The Rough Guide to New England

Colour section: colour map of New England; where to go; when to go; things not to miss. Basics: getting there; red tape and visas; information, websites and maps; insurance; health; costs, money, and banks; getting around; accommodation; eating and drinking; communications; the media; public holidays, festivals and opening hours; sports and outdoor pursuits; backcountry camping and wildlife; crime and personal safety; living and working abroad; travellers with disabilities; senior travellers; travelling with children; gay and lesbian New England; women travellers; directory. Guide - Boston: highlights; arrival, information and city transit; accommodation; neighbourhoods and orientation; downtown Boston; the north end; Charlestown; Beacon Hill and the West End; Back Bay and the South End; Bay village; Kenmore Square, the Fenway, and Brookline; Boston's southern districts; Cambridge; eating; drinking; nightlife; performing arts and film; gay and lesbian Boston; shopping; festivals; listings. Guide - Eastern Massachusetts: highlights; Lexington; Concord; Walden Pond State Reservation; Lowell; Salem; Marblehead; Gloucester; Rockport; Ipswich and Essex; Newburyport; Hingham; Cohasset and Duxbury; Plymouth; New Bedford; Westport; Fall River; Cuttyhunk Island; Cape Cod; Falmouth and Woods Hole; Hyannis; Harwich; Chatham; Sandwich; Barnstable; Yarmouth Port; Dennis; Brewster; Eastham; Wellfleet; Truro; Provincetown; Martha's Vineyard; Nantucket. Guide - Central and Western Massachusetts: highlights; Worcester; Sturbridge; Springfield; The Pioneer Valley; Northampton; Amherst; South Hadley; South Derfield; Shelburne Falls; The Berkshires; Stockbridge; Lenox; Lee and Lyringham; Great Barrington; Pittsfield; Williamstown; North Adams. Guide - Rhode Island: highlights; providence; Pawtucket; Woonsocket; Bristol; Newport; Portsmouth; Tiverton and Little Compton; North Kingstown; Narrangansett; South Kingstown; Charlestown; Westerly and Watch Hill; Block Island. Guide - Connecticut: highlights; Mystic; Stonington; Groton; New London; Old Saybrook; Clinton; Madison; Guilford; Branford and the Thimble Islands; New Haven; Bridgeport; Stratford and Putney; Westport; Weston and Wilton; Norwalk; Stamford; Greenwich; Danbury and the Housatonic Valley; Harford; Farmington; New Britain; Wetherfield; East Haddam; Ivorytown and Essex; Litchfield; Terryville and Bristol; Torrington and around Norfolk; West Cornwall, Cornwall and Mohawk Mountain; Kent; Waterbury; Scenic Route 169 - Woodstock to Canterbury; Stoors, Mansfield and Coventry; Willimantic and Lebanon.