Rail and Sail New Hampshire

Join us for one of our most popular tours in New England, Railroads of New Hampshire. This tour includes outstanding lodging opportunities, scenery, fabulous scenic train rides, boat cruises and the fabulous Café Lafayette Dinner Train. This tour is fully escorted with most meals included.

Day One

Group arrival in beautiful Lincoln, New Hampshire home of the Loon Mountain Ski area. Upon your arrival you will be greeted by the staff and your local escort. This evening dinner is included at a local restaurant. (D)

Day Two

A deluxe continental breakfast is included at the hotel this morning. Today we board the coach with our local guide for a trip to beautiful Squam Lake, home of the movie “On Golden Pond’ where we enjoy a wonderful cruise. We disembark in Wolfeboro where you can enjoy a little lunch and shopping on your own. Be sure to visit the Hampshire Pewter Store and we conclude our day with a visit to the Keller House Gift Shop and Ice Cream Buffet. You will be treated to a delicious make your own sundae. This evening we board the Café Lafayette Dinner Train for an experience you will long remember. The “Granite Eagle”, originally built for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad, operating from St. Louis Missouri to San Antonio Texas in the mid 1950’s on the “Texas Eagle”. She was then acquired by the Illinois RR and run on train #1, “The City of New Orleans”. It was brought across the United States by rail and restored in the engine house of the Hobo Railroad during the winter of 1996. Leslie, Lance and their two chefs, Doug Trulson and Scott Buckland along with a friend Tom Sabourn, made the impossible happen; taking only six months to rebuild exterior steel, design and restore the interior, install new windows, and give this magnificent car a royal blue and white paint job, then renaming her the “Granite Eagle”. We will enjoy a spectacular four course dinner along our scenic journey. (B,D)

Day Three

Breakfast is included this morning at the hotel. Today enjoy a scenic ride across the Kancamagus Highway to

Conway, NH. Here we board the Conway Valley Train for a scenic journey along Saco River in the Mount Washington Valley. Following our ride enjoy lunch and shopping in the village of North Conway. This afternoon we enjoy a scenic journey through Crawford Notch and to the base of Mount Washington where we visit the Cog Railway Museum and Gift Shop. Dinner is on your own this evening. (B)

Day Four

Following breakfast, we board the coach for a ride home taking with us many fond memories of our time on the Rails of New Hampshire. (B)

Inclusions:

Three night’s accommodations Holiday Inn Express, Mountain Club Loon or Indian Head Resort Lincoln, NH

Two dinners including dinner on the Cafe Lafayette Train

Three breakfasts

Admission to Squam Lake Cruises

Ice Cream at the Keller Haus Gift and Ice Cream Shop

Visit to Wolfeboro

Admission to the Conway Scenic Valley Train

Visit to the Mount Washington Cog Rail Museum & Gift Shop

Baggage