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Essex Steam Train & Riverboat, Essex CT | Nearby Businesses


1 Railroad Ave
Essex, CT 06426
(860) 767-0103

Owned and operated by the Valley Railroad Company, the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat is a unique historic attraction in the Connecticut River Valley. The Valley Railroad Company has been in existence since 1868, and has operated today’s well-known train and riverboat for over 40 years. The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat transports people on exciting excursions through the unspoiled Connecticut River Valley, a placed designated as "one of the last great places on earth" by the Nature Conservancy. The steam locomotive pulls vintage coaches through the quintessential New England towns of Deep River and Chester, and the Becky Thatcher riverboat takes visitors past historic landmarks The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat offers various eco-excursions and family themed events throughout the year for train fans of all ages.

Tours/Sightseeing Near Essex Steam Train & Riverboat

International Bicycle Tours
Distance: 0.6 mi Competitive Analysis
90 Main Street
Centerbrook, CT 06409
(860) 767-7005

In 1991 a new retiree tried IBT's Cape Cod trip, just to see what a bike tour was like. Eighteen tours later, having decided long ago that IBT tours are exactly right, that retiree has signed on for a nineteenth. Repeat customers, known as IBT Alumni, are frequent in the history of the company, founded in 1976 by Frank Behrendt, indefatigable bicyclist and now Nordic Walker. Frank's intent is to provide tours at reasonable prices with the trimmings many tour companies omit. IBT participants are met at the airport, so aren't required to search for taxi or train or bus to their first hotel. Instead of being given a map and good wishes as they set off for the day; they ride as a group led by the tour guide with an appointed "sweep" bringing up the rear. The unique IBT corner system, in which a biker is posted at turns, means that getting lost is hard to do. IBT guides know the territory and the language, important as we often stay in towns or villages with small, family-run hotels. Meals are local and seasonal and dinner makes a friendly end to each day. Expanding beyond bicycle tours, IBT's offerings now include Biking and Barging and Nordic Walking and Barging. Barging has the advantage all travelers cherish: no need to pack and unpack as your cabin is your home for the trip! Nordic Walking, the invigorating sport of walking with a special stride using long poles, meshes as perfectly with barging as bicycling does. Experience counts. IBT has the experience. Setting out to provide the best tours in the business for people to whom knowledgeable tour leaders and safety in operation are important, IBT has grown but never forgotten the aims Frank originally envisioned.

Travel Marketing Consultants, LLC
Distance: 1.0 mi Competitive Analysis
127 Main St
Centerbrook, CT 06409
(860) 322-0629

We specialize in leisure travel for travelers interested in knowing about their destinations and being involved with the process of travel for enjoyment, education and safety. We also encourage incentive travel arrangements for businesses, and will educated and prepare locations and opportunities.