For more than 15 years, veteran travel writers Barnett Laschever and Andi Marie Cantele have offered authoritative, trustworthy advice for what to see and do, where to stay, and where to eat throughout the Nutmeg State. This completely revised, expanded, and updated guide features opinionated listings of attractions and activities, as well as hundreds of lodging and dining reviews; an alphabetical ‘What’s Where” subject guide to aid in trip planning; 20 up-to-date regional and downtown maps; and helpful icons that point out places that are wheelchair-accessible, pet- and family-friendly, and of special value.

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A guide to bicycling New Hampshire's most scenic backroads and byways, for road, mountain, and hybrid bikes.

New Hampshire is blessed with diverse terrain that will appeal to all levels of cyclists. Challenging routes cut through the rugged Presidential Range while others explore the gentle Lakes Region area. Rural farms and historic villages line the roads of the Monadnock region and the Connecticut River. Beautiful seacoast rides can be found in the Portsmouth area.

Andi Marie Cantele offers the reader the best of these rides from around the state, complete with mile-by-mile directions and clear, easy-to-follow maps. While other biking books have focused on off-road biking in the White Mountains or road touring in southern New Hampshire, no other book successfully puts it all together in a single cycling guide to the Granite State. 30 black & white photos, 25 maps....

Discover a wide variety of year-round weekend activities and itineraries in one of the smaller, yet diverse, states in the country.

Full of year-round activities and fun excursions for both first-time visitors and long-time residents, 52 Weekends in Connecticut traverses the entire state, from the bucolic Northwest Corner to the Quiet Corner in the northeast, along the shoreline facing Long Island Sound and dozens of points in between. Tour an Ivy League campus; shop for antiques and hidden treasures; hike the Appalachian Trail; ride a vintage steam train; or take a wintertime cruise in search of seals, and much more!...

Explore hundreds of miles of Connecticut's back roads in this guide to the most scenic, uncrowded, and enjoyable rides the state has to offer.

Now fully revised, this indispensable cyclist's guidebook holds something for riders of all abilities—suitable for both touring and mountain bikes. Some rides will challenge cyclists with lung-searing hill climbs. Other rides take unhurried tours around lakes and on hidden roads. The tours range in length from 4 to 114 miles. Each chapter includes a map and information on mileage, terrain, difficulty, nearby bicycle shops, and detailed route descriptions. An overview chart provides information on the tours at a glance. 33 maps, 40 black & white photographs, appendices....

This all-new Explorer's Guide to New Jersey is the most comprehensive travel guide you'll find on the Garden State!

New Jersey is a state full of wonders to surprise curious travelers and residents alike. This guide leads you away from the busy interstate highways to reveal the cultural, historic, and geographical diversity that lies beyond the New Jersey Turnpike. For wine connoisseurs, there are more than 25 wineries that offer tours, tastings, and festivals; for history buffs, New Jersey, known as the "Cockpit of the Revolution," offers battlefield state parks, monuments, and reenactments. And that's not all: New Jersey's 127-mile shoreline has many diverse communities, including the historic Victorian seaside resort of Cape May, itself a national historic landmark; the casinos of Atlantic City; the natural beauty of Island Beach State Park, with sand dune-scattered, long, white beaches, nature trails, birding, surfing, and guided kayak tours; and the hip shore town of Red Bank, with art galleries, boutiques, bistros, and jazz clubs.

In addition, this comprehensive guide to the state includes opinionated listings of inns, B&Bs, hotels, and vacation cabins; hundreds of dining reviews, from diners to four-star restaurants; up-to-date maps; an alphabetical "What's Where" subject guide to aid in trip planning; and handy icons that point out family-friendly establishments, wheelchair access, places of special value, and lodgings that accept pets. 100 black & white photographs,15 maps, index....