The Valley offers quite the variety of things to do before or after dinner. Below we have posted our favorite links to surrounding points of interest and places to go. Scroll down and click on links and banners to get more details and schedules. Plan the perfect day-trip or just a relaxing night on-the-town which begins or ends with a romantic dinner.
Historic Deerfield, MA
Historic Deerfield has been a traveler's favorite for New England history, and a consistent destination point during fall foliage. Walk through the streets lined with colonial homes that have been immaculately preserved. Tour the Historic Deerfield Museum just across from the renowned Deerfield academy, or just pack a lunch and enjoy the scenery. Located 4 1/2 miles north of Sienna off of Rt. 5-10.
Five College Area
- 8 miles south on route 116 is Amherst, home of
- And the renowned
- 2 miles south on route 116 is
- Another 5 miles south on route 116 is
Northampton, MA
- Just minutes South on I-91 is Northampton
This small city offers more restaurants and shops, certainly more galleries, theaters and performance venues than most urban centers dozens of times its size. Add two rivers, mountain views, landscaped parks and meadow walks, and you begin to see why people call it paradise. --Boston Globe
Things to do and See in Northampton
For the music lover:
Iron Horse Music Hall- internationally renown night club where there are always topnotch cats playing nightly.
Pearl Street Nightclub - great music with plenty of room to dance.
For film connoisseurs and theater buffs:
Pleasant St. Theater - with two screening size theaters playing films that are always being discussed over, and over and over again.
The Academy of Music - the Noho historic opera house where D&D never disappoint. Host of the annual Noho Film festival held in Nov.
Calvin Theater - the recently renovated historic movie house of Noho. Always a sure bet for high-quality theater and music entertainment.
Art Galleries:
Hart gallery
Pinch Pottery & The Ferrin Gallery
R Michelson Galleries
The renowned Smith College:
Goodnight Moon Futon: Specializing in environmentally friendly futon products.
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