Hidden New England: Including Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont

by Susan Farewell

Hidden New England Features a virtual bed-and-breakfast guide with over 200 country inns, coastal hotels, and mountain lodges. The region’s landmarks are brought to life with interesting historical facts and stories. Carefully mapped out driving tours are included for the best of fall foliage viewing.

Genres: Travel

696 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 1996

Reviews

[penny shima glanz · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a last minute grab at the library on my way home to pack and sprint off for a week in Quebec & New England. Since we live in NYC we're familiar with much of New England but seem to have difficulty with Vermont and hoped this would give us some inspiration and show us things we hadn't seen or known about before.

It failed miserably.

Despite a separate index for maps and being divided by regions and activities, we found this edition (I can't speak for newer ones) difficult to slog through and one evening it put me to sleep. I generally like wordy explanations and history in my travel guides. I was not happy with the way this one went about it.

I definitely do not recommend it if you travel randomly as we do and often find yourself in a small city and wonder what to do. We couldn't quite figure out what we wanted (granted it was Providence and it was raining and about to be nightfall).

I am still open to seeing if a newer edition is easier to navigate and provides improved inspiration.

We tried a few things it suggested and were not impressed with any "hiddeness" or novelty of the offerings.

[Alistair · Rating 3 out of 5]

We've got the 8th edition. Quite helpful.