Frommer's New England's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Best Loved Driving Tours) [Paperback]

Kathy Arnold (Author), Paul Wade (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2001

Frommer's Driving Tours are packed with detailed, color-coded maps and stunning full-color photographs. Each guide outlines dozens of driving tour options and then helps you plan your route with exact directions, distances, and driving times. You'll see all the top sights and then have the flexibility to discover the hidden pleasures of each destination ? our suggested routes include scenic detours and stops for spectacular views, easy walks, shopping, dining, and fun breaks for travelers with children. We'll show you how to enjoy some of the world's most spectacular drives!

Let Frommer's Take You To:

• The picture-postcard villages of Cape Cod and the Berkshires.
• Mystic and the maritime towns of the Connecticut coast.
• The settings that inspired Wyeth, Rockwell, Melville, and Thoreau.
• And much, much more!

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From the Back Cover

Everything You Need to See the Best of New England by Car! Let Frommer's Take You To:

• The picture-postcard villages of Cape Cod and the Berkshires
• Mystic and the maritime towns of the Connecticut coast
• The settings that inspired Wyeth, Rockwell, Melville, and Thoreau
• Vermont's Northeast Kingdom, New Hampshire's White Mountains, and the Maine woods
• Newport's mansions, college towns, Boston's Freedom Trail, and the lobster capital of the world
• And much, much more!

Inside You'll Find:

• 23 distinctive, easy-to-use itineraries—all fully illustrated with beautiful full-color photos
• Tips on the best hotels
• Exact directions, distances, and driving times for each route
• All the sights along the way—with highlights for history buffs, nature lovers, and families traveling with kids
• Scenic side trips, special moments, and recommended walks
• Detailed, accurate full-color route-planning maps

Your Guide to a World of Travel Experience Great trips start at frommers.com

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Frommers; Third Edition edition (March 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764563661
• ISBN-13: 978-0764563669
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,106,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Historic New England - from behind the wheel of your sports car or RV, February 9, 2006

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Gabriel E. Borlean (Odense, Denmark - birthtown of fairytale-writer H.C. Andersen) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Frommer's New England's Best-Loved Driving Tours (Best Loved Driving Tours) (Paperback)

Historic New England - from behind the wheel of your sports car or RV

Excellent guide to seeing New England with a sports car or a recreational vehicle (RV; a home on wheels). You will enjoy some great driving tours and routes through North-Eastern USA.

Frommers has recently come out with more "Best-Loved Driving Tours" series ... guides that are not very inexpensive, but are very well researched and quite comprehensive. One will have plenty of driving tours and routes to chose from, whether you like arts and museums, scenic roads and breathtaking views, urban towns and shopping, or just want to experience a regione's culture and life.

Unlike the other Frommer guides that are fatter and heavier, this little book gives you not too many specifics on lodging or eating. It is geared strictly for the person behind the wheel and her or his passengers.

I have had a great experience using this guide and will recommend it to anyone who can afford it. Also, you might want to check to see if your library carries it and check it out for the duration of your visit abroad.

When I backpacked 4 months through Europe I had a copy of the Lonely Planet for Europe (a thick and heavy book) because it covered more cities and esoteric towns, a ripped chapters of all the international youth hostals Europe of the countries I visited, and as primary guide for nominal cities and capitals I used Frommers (ripped the book and kept only chapters of countries planning to visit - so I can keep the weight down).