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The Green & White Mountains

This holiday is a marvellous mix of walking and touring in the Green Mountains of Vermont and the White Mountains of New Hampshire. We have chosen inns not only for the warm welcome extended by the innkeepers but also for their superb locations - close to hiking trails and surrounded by majestic, wild scenery. Depending on the weather or as the mood takes you, you are free to choose between walking and touring; wondering at the vastness of the land or visiting charming villages and towns.

The rolling Green Mountains

To recharge your batteries after the flight, you begin with a night in Boston with the option of adding extra nights to explore this historic city further. The following morning, you take a leisurely drive north into the grandeur of Vermont’s Green Mountains, an impressive barrier of high forested mountains running from Québec in the north to the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts in the south, crossing the mighty Connecticut River along the way. You spend three nights at the welcoming Crisanver House near Shrewsbury, perched high on a green hillside, with sweeping views over the rolling tapestry of Vermont’s mountains.

There are countless hiking options nearby, from climbing the spruce-clad Okemo Mountain to the south, or Killington Peak to the north. You can follow the Ice Bed Trail amongst dramatic glacial scenery, or walk a section of the famed Appalachian Trail itself, which runs for 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine. You may choose to head south by car to take the scenic Mount Equinox Skyline Drive for fine views across the state or to visit nearby Manchester or the pretty village of Dorset. On leaving Shrewsbury, you head north to the Blueberry Hill Inn, located in the heart of the Moosalamoo region at the foot of the Romance Mountains. Walk across silent mountain slopes carpeted with blueberries while following a trail from Lake Dunmore to Rattlesnake Cliffs or take a reflective stroll along the Robert Frost interpretative trail. Frost endeared a nation with his atmospheric descriptions of this alluring landscape and you too will be charmed by this awe-inspiring scenery.

The wild White Mountains

Leaving the inn, you take a splendid drive east into New Hampshire’s imposing White Mountains, very different in character to those of Vermont. You have plenty of time to appreciate the majesty of the scenery from Notchland Inn, with wonderful walking trails nearby. On your days here, you can choose trails ascending noble Mount Washington, the highest peak in New Hampshire (or take the historic cog railway - pay locally), or take the Davis Path up Mount Crawford; explore the Franconia State Park or follow the Flume Path, a system of boardwalks and stairways that leads through a deep, narrow granite chasm and on to the Liberty Cascades and the Wildwood Path. The options are many and varied, but wherever you go, you will be left with an indelible imprint of this imposing landscape to cherish forever.

Holiday details

ROUTE: 9 nights, car hire from Boston
1ST NIGHT: Beacon Hill Hotel in Boston (B&B)
DAY 1: 170-mile/3.5-hour drive to Crisanver House in Shrewsbury (with dinner)
DAY 2: Day at Crisanver House (with dinner)
DAY 3: Day at Crisanver House (with dinner)
DAY 4: 35-mile/1-hour drive to Blueberry Hill Inn in Green Mountains (with dinner)
DAY 5: Day at Blueberry Hill Inn (with dinner)
DAY 6: 170-mile/4-hour drive to Notchland Inn in White Mountains (B&B)
DAY 7: Day at Notchland Inn (B&B)
DAY 8: Day at Notchland Inn (B&B)
DAY 9: 150-mile/3.5-hour drive to Boston for flight

Prices

£ per person based
on 2 in a double rm
Journey
price
With
flights
Single
room
9 nights: 17 May-18 October 2008
17 May-30 Jun 931 1507 485
1 Jul-21 Aug 1025 1736 499
22 Aug-6 Sep 994 1570 499
7-15 Sep 1056 1632 572
16-30 Sep 1173 1743 619
1-18 Oct 1184 1760 605
3rd+ person saving 120 120  

Start: any day
Includes: 5 dinners, 9 days’ category B car hire
With flights also includes: British Airways flights Heathrow-Boston
Please call for the full range of flight options from the UK

To discuss this or any other of our holidays in North America, call us on 01653 617793 or email us. We will be happy to tailor-make an itinerary to suit your exact requirements. You can find practical information about North America in our ‘planning your trip’ guide.

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