Fodor's New England 2002

by Fodor's Travel Publications Inc.

No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this guide, updated every year, our experts who live in New England give you the inside track showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun. Start with the color planning section to help you decide where to go, use your personal supply of Post-it? flags to mark your favorite listings, and consult the foldout map to stay on course. Fodor's New England 2002 shows you hundreds of hotel and restaurant choices in all price ranges -- from budget-friendly B&Bs to luxury hotels, from casual eateries to the hottest new restaurants, complete with thorough reviews showing what makes each place special. The Smart Travel Tips A to Z section helps you take care of the nitty gritty with essential local contacts and great advice -- from how to take your mountain bike with you to what to do in an emergency. Plus, web links, maps, costs, and mix-and-match itineraries make planning a snap.


"The king of guidebooks." - Newsweek

Genres: Travel, Reference, Nonfiction

608 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Fodor's Travel Publications is a United States-based producer of English-language travel guides and online tourism information. It was founded by Hungarian Eugene Fodor in 1936.
Fodor’s was acquired by Random House in 1986 and sold to Internet Brands in 2016.

Reviews

[Jan Lynch · Rating 5 out of 5]

My sister gifted me with a pile of New England travel guides before our recent jaunt up the coast. In the past, I've used resources online to plan our trips. In the weeks ahead of our trip, having hard copies allowed me to page through the books and imagine possibilities without the distractions inherent with a device. Fodor's is easy to navigate and filled with good suggestions. I particularly liked the section on Newport's Cliff Walk with descriptions and a brief history of each mansion. Walking the Cliff Walk path and visiting the Breakers, Marble House, and the scenic Salve Regina campus was a wonderful experience!

[Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good overview, but they left out places. The hotel pros and cons were hilarious to read.

[Jill]

I've been using this travel guide to plan a New England trip next October. There is an overwhelming amount of travel information on-line at various websites, but I was finding it very time consuming to sift through it, narrow it down and plan a route for our trip. Fodor's helped me considerably to highlight the places we really wanted to see in an 9-day trip, choose a route and list the sights along the way. The guide is chock-full of information on the small towns and villages, places to see, historic sites, scenic routes, expected weather, etc.

I tend to ignore the hotel and restaurant lists in guide books, as they are never current enough, and of course, they don't include any reviews; TripAdvisor, Hotels.com, and other on-line resources are much more useful in that regard. In my opinion those sections could be eliminated from guide books altogether, reducing the weight and page count considerably. The included map is okay for an overview, but not detailed enough for our purposes, so I ordered a AAA map to use instead.

Whether you're looking for a general overview of New England, or detail in most of the towns and cities along the way, you'll find this a very useful resource.

[Alex]

Fodor's New England (25th Edition) by Fodors (2002)

[A. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great ideas, pretty to look at, and I am oh-so excited for New England adventures!

[Andrew Noone]

Good overview—-glaring omission was Worcester, MA—super restaurant culture, nation’s finest art museum, eleven colleges, three world-class concert venues—central New England’s most vibrant spot...