Boston & Cape Cod, American Heritage Fall Foliage Tour
October 14-20, 2008
7-Day Fly in Tour
Activity Level: Three

We’ll begin this American Heritage journey in the winding streets of 17th century Boston. One of America’s oldest cities, Boston was founded in 1630 and is a bustling, vibrant city filled with history, tradition and old world elegance.

We’ll trace the roots of our country as this American Heritage Tour takes us from Plymouth where the Pilgrims landed, to the bewitching seaport of Salem. We’ll “sail away” from Hyannis in Cape Cod to the “Storybook Island” of Martha’s Vineyard.

Stand on the Lexington Green and learn how the farmers rallied to meet the British and where the first shots were fired.

View the natural seaside beauty for which Newport, R.I. is known. Visit one of the magnificent mansions and gardens built by the industrial barons of America’s Gilded Age.

All this and more you will experience on this diverse American Heritage Fall Foliage Tour.

Day 1: Our early morning flight from Omaha takes us to Boston, arriving late morning. Our local guide takes us for a tour of the historic ride of Paul Revere through Lexington and Concord, where the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War took place. We’ll then continue to our hotel at Plymouth where we will be spending the next 6 nights.
*Dinner included
*Hilton Garden Inn, Plymouth, MA

Day 2: Today we meet our local guide for a tour of Plymouth, with time along Plymouth’s water-front. After viewing Plymouth Rock, we’ll step aboard the Mayflower II and visit the Plimoth Plantation. Here it is always 1627 in the village of “New Plymouth”. Interact with these Pilgrims and learn firsthand about their households, cooking, harvesting, livestock and gardening. Live the history of Plymouth Colony which begins in 1620 with the landing of the Mayflower at Cape Cod and ends with the absorption of Plymouth into Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1692.
*Breakfast & Dinner included

Day 3: After breakfast at the hotel, we depart for Cape Cod, departing from Hyannis by Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. We’ll see Oak Bluffs’ brightly-painted “gingerbread” cottages, and the town’s Flying Horses, the oldest continuously working carousel in America. We’ll visit Vineyard Haven, the picturesque year-round ferry port, and Edgartown, an elegant yachting center, its streets still lined with whaling captains’ stately homes. Upon return to Cape Cod we visit the John F. Kennedy Museum and enjoy dinner here before returning to Plymouth.
*Breakfast and Dinner included

Day 4: Today we return to Boston for a tour of the city which takes us by many famous sites as the Old State House, Granary Burying Ground, Park Street Church, Boston Common, the Public Garden and the USS Constitution, better known as “Old Ironsides”. We’ll also enjoy a culinary walking tour through the historic Italian North End with many samples, followed by lunch in the area. We’ll have time for shopping and browsing in Quincy Market before returning to Plymouth.
*Breakfast & Lunch included

Day 5: This morning we begin with a visit to the seaside artist colony of Rockport. Enjoy some free time to stroll through the shops and galleries viewing many delightful works of art by local artisans. Then we travel to Salem, famous for its witch trial of the 17th century. We’ll witness firsthand the Salem Witch Hysteria at the Witch Museum. The presentation is emotional and impressive; using lifesize figures in stage sets with a soundtrack narration. This afternoon we visit the House of Seven Gables, a 17th century dwelling made famous by the classic tale by Nathaniel Hawthorne. From Salem we journey to the fishing village of Gloucester, now made famous with the movie “The Perfect Storm”. Here we’ll enjoy a delicious Lobsterbake.
*Breakfast & Dinner included

Day 6: Our short drive this morning finds us in Newport, R.I. where we will enjoy a tour of the famous “Ten Mile Drive”, which winds along the rugged coastline, showing many privately owned mansions facing the Atlantic Ocean. Newport was where the rich and famous resided during their summer vacations in the golden era. We will be touring “The Breakers Mansion”, which resembles an Italian palace, built by Cornelius Vanderbilt. We’ll have lunch on our own at the Brick Marketplace, and then visit the Newport Winery, which has won many awards for its fine wines. This evening we enjoy a delicious “farewell dinner”.
*Breakfast & Dinner included

Day 7: Today we check out of our hotel and spend some time in Boston before boarding our late afternoon flight home, full of wonderful memories of our American Heritage Tour.
*Breakfast included

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