day trips to vermont from Boston

We have 4 to 5 days to cover Boston, Vermont and Cape Cod and would prefer to have only 2 hotel stops e.g. Boston for 3 nights and Cape Cod for 2 nights, and while in Boston do a day trip to Vermont. Is this feasible and where in Vermont would be a good place to visit in a day from Boston? Also, any recommendations where to stay in Cape Cod - we want to include a day trip to Martha%26#39;s Vineyard.

Many thanks

Chris

day trips to vermont from Boston

Wow - that is a very aggressive itinerary. I think you%26#39;re going to end up just stressed out and in the car a whole lot if you try to do all that. If you%26#39;re going in the summer. My suggestion would be to skip Vermont. You really will want 2 days in Boston itself I think. Then I would head to the Cape (you will hit major traffic most likely) which, depending on where you base yourself, will take 1.5-3 hrs at least depending on traffic. If you want to visit Martha%26#39;s Vineyard, I would base myself around Falmouth which is nice. Here is some info on getting there:

http://www.frommers.com/destinations/martha%26#39;svineyard/1745020009.html

If you are dead set on getting to Vermont, Martha%26#39;s Vineyard most likely is not doable. Vermont is best in the fall. Woodstock is a very nice area and if memory serves this will take you about 2 hrs at least from Boston but I%26#39;m not totally sure about that.

Good luck!

day trips to vermont from Boston

It is 2 hours from Boston to Keene NH so Woodstock would be farther. It%26#39;s a lot of driving in the time you have. What are you looking to see in Vermont and when will you be here?

Burlington, Vermont is a really great small city on Lake Champlain. As I mentioned recently in another thread it reminds me a little of Oslo, Norway, and vice versa. It is an easy day trip from Boston: 3 and 1/2 hours (each way) on the Interstate, a beautiful drive.

The drive itself would give you a good quick look at the countryside. You could leave early in the morning from Boston and have lunch at Leunig%26#39;s:

http://www.leunigsbistro.com/home.html

I%26#39;ve never eaten at Leunig%26#39;s but many years ago met the cartoonist Michael Leunig, for whom the restaurant is named, and the connection has always intrigued me.

A while ago I posted a youtube video I made of Michael Leunig on the occasion of our chance meeting at the Melbourne Age in 1981:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFJ2jWWMA6Q

I think you could see Boston and Vermont or Boston and parts of the Cape/MV, but not Boston, Vermont, th Cape and MV. Even if you could physically do it (which I sort of doubt you could), it would be exhausting and no fun.

I%26#39;d decide between the Cape and Vermont. One thought might be to do a Rockport daytrip--Rockport has some of the flavor of the Cape while being close to the city. Or, if you really want to see MV, you could save the Vermont trip for another time and go to the Cape and do a daytrip to MV from there.

If there%26#39;s any way to extend your holiday, you%26#39;d have a better chance of fitting things in. Vermont is a hike from Boston though.

www.mapquest.com gives approximate driving times...

I live in Vermont, and I commute regularly to Boston. I think the people here who suggest you skip Vermont for this particular trip are giving you good advice. You don%26#39;t have enough time to do both MV/Cape Cod and Vermont.

If you decide to go to Vermont anyway, the best use of your limited time would be to go to Woodstock. If you don%26#39;t hit slow/heavy traffic leaving Boston, you can be in Woodstock in 2 hours 15 minutes.

,,,and the previous poster is right to caution you about Cape traffic. Try not to be headed for the cape on a Friday if you can avoid it or to be leaving the Cape on a Sunday.

It%26#39;s possible to be in Boston for a full week and be busy the whole time with Duck tours and museum visits and walks along the river, shows, sporting events, shopping...

You could stay in the city the whole time and not run out of things to do, though lots of peopel take daytrips to the north shore or south shore, to places like Wrentham Outlets, Lexington and Concord, Plimouth Plantation, Old Sturbridge Village, Walden Pond, etc.)

To smush Boston into two days leaves you seeing only a fraction of all there is to see, which can be fine if you want a second location worked in but you can%26#39;t really do both the Cape and VT. It%26#39;s even a question whether you can do the Cape and MV...even if you like a busy vacation you%26#39;ll be stressed if you realize you%26#39;ve planned to do more than is really possible.

You can also drive south one hour to New Bedford and take the fast ferry to MV. You won%26#39;t be anywhere near the cape and the traffic. Here is their website

www.newenglandfastferry.com

Agree with previous posters. Boston alone could occupy your whole time. However, if you desire to travel -- pick either north OR south, not both. Perhaps 3 days Boston, 2 days Cape with one of those taken up with your Martha%26#39;s Vineyard daytrip.

Aside from being a landing spot for the ferry, New Bedford is also a quaint little city--fishing fleet, cobblestone streets...great little breakfast place called Isaiah%26#39;s...best breakfasts/diner food.. excellent clam chowder, fried fish... cheap and good, homey... motherly waitresses, that sort of place... They also have the Whaling museum nearby.

I agree with sign...if you really want to do a day trip to Vermont, then Woodstock is your best bet. Signs estimate of 2 hrs 15 minutes assuming NO traffic is right on.