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New England Seacoast Tour

Itinerary for the Day

  • Salem: Leave Boston and the hustle and bustle of city life and enjoy the drive north to Salem. Be transported in time as learn about the 1692 witchcraft trials in which 20 residents met their fate. Learn about historical local Cotton Mather. Walk the floors of the House of the Seven Gables, the title of the novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne. See the National Salem Historic Site alongside the waterfront. Visit the old Custom House. See the Friendship, an exacting replica of an 1800s schooner.
  • Gloucester: An important fishing port reliant on Georges Bank, one of the richest fishing grounds in the world blending into the Grand Banks of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland. Gloucester is home to the world-famous Gorton’s Seafood of Gloucester!
  • Rockport: Take a leisurely stroll around the artist colony at Bearskin Neck and window-shop past one of the 35 art galleries at one of the oldest art colonies in America. Join countless photographers and painters in taking snapshots of the iconic Motif No. 1 fishing shack overlooking picturesque Salem harbor. And the many historic lighthouses still protecting mariners from dangerous shores.
  • Essex: A small town renowned for shipbuilding, and home of an important clamming industry with its pure tidal waters. Stop at lunch at Woodman’s of Essex, serving seafood for over 100 years. You may choose to imbibe in a “fried” clam roll. Woodman's Seafood invented it! Did you know that the movie The Crucible was filmed in Essex?

Included

  • Round-Trip Transportation
  • Hotel Pick-Up/Drop-Off (Select Boston hotels)
  • Professional Driver/Guide
  • Scenic Coastal Bypass Highway
  • House of Seven Gables Museum Tour (admission included)
  • National Maritime Historic Site
  • Bottled Water

Not included

  • Gratuities

TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

  • Escorted tour with an experienced tour guide
  • House of Seven Gables – admission included
  • Salem Maritime National Historic Site
  • Gloucester Fishermen's Memorial
  • Fishermen’s Wharf
  • Eastern Point Lighthouse
  • Rockport’s Artist Colony at Bearskin Neck

Adults: $149

Children: $109

SEE THE REAL NEW ENGLAND SEACOAST

On your journey, see the incredible beauty and history of New England as your guide navigates the Coastal Scenic Byway. Smell the aroma of salt air as you skirt along rugged coastal beaches, harbors, lighthouse bases and much more during this all-day tour from Boston. Stop at quaint villages settled in the early to mid-1600s: Salem, Gloucester, Rockport, and Essex. Learn about famous personages like Cotton Mather of the witchcraft trials in 1692 where twenty locals met their fate. Learn about the history of trade, and fishing including the tragic story of the Andrea Gail, the fishing vessel that left from Gloucester in search of swordfish on a glass sea which inspired the book/movie "The Perfect Storm". Walk Bearskin Neck in Rockport, with 35 artist galleries, Snap a photo of Eastern Point Lighthouse and the fishing shack Motif 1.

Friendship replica of east indian company trade ship
Salem customs house
House of seven gables
fog warning painting