• An autumn tour of New England yields many photo opportunities.Fall Foliage - New England Drive image by Meemo from Fotolia.com
  
  New England is famous for its stunning fall colors, and rightfully so. This heavily-forested region stretches from Maine in the north to Connecticut in the south and encompasses New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island along the way. According to World Wildlife.org, an international conservation organization, by the mid-1800s most of New England's indigenous forests, which consist of northern hardwoods and spruce trees, were cleared to make way for agricultural crops and pastures. By the mid-1900s, most farms had been abandoned, allowing the forest to again take over almost 75 percent of the region. All of those trees create the perfect conditions for a scenic fall tour of New England.
  
  

Caravan Tours

• Caravan Tours offers an eight-day New England Summer and Fall Colors tour. The tour begins in Boston, where you'll visit city attractions such as Fanueil Hall Marketplace and the Boston Commons, before driving to Lexington and its Revolutionary War sights. Follow the route of Paul Revere's famous ride to Concord, and then continue to Plymouth Rock and Hyannis. Explore Martha's Vineyard and Edgartown before heading to Rhode Island and Mystic, Connecticut. Day five includes a stop at the Norman Rockwell museum and a stay in Vermont's Green Mountains. Drive through New Hampshire, through covered bridges and the fall foliage of the White Mountains. Finish the tour with a drive to Portland, Maine and a lobster dinner in Kennebunkport. Accommodations, airport transfers, most meals, activity admissions, gratuities and tour guide services are included.
  
  Caravan Tours Inc.
  
  401 North Michigan Avenue
  
  Chicago, IL 60611
  
  312-321-9800
  
  caravan.com
  
  

Atlas Cruises and Tours

• Atlas Cruises and Tours offers more than 50 autumn tours through the New England region. Tours range from seven to 16 days and include accommodations, most meals, transportation, tips and gratuities, guide services and admission fees. The "New England's Spectacular Fall Foliage Tour" begins with a tour of Boston along the Freedom Trail, then takes you to the Berkshires to Williamstown. Spend two nights in Vermont, touring Woodstock, a working dairy farm, an ice-cream factory and staying at the Trapp Family Lodge. Take a ride and lots of pictures on New Hampshire's Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway. Travel to Kennebunkport, Maine where you'll explore the town and end your tour with a traditional lobster dinner.
  
  Atlas Cruises & Tours
  
  9091 North Military Trail
  
  Suite 14
  
  Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
  
  561-687-3301
  
  escortedfallfoliagetours.com
  
  

Tauck World Discovery Tours

• Tauck World Discovery Tours offers the "Grant Autumn New England" package. This 11-day tour begins in Boston, where you'll tour the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Spend two days exploring the Boothbays in Maine and take a private schooner cruise on Boothbay Harbor. Drive through the White Mountains to the historic Omni Mount Washington Resort. Explore Vermont's Green Mountains, where you'll taste local maple syrup and visit the Shelburne Museum. Spend two days in Lake Placid, New York, then head to Saratoga Springs for a tour of the National Museum of Racing. Finish your tour with a farewell dinner in Ludlow, Vermont. Hotel accommodations, transportation, admission fees, transfers, tips and gratuities, guide services and most meals are included.
  
  Tauck World Discovery
  
  10 Norden Place
  
  Norwalk, CT 06855
  
  800-788-7885
  
  tauck.com