Burlington: the gateway to Lake Champlain

Largest city in Vermont on Lake Champlain, Burlington remains an American model of environmental sustainability and high urban livability.

The center, gateway to Lake Champlain, is visited comfortably on foot.

The Church Street Marketplace, a pedestrian street in the heart of the city, comes alive with independent shops, street artists and restaurants in restored nineteenth-century buildings.

A short walk away, Lake Champlain, with views of the Adirondack mountains of New York state, offers scenic cycling trails along the entire city coast.

Heading toward the campus, you visit the University of Vermont, among the oldest public universities in New England, founded in 1791 shortly after American independence.

In the evening, the harbor district comes alive with restaurants and bars with views of the sunset over the Adirondack mountains visible across the broad lake.

Burlington became the first city in the United States to run entirely on renewable energy, achieving this ambitious goal in 2014 thanks to a mix of biomass, hydroelectric, wind, and solar power.

Lake Champlain, sometimes called the 'sixth Great Lake' by local residents, extends for over 170 kilometers between Vermont, New York State, and the Canadian province of Quebec.