Getting there:
From Boston, take Interstate 95 northbound to Exit 7 Market Street/Historic Sites, last of four Portsmouth exits and last New Hampshire exit before highway crosses Piscataqua River into Maine. Toll at Exeter/Hampton, N.H., is $1 each way. Traffic delays are common on I-95 in the summer, as crowds head for the beaches and the mountains.
Resources:
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce, 500 Market St.; 603-436-1118. On web, try www.visitnh.gov.
Strawbery Banke Museum, Marcy Street; 603-433-1101. On web: www.strawberybanke.org.
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 603-436-3205; www.SPNEA.org
Port of Portsmouth Museum and Albacore Park, 600 Market St.; 603-436-3680.
Isles of Shoals Steamship Authority, Market Street, near Exit 7; 800-441-4620. Whale watches and cruises including ferry service to Star Island in Isles of Shoals (set schedule begins June 13).
Portsmouth Harbor Cruises, Ceres Street dock; 800-776-0915.
