco Bay Cruise fleet of Henschel steam locomotives We make a stop at the USS Constitution Museum today to expe - 4 Ride the Conway Scenic Railway through New Hampshire’s rience the history of “Old Ironsides” and hear of those who White Mountains shaped her history. We continue up the coast to Kennebunkport, 4 Travel along the Kancamagus Scenic Byway and see beautiful one of Maine’s coastal jewels and the summer home to many of Quechee Gorge America’s rich and famous. In the afternoon, Maine’s rocky 4 Cruise aboard an old-time Maine coastal steamer replica on a shoreline and wooded islands come into view today as we board Hyannis Harbor Cruise our vessel for a scenic cruise of Casco Bay. Sail past the lovely 4 Ride the Cape Cod Central Railroad through natural woodlands Victorian cottages nestled along the shores of Little and Great and cranberry bogs Diamond Islands. Watch for lobstermen and local fishing fleets 4 as well as abundant sea birds, seals and other wildlife. Enjoy a delicious lobster dinner with all the fixins’ on Cape Cod (Breakfast) 4 $40 in Mayflower Money New England Autumn Foliage Rails and Sails Enjoy a lobster dinner Relax and take in the sights rise above the colorful trees. Later, we stop at Quechee Gorge to DAY FOUR – Maine’s Northeast Coast view the spectacular scenery of the area before arriving on Cape and Camden Hills State Park Today we enjoy some of Maine’s most breathtaking seascapes Cod. (Breakfast) and historic highlights as we make our way to Camden State Park. Here, we drive to the 800-foot summit of Mount Battie for DAY SEVEN – Harbor Cruise a panoramic view of beautiful wooded hillsides and Maine’s and Cape Cod Central Railroad rugged coast. After lunch on own in Rockland we visit the Take to the water this morning on a cruise of the harbor. Expe - Maine Lighthouse Museum with the nation’s largest collection rience the pristine shoreline, sparkling emerald water and fresh of Fresnel lighthouse lenses. In Boothbay we visit the Coastal salt air on the old-time Maine coastal steamer replica. Then, Botanical Gardens with its 250 acres of plant life and garden climb aboard the Cape Cod Central Railroad. Feel the rhythm of landscape before coming to the Boothbay Railway Village. Here the train and spirit of the crew as you are whisked away on an Maine’s past comes alive in the period structures and fleet of exhilarating rail experience past beautiful cranberry bogs, natu - Henschel steam locomotives which still operate today. Later, we ral woodlands, lush marshes and sand dunes. Tonight, gather stop for an included dinner before returning to the hotel. for a farewell lobster dinner in Hyannis. (Breakfast and dinner) (Breakfast and dinner) DAY EIGHT – Travel Home After breakfast, you will have some free time to explore Hyan - DAY FIVE – Conway Scenic Railroad Leaving the coast today we travel west into New Hampshire’s nis. Your included group transfer to Boston’s Logan Airport will White Mountains. In North Conway we board the Conway Sce - be for flights out after 4:00 p.m. (Breakfast) nic Railroad for a journey through the White Mountains and enjoy the scenery of the Mt. Washington Valley countryside. Re - Camden Hills live a part of railroad history, when the first train traveled State Park through this region over 130 years ago. Tonight, dinner in this Maine Eastern Railroad Rockland quaint mountain town. Conway (Breakfast, box lunch and dinner) Scenic Railroad ME Brunswick North Conway 1 Casco Bay Cruise VT 2 Portland DAY SIX – Kancamagus Scenic Byway and Quechee Gorge Quechee Hanover Kennebunkport This morning we travel the Kancamagus Scenic Byway as it fol - Gorge NH lows a beautiful path through the White Mountains. It is one of Atlantic Ocean the world’s most spectacular fall-foliage trips, where a stunning Boston Harbor Cruise spectrum of color underscores the region’s natural beauty year 2 Boston Overnights round. The road meanders through vast forests, old logging Cape Cod Start/End City MA Central Railroad roads, and Indian hunting paths. We cross into Vermont where Visit quaint villages with the steeples of white clapboard churches RI 2 Hyannis Tour Route Hyannis Harbor Train Tour Cruise New England Autumn Foliage Rails and Sails Ride Conway Scenic Railway through the White Mountains New England Autumn Foliage Rails and Sails PER PERSON SINGLE HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS 2016 DEPARTURE TWIN ROOM ROOM Days One and Two – Doubletree Boston Bayside, October 5 $3,309 $4,468 Boston, Massachusetts Days Three and Four – Hilton Garden Inn or Doubletree Hotel, Portland, Maine Pricing includes roundtrip airfare from/to San Diego and home Day Five – Holiday Inn Express, or Green Granite Inn, pickup and return from most San Diego locations. North Conway, New Hampshire Days Six and Seven – The Cape Codder or *Some surcharges may apply Courtyard by Marriott, Hyannis, Massachusetts Air itineraries may not be available until documents are received. Air seats are assigned by the airline for TOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL the entire group. 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