What’s the attraction?
The nights may be getting longer and the days cooler, but the third seasonal quarter of the calendar is surely the most romantic time of the year to take a holiday, its rich colours making a play for the heart. Autumn starts to unfurl its banner – in a heady cocktail of oranges, yellows, browns, purples and reds – once September creeps into view. here is death at its most beautiful, making for scenery ideally explored at a slow pace, whether via a road trip, an escorted tour, or from the fireside of a country pub.
The joy, of course, is that autumn is not constrained to one continent – but casts its pre-winter spell across Europe, Asia and North America in one burst, with a wealth of opportunity to witness it.
Maine events
New England is the blue riband region of autumn travel – so much so that the US has a specific term (leaf-peepers) to describe visitors who arrive in "fall". this north-easterly shoulder of the country plays host to glorious colour for three months. The season begins in Maine in September, ebbs south through new Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts, and lingers in Connecticut and Rhode Island into November. despite the destruction of Hurricane Irene, leaf-peeping prospects are still looking positive.
Possible itineraries are numerous, but American Sky (0844 332 9391; americansky.co.uk) sells an 11-night "best of new England" road trip until 31 October that covers the White Mountains, Green Mountains and Cape Cod – from
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