Connecticut: An Explorer's Guide, Sixth Edition

By Andi Marie Cantele, Andi Marie Fusco, Barnett D. Laschever, et al.

Book Overview

With gas prices so high, travelers are looking for vacation destinations that are closer to home. Connecticut is the perfect place to launch your New England holiday. From summertime fun?fishing, sailing, swimming, garden touring, and more?to flaming fall foliage and wintertime activities like downhill and cross country skiing, Connecticut has it all. And for more than 10 years, veteran travel writers Barnett Laschever and Andi Marie Cantele have offered authoritative, trustworthy advice for what to see, where to eat, and where to stay throughout the Nutmeg state. Praised by the Hartford Courant as the most comprehensive guide to Connecticut, this completely revised, expanded and updated guide features extensive listings of activities, attractions, and lodging and dining establishments; an alphabetical "What's Where" guide to aid in trip planning; 20 regional and downtown maps; and helpful icons indicate places that are wheelchair-accessible, pet- and family-friendly, and places of special value. 20 maps, 100 black and white photographs, index.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0881506974
• ISBN13: 9780881506976
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

A useful and practical guidebook

Now in an updated fifth edition, Connecticut: An Explorer's Guide is a comprehensive guide for vacationers and business travelers alike. Offering an alphabetical "What's Where" subject guide to help plan trips, 20 regional and downtown maps, an extensive listing of events and activities to attend, lodging, dining, and selective shopping locales, and much more, Connecticut: An Explorer's Guide is an easy-to-use resource for finding what one needs when one needs it. The collaborative effort of Barnett D. Laschever and Andi Marie Cantele, Connecticut: An Explorer's Guide is a useful and practical guidebook, recommended for anyone visiting the small yet upstanding state of Connecticut.

Well written and informative

This is a well written and informative book that brilliantly details many of the wonderful things Connecticut has to offer. A++++