Anyone know any small coastal towns to stay in between Boston and Virginia Beach?
I will be traveling on the east coast for a month or so, mainly in Boston, NY, Philadelphia and D.C by Amtrak. Since I am visiting the major cities, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on small towns to stay in along the way, preferably coastal. Any recommendations on low cost places to stay would be helpful too. Thanks!
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You could stay in Stamford CT. It is not really small town, more like a good sized city with about 120,000 people. Not much interesting there, but it is a lot cheaper than staying in a major city. The northeast regional makes stops there and hotels are within walking distance from the train station. It is less than an hour from there to NYC
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If you're limited to destinations convenient to Amtrak, you might want to consider Mystic, CT (http://www.mystic.org/) with its seaport, aquarium, historic village, etc. The Amtrak station is right at the harbor. Also, while not a small town, Atlantic City is a possible day trip from Philly (90 minutes by NJ Transit commuter train).
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The RI/CT coast is your best bet. Delaware beaches are too far from the train, NJ beaches are packed, and PA has no beaches. Mystic, CT is perfect for you. I've been there via Amtrak. You can take a cab from the station to downtown. Downtown has good restaurants (including Mystic Pizza, featured in the movie of the same name), cute shops. There's a hotel built from a steamship docked near the drawbridge. Good cab service to the historic Mystic Seaport (living history village) and the world-class aquarium. Also close to Mohegan Sun/Foxwoods casinos. http://www.mystic.org/ New London is another good stop, because the ferry to Block Island is right across the street from the Amtrak station. Block Island is wonderful. Westerly, RI and Old Saybrook, CT are lovely small towns with great beaches. If you get off at New Haven, you can get a local train to Milford CT, a great small quintessential non-touristy NE town. Rainbow Gardens is a great restaurant right on the town green. There are often arts fairs on weekends, concerts in the gazebo on Friday nights, plays in the small . Great cab service in town. Providenc RI is a small city, but feels like a small town. Wonderful little museum at the RI School of Design, picturesque churches and historic buildings, great capitol building, and activities like Waterfire http://www.waterfire.org/ . All along the coast, rates for Mon-Thurs are much better than weekends. Try bed and breakfasts
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