EASTERN USA & EASTERN CANADA Travelling Well Includes…
• Insider stories about New England during filmed narratives by documentary filmmakers Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan
• A private lunch at Edith Wharton’s Berkshire home, The Mount • A horse-drawn carriage ride along historic roads of Acadia National Park • Private Tauck schooner cruise on the waters of beautiful Bar Harbor, Maine • An exclusive hands-on lobstering experience in Portland with a local lobsterman • A visit with resident observatory personnel of the Mount Washington Observatory • Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted • 26 meals, service charges, gratuities to local guides, admission fees, taxes and porterage
3. HISTORIC LEXINGTON & CONCORD Drive to historic Lexington and the site of the “shot heard ‘round the world” at Lexington Green; British troops and American militiamen had their first bloody encounter here in 1775. Stand at the site of the “rude bridge” in Concord, where British and colonials fought a pitched battle immortalised in Emerson’s hymn and where the iconic Minuteman sculpted by Daniel Chester French stands on a pedestal with musket in hand, stepping forward into history... quiet places charged with emotion and poetry. Next, head west for lunch at the Salem Cross Inn, an impeccably restored colonial home built in 1705; the menu features traditional New England cuisine. Stop in historic Deerfield en route to The Orchards Hotel in Williamstown, in a tranquil setting with a backdrop of the Berkshire Mountains. Meals BLD
4. CELEBRATED ARTISTS OF THE BERKSHIRES The Berkshires have long been a retreat and inspiration for artists and writers, and one of the area’s best-known illustrators was Stockbridge resident Norman Rockwell. See his works at the Norman Rockwell Museum, including his covers for the Saturday Evening Post depicting scenes from small-town America and illuminating the lives of ordinary people. A short drive to Lenox brings you to The Mount, the hilltop Georgian mansion of Edith Wharton, built to her own design in 1902, which the celebrated author of The House of Mirth and The Age of Innocence called her “first real home.” Edith Wharton was a consummate entertainer – you’ll feel like one of her guests at a private lunch overlooking her bucolic grounds. Wind your way back to Williamstown for a visit to The Clark Art Institute, an art museum with a large and varied collection, including masterpieces by Degas, Monet, Homer and Renoir. (On days when the museum is closed, an alternate visit will be made to Chesterwood, the home and studio of sculptor Daniel Chester French, best known for the colossal statue of Abraham Lincoln which presides at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.) Return to the hotel for an evening at leisure and dinner à la carte. Meals BLD
5. QUINTESSENTIAL AMERICANA IN VERMONT Cross into Vermont this morning, seeing first the towering stone obelisk in Bennington that commemorates a little-known battle in 1777 that led to the British surrender at Saratoga, a turning point in the War for Independence. Arrive in Shelburne for a visit to the Shelburne Museum showcasing art and Americana. Spread over two square kilometres, this unique museum showcases a collection of prints, paintings, folk art and quilts reflecting 19th-century American life, in historic buildings – including barns, a meeting house, a jail, a lighthouse, and a railroad station – in a village-like setting around the Ticonderoga, a 67-metre steamboat that once ferried passengers and livestock on Lake Champlain. Spend tonight in Stowe, tucked away in the Green Mountains, at a family-owned resort in the rolling foothills of Mount Mansfield. Meals BLD
MAINE Maximum Elevation: 6,288 ft.
Shelburne Stowe
VERMONT NEW HAMPSHIRE Williamstown Lenox Stockbridge Deerfield
Lexington & Concord
Boston MASSACHUSETTS
Bretton Woods
North Conway
Brunswick Portland Cape Neddick
Bar
Acadia National Park
Harbor
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