A Culinary Journey Through New England

A Culinary Journey

Through New England

DAY 1 Arrive in Massachusetts: Arrive in Boston today and

transfer to your hotel. Meet your Tour Manager in the lobby at

6:00 p.m. for dining suggestions.

DAY 2 The Maine Coast and Lobster Cruise: Enjoy a get-

acquainted breakfast at the hotel this morning. Board the

waiting motorcoach and depart for coastal Maine. Travel to

Portland, Maine’s largest city, where a local guide conducts a

tour of the city including the waterfront, the Eastern and West-

ern Promenade, the Longfellow Home and Saco Bay. Then,

travel to Perkin’s Cove where you will board the Finest-kind

Lobster Pulling Cruise to learn about Maine lobster fishing.

Make a stop at Stonewall Kitchens who produces delicious

Maine Blueberry preserves and many other wonderful jams and

jellies followed by a quick photo stop at the Nubble Lighthouse,

one of the most photographed lighthouses in Maine. Tonight, a

delicious Maine Lobster dinner is served at the famous Foster

Lobster Bakes. Meals: B, D

DAY 3 Quechee Gorge and Billings Farm: After your included

breakfast at the hotel, you will say good-bye to coastal Maine

and make your way to the Green Mountains of Vermont. The

first stop today is at Quechee Gorge Village where you can visit

the Cabot Cheese Annex followed by lunch served at a local

restaurant. This afternoon, visit the historic Billings Farm and

Museum to learn the history of a Vermont hillside dairy farm.

While at the farm you will enjoy a butter or cheese making

demonstration. Later, continue to your Rutland hotel where

you check in for the next two evenings. Dinner is included this

evening at a local restaurant featuring locally grown and raised

products. Meals: B, L, D

DAY 4 Vermont Sweets and Treats: Today is spent touring in

Vermont. Begin the day in Montpelier, Vermont’s State Capital,

where you will visit the Morse Sugar Farm for a talk on maple

sugaring and a taste of their traditional sugar-on-snow. Lunch

and shopping is on your own in Montpelier. This afternoon,

continue to the Cold Hollow Cider Mill to see the production of

their delicious cider and sample many of their fine apple products.

No visit to Vermont is complete without a stop at Ben & Jerry’s

Ice Cream Factory for a tasting. Tonight, another wonderful

dinner is included at a local restaurant. Meals: B, D

DAY 5 Yankee Candle and Sturbridge Village Colonial

Cooking Demonstration: Depart Vermont for the small town of

Deerfield, Massachusetts. Stop at Yankee Candle Factory for a

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little shopping and a morning break. Then visit historic

Sturbridge Village. Here, you will enjoy a special Colonial

Cooking demonstration. Enjoy a lunch in the Bullard

Tavern area. Later, continue to the Middletown/Newport,

Rhode Island area, and check into your hotel for the next two

evenings. Tonight, a dinner of locally raised foods is included

at the hotel. Meals: B, L, D

DAY 6 Newport’s Oysters and Wines: Enjoy a hearty

breakfast before a local guide conducts a narrated tour

of Newport including the downtown area, Fort Adams and

Narragansetts Bay. You will also see the “homes of the Elite 400”

along beautiful Bellevue Avenue. Next, travel to the Matunuck

Oyster Farm where you will enjoy a program on oyster farming

in Rhode Island followed by a delicious lunch featuring local

seafood. You will conclude the day with a visit to Greenvale

Vineyards where you will enjoy a guided tour and tasting of their

wonderful wines. Tonight, your Tour Manager hosts a special

farewell dinner. Meals: B, L, D

DAY 7 Depart for Home: A hearty farewell breakfast is served

before boarding the motorcoach for a group transfer to Boston

Logan Airport for flights out after 12:00 p.m. Meal: B

Travelers Protection Plan (TPP) – $349 per person (optional)

This nonrefundable fee waives all cancellation fees when we are notified of cancellation one day

before the tour departs. If you must leave the tour early due to personal illness, illness or death of

a member of your immediate family, TPP guarantees full refund for any unused services after the

departure of the tour. Other benefits include medical expenses for illness and injury, emergency

transportation, 24 hour hot line, and lost or stolen baggage assistance. Return air transportation

is included ONLY if your air tickets were provided by Mayflower Cruises & Tours. If you purchase

the optional Travelers Protection Plan (TPP), you will be refunded all payments, including deposit

amount, less the TPP premium amount.

Cancellation Charges Without Traveler’s Protection Plan (TPP)

• 61 days or more: Deposit Amount

• 60 to 31 days prior: 20% of tour cost

• 30 to 15 days prior: 30% of tour cost

• 14 to 1 day prior: 40% of tour cost

• Day of departure or early departure from tour: 100% of tour cost

• No refund on unused portions of the tour

Exclusions: Mayflower Cruises & Tours reserves the right to alter its refund and cancellation policy

when a substantial amount of cancellation or postponement of travel is attributable to: conditions

resulting from an act of God, natural or man-made disaster, fire, government action, civil disorder,

war, hostilities between nations, or unavailability of transportation through no fault of Mayflower

Cruises & Tours.

FOR RESERVATIONS OR INFORMATION CONTACT:

Beth Hubbard

815-539-1526

Marc Cheffer

815-673-4381 x 50541

Tour Highlights

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• 14 Meals: 6 breakfasts, 3 lunches and 5 dinners

(including a Maine lobster dinner)

• Round trip airport transfers

• Narrated tour of Portland including the waterfront

and the Eastern and Western Promenade

• Learn about lobster shing aboard the Finest-kind

Lobster Pulling Cruise

• Visit Stonewall Kitchens a make a photo stop at Nubble

Lighthouse

• Spend one night in York and enjoy dinner at Foster

Lobster Bakes

• Drive through Vermont’s Green Mountains and visit the

Cabot Cheese Annex in Queechee Gorge Village

• Visit historic Billings Farm and Museum and enjoy a

butter or cheese making demonstration

• Tour Morse Sugar Farm to learn about maple sugaring

• Taste the local ciders at Cold Hollow Cider Mill and visit

Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory

• Visit Yankee Candle Factory for shopping

• Enjoy a Colonial Cooking demonstration at historic

Sturbridge Village

Air itineraries may not be available until documents are received. Air seats are as-

signed by the airline for the entire group. Seat changes can only be attempted upon

receipt of tickets and documents at which time availability may be limited. If specific

seat assignments are vital to your reservation, we recommend individual air reserva-

tions rather than booking air with the group.

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Montpelier

Deerfield

Newport

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Gorge

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York

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Pricing includes roundtrip airfare from Chicago

HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS

Day 1 – Embassy Suites Logan Airport, Revere, Massachusetts

Day 2 – Anchorage Inn, York, Maine

Days 3 and 4 – Lake Morey Resort, Fairlee, Vermont

Days 5 and 6 – Wyndham Newport Hotel, Middletown/Newport,

Rhode Island