Boston, Boats & Beaches
Everyone thinks of New England in the ‘fall’ but its glittering coastline and well-earned reputation for sensational seafood makes it a perfect beach holiday destination at almost any time of year. This seaside and city break combines the historic sites of Boston with the wide sandy beaches of the Cape Cod peninsula, the salty Yankee charms of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, and the grandiose mansions of Newport, Rhode Island.
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13 nights / 14 days from £4,340 per person. Price is based on two people sharing standard rooms and includes economy flights from London. |
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Days 1 to 3
Boston
Arrive in Boston and enjoy a private transfer to the Fairmont Copley Plaza for a three-night stay. Opened in 1912, this stately landmark is the grand dame of Boston hotels, combining Beaux Arts interiors with modern creature comforts. Spend the following days exploring the city’s varied sights and attractions. Follow the Freedom Trail linking its principal historic sites, shop among the boutiques of Newbury Street, join a whale-watching cruise from the harbour, or take a tour around Harvard, one of the most prestigious universities in the world.
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Days 4 to 6
Cape Cod
Collect your hire car and head down the coast for a three-night stay at charming Chatham Bars Inn, set on a vast sandy beach with arresting views of the yawning Atlantic. Wealthy Chatham, with its boutiques, galleries and old country stores, sits at the bottom of Cape Cod’s National Seashore, which has enjoyed federal protection since 1961. Its curving coastline is one of America’s most beautiful, offering wide, open beaches, rippling sand dunes and crashing waves all the way north from Chatham to Provincetown.
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Days 7 to 8
Martha’s Vineyard
Drive to Hyannis, leave your hire car and catch a ferry to Martha’s Vineyard for a two-night stay at the Nobnocket Boutique Inn, an elegant B&B set in a renovated turn-of-the-century home. Far less developed than Cape Cod yet more cosmopolitan than neighbouring Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard offers wonderful opportunities for cycling, riding and romantic sunset cruises. It’s also home to the West Tisbury Farmers Market, the oldest and largest open-air market in New England.
