Burlington, Vermont City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Burlington, Vermont Travel Guide has been your connection to Burlington's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Burlington Activities
 Every season in Burlington brings new opportunities to explore the outdoors, from leaf peeping at fall foliage and cross-country or downhill skiing during winter months to hiking, kayaking, and biking during spring and summertime, Burlington is ideally situated along Lake Champlain, near majestic mountains, offering you an endless supply of recreational pursuits during your bed and breakfast vacation.
Burlington’s own University of Vermont entices visitors to campus with its thriving arts and culture scene. The music department’s recital hall boasts symphony orchestra, jazz vocal ensemble, choral group, and percussion performances and the on-campus Royal Tyler Theatre excites audiences with five major productions each year. The Fleming Museum has over 20,000 objects in its permanent collection and has hosted Andy Warhol and Picasso exhibits in the past. Don’t miss a wonderful opportunity to experience art and culture in Burlington at the University of Vermont!
Located in Burlington and nestled on the shores of Lake Champlain, you’ll discover ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center. This award-winning building houses more than 60 species of fish, amphibians, and reptiles, major traveling exhibitions, interactive experiences, and live animal feedings. Star in your very own DVD as you report the weather in the interactive “Be a Watershed Weather Reporter” experience, meet live frogs from six continents, dig for recreated whale bones in the beluga whale site, explore the ancient world of the Champlain Valley, and hop aboard the Lake Champlain Floating Laboratory. There’s so much to see and do at the ECHO Lake Aquarium & Science Center!
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