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How about taking a vacation to a "New England" like community like Lewiston NY or Niagara on the Lake ON both near Niagara Falls, then taking a drive up to Toronto?
Both are about a 30 minute drive from each other across the Niagara River.
Lewiston and Niagara-on-the-Lake are small, quaint towns, but it's hard not to notice the throngs of Niagara Falls and Toronto tourists. They definitely don't feel secluded or 'isolated escapes.'
They would be like me visiting Old Town Alexandria or Frederick or Annapolis. They are aesthetically quaint towns, but they are close enough to major population centers that they don't feel like worlds unto themselves.
If you go to Montreal, you could maybe rent a car and spend a day in and around Burlington, VT. It’s not terribly large, near lakes and mountains, and should be pretty nice this time of year.
Lewiston and Niagara-on-the-Lake are small, quaint towns, but it's hard not to notice the throngs of Niagara Falls and Toronto tourists. They definitely don't feel secluded or 'isolated escapes.'
They would be like me visiting Old Town Alexandria or Frederick or Annapolis. They are aesthetically quaint towns, but they are close enough to major population centers that they don't feel like worlds unto themselves.
Maybe, but the immediate communities themselves have enough separation from Niagara Falls or Toronto.
How about taking a vacation to a "New England" like community like Lewiston NY or Niagara on the Lake ON both near Niagara Falls, then taking a drive up to Toronto?
I live in the DC Area so just a note about distances. Washington DC to Toronto is a 9 hour drive. Toronto is as far from DC as Atlanta (definitely a case of looks can be deceiving since both are in the Northeast).
New York from Washington is a 4.5 hour drive (half the distance).
I think a good trip would be:
A. New York for a few days
NOTE: I usually take "action packed" daytrips leaving via Megabus from Union Station at like 6am and getting back to DC at like 1am. But I think 3 days is needed to 'settle in' a bit).
B. Nature Drive. Two Options
HUDSON RIVER TRIP
(1) Hudson River Valley (there's lots of small quaint, boutique towns like New Paltz, Hudson, Woodstock, Beacon, Saugerties that are great for leisure walking and contemporary art)
(2) United States Military Academy at West Point pit stop (it's on the Hudson River but looks like a giant fortress. Definitely a cool visit while there)
(3) Catskill Mountains
(4) Albany (see the beautiful New York State Capitol!)
(5) Adirondack Mountains for a few days
SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND
(1) New Haven (Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library (for the Voynich Manuscript)
(2) New London, Mystic and Essex (beautiful, relaxed, small New England port towns)
(3) Newport (for the Cliff Walk and the Breakers)
(4) Cape Cod National Seashore (you can drive all the way up to Provincetown on the tip of Cape Cod and come back)
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Both of the trips above are the same distance as Toronto, but you get to pack a lot more in terms of scenery, sights, and sounds. So I would definitely see it as a Toronto OR New York/New England trip.
Sounds cool. Never really thought about how close NYC is close to certain parts of New England. Nice itinerary for sure!
If you go to Montreal, you could maybe rent a car and spend a day in and around Burlington, VT. It’s not terribly large, near lakes and mountains, and should be pretty nice this time of year.
I was thinking of spending more time in Toronto and stopping by in Montreal for a night or a full day.
But Burlington seems like a nice cool little town to visit for sure.
If you go to Montreal, you could maybe rent a car and spend a day in and around Burlington, VT. It’s not terribly large, near lakes and mountains, and should be pretty nice this time of year.
Good idea.
Northern Vermont/Montreal combo vacation.
Enjoy a bit of New England then A bot of Quebec.
Variation on that, and a bit less mileage, would be New York state Adirondacks...
like Lake Placid ....then Montreal.
What if you did Toronto and just daytripped like a Torontonian and went to Lake Simcoe?
Lake Simcoe looks nice from what I'm seeing on Google images. I could stop by there on the trip. And that's not a bad idea for a quick stop.
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