Connecticut
Connecticut… boasts vast stretches of beaches, the impressive Connecticut River Valley and the rolling Litchfield Hills… popular through the year for its outdoor activities and abundance of antique shops. Connecticut also has some wonderful ‘olde worlde’ coastal towns like Old Lyme, Old Saybrook and Westport... TravelMail
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Maine
On a country road on the outskirts of Cape Porpoise, Maine, there’s what can only be described as a shack…This is Nunan’s Lobster Hut and it serves the sweetest, juiciest, freshest lobster on either side of the Atlantic. And because it’s a shack, you pay shack prices... Matt Rudd, The Times
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Massachusetts
Cape Cod has mythical status in the American psyche as a summer playground. For the East Coast’s middle classes, it’s the destination of choice – civilised, not in the least bit flash, somewhere to wind down, dine on lobster, oysters and clams, and above all commune with nature... Fred Mawer, Daily Telegraph
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New Hampshire
… on top of the 3,165-ft tall Mount Monadnock on a warm autumn afternoon… I can still think of no better place to appreciate the fiery magnificence of New England’s famous fall foliage. The sky was blue and clear, and the park ranger reckoned that we could see for 100 miles... Paul Wade, Essentially America
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Rhode Island
We wanted rock pools to explore, sandy beaches for building castles, lighthouses to admire and barbecued hot dogs for tea. Within seconds of stepping off the ferry onto Block Island it quickly became apparent that we had found exactly what we were looking for – a different world... Paul Simon, The Guardian
www.visitrhodeisland.com
Vermont
…the landscape offers an enchanting patchwork of tiny villages with clapboard houses and white churches between swooping fields dotted with traditional Dutch barns in pastel blue, primrose yellow or red... Joanna Walters, The Observer
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