BERKSHIRES
An hour west, a different state of mind.
Stockbridge, Lenox, and the Norman Rockwell house on a Sunday.
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NEW ENGLAND ESCAPES · PIONEER VALLEY
From Springfield, in every direction.
We live in the Connecticut River Valley. North gets you Vermont; east, the Cape; south, Newport and the Sound; west, the Berkshires and the Hudson. Here's what we keep doing.
Springfield, MA · Photo · Wikimedia Commons
The Pioneer Valley is an underrated launching pad. From the Voyage Talks desk on State Street it is roughly ninety minutes to Boston, two hours to the Cape Cod canal, two-and-change to the Vermont border, and forty minutes to the Berkshires. We use it.
CAPE COD
Wellfleet over Provincetown.
The argument for the outer Cape, in three meals.
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PORTLAND, ME
Three quiet days on the Maine coast.
Off-season Portland still has lobster rolls.
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NEWPORT, RI
Two nights on Aquidneck Island.
The Cliff Walk works in every season — bring layers in March.
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WHITE MOUNTAINS
Crawford Notch in two days.
Why the weekday foliage trip is always the better one.
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MARTHA'S VINEYARD
The island in October.
Ferries are easier; the inns finally answer the phone.
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