Hop aboard AMTRAK’s newest sensation— The Downeaster—for a great "end-of-summer" getaway to Portland. You depart from Boston’s North Station at 9 a.m. on Saturday, arriving in Portland after a few scenic hours enjoying the comfort of Amtrak’s modern rail travel. Your accommodations are at the Eastland Park Hotel—conveniently located in the heart of downtown Portland’s acclaimed arts and shopping district. Surrounded by quaint galleries, outstanding restaurants, upscale shops and museums, including the Portland Museum of Art, the Eastland Park is also adjacent to Congress Square, an outdoor European-style city-center plaza, and just moments away from Portland’s famed Old Port waterfront. Well-appointed guest rooms offer coffeemaker, hair dryer and high-speed wireless Internet and the hotel also boasts the “Top of the East,” Portland’s only rooftop lounge. You’ll be treated to visits to the Portland Museum of Art and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s boyhood home as well as a harbor cruise, all of which you can enjoy at your leisure. On Monday afternoon you’ll be transferred back to the Portland Train Center for your scenic return train arriving back in Boston by dinner time.

$279 per person double occupancy
$249 per person quad occupancy
$145 for child reservations
$419 single reservations