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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Could you do a few small things instead of one place for a week? Like a few days in Boston, do the Duck Boats, the Aquarium, the Freedom Trail if your kids are into History. Then a day in Newport RI with the mansion tours, or go into NH and go up to Conway in the White Mountains? Pick another New England town as you head back home?[/quote]

We did something kind of like this. Two days in Boston, then a night in Providence, then 2 days in Newport. We drove and it was one of our favorite family trips in recent memory. Itinerary looked like this.

Boston: saw Shakespeare in the Common, did a kayaking tour, went to a Red Sox game, ate some really good Italian food

Providence: checked out the Brown campus and surrounding neighborhoods, did an evening stroll along the river, stayed in a really nice hotel downtown that was crazy cheap for summer (Providence is pretty quiet in the summer)

Newport: did the Cliff Walk which was probably the highlight of the trip (skipped mansion tours because our kids aren't into that but we did walk the grounds on a couple which was cool), very nice beach day, saw a Newport Gulls game in this fun little stadium downtown. Also Newport has a little trolley/bus system to get around which was great and enabled us to mostly ditch the car.

I loved how low-key it was, none of us had ever been to Providence or Newport before so it felt like a good change of pace, we spent a lot of time outside and did active things but nothing too strenuous or difficult for elementary age kids. Felt like a great balance. Also got great weather and felt like a real break from DC heat despite not venturing that far away.[/quote]

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