New England (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

NEW ENGLAND

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New England

VERMONT

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Pages 226-247

Pages 248-273

VERMONT

NEW HAMPSHIRE

BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS

CONNECTICUT

RHODE ISLAND

MAINE Pages 274-299

MAINE

BOSTON Pages 50-127

CONNECTICUT

RHODE ISLAND

Pages 194-225

Pages 168-193

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EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

NEW ENGLAND

EYEWITNESS TRAVEL

NEW ENGLAND

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Montréal, Canada PRESIDENT Pierre Léveillé VICE PRESIDENT, FINANCE Natalie Watanabe MANAGING EDITOR R Carolyn Jackson MANAGING ART DIRECTOR R Diane Denoncourt PRODUCTION MANAGER R Michelle Turbide DIRECTOR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Christopher Jackson EDITOR R Neale McDevitt ART DIRECTORS Michel Giguère, Anne-Marie Lemay SENIOR RESEARCH EDITOR R Heather Mills RESEARCHERS Tal Ashkenazi, Jessica Braun, Genevieve Ring PICTURE RESEARCHER R Linda Castle MAP COORDINATOR R Peter Alec Fedun SENIOR EDITOR, PRODUCTION Brian Parsons INDEXER R Linda Cardella Cournoyer PREPRESS PRODUCTION Martin Francoeur, Jean Sirois

CONTENTS HOW TO USE THIS GUIDE 6

MAIN CONTRIBUTORS Eleanor Berman, Patricia Brooks, Pierre Home-Douglas,

Helga Loverseed PHOTOGRAPHERS

Alan Briere, Ed Homonylo, David Lyon ILLUSTRATORS Gilles Beauchemin, Martin Gagnon, Vincent Gagnon, Stéphane Jorisch, Patrick Jougla, Luc Normandin, Jean-François Vachon MAPS

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ISSN 1542-1554 ISBN 978-0-75662-697-6

Sailboat off the Cape Cod coast

INTRODUCING NEW ENGLAND DISCOVERING NEW ENGLAND 10 PUTTING NEW ENGLAND ON THE MAP 12 A PORTRAIT OF NEW ENGLAND 14 NEW ENGLAND THROUGH THE YEAR 32 THE HISTORY OF NEW ENGLAND 36

Front cover main image: Autumn foliage, Tunbridge, Vermont The information in every DK Eyewitness Travel Guide is checked regularly. Every effort has been made to ensure that this book is as up-to-date as possible at the time of going to press. Some details, however, such as telephone numbers, opening hours, prices, gallery hanging arrangements, and travel information are liable to change. The publishers cannot accept responsibility for any consequences arising from the use of this book. We value the views of our readers very highly. Please write to: Publisher, DK Eyewitness Travel Guides, Dorling Kindersley, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, Great Britain.

Vermont’s dazzling fall foliage

NEW ENGLAND REGION BY REGION NEW ENGLAND AT A GLANCE 130 MASSACHUSETTS 132

Mansion in Waterbury, Vermont

RHODE ISLAND 168

SURVIVAL GUIDE

CONNECTICUT 194 West Quoddy Head Light, Maine

BOSTON INTRODUCING BOSTON 52

VERMONT 226

PRACTICAL INFORMATION 382

NEW HAMPSHIRE 248 MAINE 274

GENERAL INDEX 396

BEACON HILL AND THE THEATER DISTRICT 58

TRAVELERS’ NEEDS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 415

OLD BOSTON AND THE FINANCIAL DISTRICT 72

WHERE TO STAY 302

NORTH END AND THE WATERFRONT 82

SHOPPING 356

BACK BAY AND THE SOUTH END 92 FARTHER AFIELD 1

Mark Twain H in Hartford, Connecticut

WHERE TO EAT 328

ENTERTAINMENT 364 OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 372 C

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maps, pictures, and detailed illustrations. Suggestions on restaurants, accommodations, shopping, entertainment and outdoor activities are covered in Travelers’ Needs. The Survival Guidee has tips on everything from changing currency in New England to getting around in Boston.

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