DESTINATIONS — THE US
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
Church Street, Burlington
with a focus on local ingredients and fresh produce. Maple syrup usually comes up in conversation, although one local confesses “I can’t stand the stuff”. Vermont is the US’s biggest producer and you’ll find it in biscuits, cakes and cocktails. Another speciality is Vermont Cheddar, a delicious crumbly cheese to rival any. Places to stock up include Plymouth Artisan Cheese Company and Vermont Country Store, the latter an attraction itself. As ‘purveyors of the practical and hard-to-find’, the intentionally cluttered store dating
back to 1947 sells everything from vintage toys and old-fashioned sweets to cheese and maple syrup treats.
l A STATE FOR ALL SEASONS As autumn beckons, the state’s fall foliage season lures leaf peepers to witness nature’s annual show of bold, bright yellows, oranges,
reds and even the brilliant
gold of the sugar maple. It’s an optimum time, but there are few bad times, apart from the height of winter – unless clients are here to ski – and the slushy mud season around April. Clients typically fly in and out of Boston or New York
Ticonderoga steamboat
with the likes of Virgin Atlantic and British Airways, but consider a twin-centre with Montreal across the border. Air Canada flies daily and Canadian Affair’s weekly flights operate May to October from Gatwick and Dublin. Vermont certainly packs a punch, its hills alive with the sound of Jersey cows, maple syrup tappers, crunchy leaves and swishing skiers. It’s a state for all seasons. TW
SAMPLE PRODUCT
Funway Holidays offers five nights’ room-only at the four-star Trapp Family Lodge, including return Virgin Atlantic flights from Heathrow to Boston and car hire, from £999, departing May 14.
funway4agents.co.uk
Vacations to America offers five nights at Basin Harbor Club, return British Airways flights from Heathrow to Boston and car hire, from £2,445, departing May 19.
vacationstoamerica.com/ agents
Seaplanes R Fun 72 •
travelweekly.co.uk — 27 November 2014
Western & Oriental has a nine-night fly-drive with room- only accommodation at 506 on the River, Trapp Family Lodge and Stowe Mountain Lodge, from £1,900, including return flights from Heathrow to Boston and car hire, based on two sharing in September 2015.
westernoriental.com/agents
FAST FACT
The Vermont Maple Open House weekend
celebrates local maple syrup products with tastings and
demonstrations statewide on March 28-29
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