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Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory

Waterbury

Good for School-Age Kids

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This is not your average factory tour -- it is where Cherry Garcia and Chunky Monkey were born, after all. Ben and Jerry aren't here (they no longer own the company...

Cold Hollow Cider Mill

Good for School-Age Kids

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Free tours, free tastes, and fresh cider donuts (named by Gourmet magazine as one of the top four in the country). Do you really need another reason to visit? Watching...

Laughing Moon Chocolates

Main Street Stowe

Good for School-Age Kids

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You can watch Leigh Williams making her chocolates every day, but it's the hands-on workshops that will have you licking your fingers as well as your lips. Kids as...

Stowe Recreation Path

Main Street Stowe

Good for Pre-Teens & Teens

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This 5.5-mile path runs (in a line, not a loop) from the quaint village shops up to Mt. Mansfield on a paved path away from traffic -- perfect for bikes...

Umiak Outfitters

Main Street Stowe

Good for Pre-Teens & Teens

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Didn't bring your own canoe? No room for a pair of skis? No worries. Rent whatever you need from Umiak Outfitters, from kayaks to whitewater boats to extreme sleds (a...

Trapp Family Lodge

Remember in the "Sound of Music" when the Von Trapp family headed over the mountains to freedom? Turns out that after a stop in Italy, they moved to Stowe. Their...