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Shopping Destinations

Shoppes at Buckland
4
Hills, Manchester, CT
MAP C4 • 194 Buckland Hills Dr
• www.theshoppesatbucklandhills.com
Central Connecticut’s largest
shopping area, this features virtually
every big­box national chain store,
including discount electronics, decor,
and home goods dealers like the
Christmas Tree Shop.
Providence Place,
5
Providence, RI
MAP E4 • One Providence Pl
• www.providenceplace.com
Brimfield antiques flea market This mega­mall in downtown
Providence has captured most of
Brimfield, MA
1 the retail activity in Rhode Island’s
capital. Stores occupy three levels,
MAP D3 • May, Jul, Sep
• www.brimfieldshows.com with entertainment and a food
Whether you’re seeking Art Deco court above the shops.
jewelry or furniture crafted in Salem
Freeport, ME
in the 1790s, Brimfield is the place to 6
look. Antiques hunters from around MAP P4 • www.freeport
the world converge on this small usa.com
town for its three annual antiques Outdoors outfitter L. L. Bean set the
shows in May, July, and September. tone here when it opened in 1911.
Freeport has since blossomed as a
League of New
2 world­famous shopper’s paradise;
Hampshire Craftsmen
more than 170 shops offer the
Fair, NH biggest and best name brands in
MAP L5 • Mount Sunapee Resort, American merchandising – often
Newbury, NH • Early Aug • Adm at substantial discounts.
• www.nhcrafts.org
Established in 1933, the League of
New Hampshire Craftsmen Fair is
the oldest craft fair in the US. More
than 200 juried members of the
League offer their work, including
jewelry, fine furniture, pottery, glass
blowing, and weaving.
Woodbury, CT
3
MAP B5 • www.
antiqueswoodbury.com
Dealers in fine US and British
antiques set up shop here around
half a century ago. They’ve since
been joined by dealers in import
porcelain, Oriental rugs, and what­
ever is giving New York interior
decorators shivers this season. The L. L. Bean store in Freeport

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