Berkshire Destinations

A fully-updated eighth edition to the guidebook that launched the Great Destinations series. A rich cultural landscape has grown from the natural splendor of the Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, making it a favorite place for travelers of all types. This all-new edition of the original guide to the Berkshires includes information on history, transportation, accommodations, dining, arts, spa retreats, outdoor recreation, and shopping. It covers every corner of the Berkshires, from Great Barrington and Sheffield in the South to the northern towns of Williamstown and North Adamshome of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Stay at the legendary Red Lion Inn and enjoy an evening of classical music at Tanglewood. Spend a night at a reasonably-priced B&B after a day of hiking the trails of Mt. Greylock. Experience a weekend retreat at the world-famous Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. With helpful maps and lodging and dining indexes to aid you, you won't find a more complete guide to the Berkshires.

In this book, hikers and families looking for fresh ventures, will locate exciting and satisfying destinations appropriate for every person's interest and ability. Around every corner and within every season, Berkshire Destinations will provide natural landscape or cultural locations that invite exploration. Beautiful waterfalls, awesome vistas, intriguing glacial erratics, along with renowned historical or exquisite points of interest, will provide numerous happy trails of discovery and remembrance. Final book has 348 pages and over 155 chapters.

In this book, hikers and families looking for fresh ventures, will locate exciting and satisfying destinations appropriate for every person's interest and ability. Around every corner and within every season, Berkshire Destinations will provide natural landscape or cultural locations that invite exploration. Beautiful waterfalls, awesome vistas, intriguing glacial erratics, along with renowned historical or exquisite points of interest, will provide numerous happy trails of discovery and remembrance. Final book has 348 pages and over 155 chapters

The Berkshires of Massachusetts have long been known as a winter sports paradise. Forty-four ski areas arose from the 1930s to the 1970s. The Thunderbolt Ski Trail put the Berkshires on the map for challenging terrain. Major ski resorts like Brodie Mountain sparked the popularity of night skiing with lighted trails. All-inclusive resorts--like Oak n' Spruce, Eastover and Jug End--brought thousands of new skiers into the sport between the 1940s and 1970s. Over the years, many of these ski areas faded away and are nearly forgotten. Jeremy Davis of the New England/Northeast Lost Ski Areas Project brings these lost locations back to life, chronicling their rich histories and contributions to the ski industry.

Stay at the legendary Red Lion Inn and enjoy an evening of classical music at Tanglewood. Spend a night at a reasonably priced B&B after a day of hiking the trails of Mount Creylock. Experience a weekend retreat at the famous Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health. Revel in the offerings of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. With helpful maps and lodging and dining indexes to aid you, you won't find a more complete guide to the Berkshires. Book jacket.

Tourism is well established as an important part of the new service economy, and the rewards it offers have stimulated intense competition in the tourism industry. Many destinations compete to attract potential tourists, each place having to work hard to distinguish itself from rivals offering similar or alternative attractions. This book, originally published in 1990, explores how destinations invest increasing amounts of time and money into developing and promoting their 'products'. The contributors, from both academic institutes and the tourism industry, provide a multidisciplinary and professional analysis of what can be done to sell tourism places. Using both theoretical and empirical approaches, they give examples from different areas of the industry and evaluate different strategies a destination can adopt for maintaining and increasing its market share. All the contributors emphasize that selling tourism places must be a dynamic activity in which the place products are constantly monitored, so that they can be revitalized, repositioned, or renewed in the market context.

England's landscape is as diverse as its culture. It is a country with magnificent landscapes. This guide looks at the more established places of interest throughout the country, but it also focuses on the more secluded and little known visitor attractions and places to stay, eat and drink.

Exploring the Southern Maine coast and interior from Kittery to Portland, this eclectic book guides readers to geological points of interest such as waterfalls, glacial boulders, rock profiles, and towering cliff views; to historic houses, garrisons, and mansions; to hiking trails and scenic walkways; to museums, historic churches, and nineteenth-century libraries; to beaches, rivers, parks, and launch sites for cartop watercraft; and to golf courses. Brief descriptions provide just enough information to whet your curiosity without giving anything away and GPS coordinates make sure you don't get lost.