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Tour#U7062
Three Day Historic Boston Tour
May 4-6, 2012
DAY 1
– FRIDAY, MAY 4th 2012
7:30am Meet your 55-passenger motor coach
(Brown Coach – Charter#40240 ~ Phone: (800)
424-4700 – Bus driver: Jim Hotaling, 518-281-8623))
and depart Proctor High School (1203 Hilton Avenue, Utica NY) to Boston, MA.
(265 miles ~ 5 hours drive + plus stops)
1:30pm Arrive in Boston and proceed to Harvard
Square to meet your tour guide
for the campus tour. (1400
Massachusetts Ave, Mid-Cambridge, MA 02138, USA – TrademarkTours
– Phone: (855) 455-8747)
Lunch is included
for your group in Harvard Yard.
Your guide will meet you
here.
2:30pm Continue your tour of Harvard. The tour is student-led and is comprised of an
outdoor walk (please dress appropriately) through of the Harvard Yard,
providing a history of the university, general information, and a unique view
on the student’s individual experience! The tour is around one hour long.
3:45pm Depart for MIT Institute. (3 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02138)
4:30pm The
campus tours will be given by your guide, and generally last 60 minutes. All
tours are conducted in English. The tours cover some of the most popular areas
of the campus including the Student Center, the Zesiger
Athletic Center, Kresge Auditorium, the MIT Chapel,
the Infinite Corridor, and the Stata Center.
5:30pm Board your motor coach and depart
for your hotel.
6:30pm Proceed to check in to the 3-star Boston hotel. (Embassy Suites) Luggage
service will be included at your hotel upon arrival and departure.
Address: 550 Winter Street,
Waltham, MA 02451
Phone: (781) 890-6767
8:00pm Board your coach and proceed into
Boston for dinner. At the restaurant you will meet your tour guide for the rest
of your trip. (John Marini, cell: 617-407-5799)
8:30pm Dinner
is included for your group tonight at the Union
Oyster House Restaurant. (41 Union Street, Boston, MA – Phone: (817)
227-2750).
Menu: Cup of Clam Chowder or Salad; Broiled Scrod
or Broiled Salmon; Vegetables du Jour; Coffee, Tea or Soda and Dessert – Apple
Cobbler
Restaurant has been notified of 2
gluten free guests.
9:30pm After
dinner depart for your hotel for the rest of the evening.
Your tour guide will be staying with the
group for the night.
Overnight
Boston area
DAY 2
– SATURDAY, MAY 5th 2012
7:00am Full
American “Cooked to Order” Breakfast is included for your group at the
hotel.
8:00am Meet your guide in the hotel lobby this morning, board your motor coach this morning and depart for
Plymouth, MA. (53 miles ~ 50 minutes drive)
9:00am This
morning start with a visit role-playing interpreters on Mayflower II (Plimoth
Plantation’s Mayflower II - State Pier (across from 74 Water Street) Plymouth,
MA 02360) and in the English Village or meet contemporary Native people in
the Wampanoag Homesite. See the rare breed animals,
and in the Craft Center watch as skilled artisans re-create 17th century Native
and Colonial items used in our exhibits and sold in our Museum Shops. At the Patuxet Cafe sample the menu inspired by Native and
Colonial recipes. (Reservation#44537)
Notes: The
drop-off/pick-up area is the designated crescent on Water Street in front of
the Plimoth Plantation Waterfront Shops, just north of Plymouth Rock. It is
about a 1 minute walk to Mayflower II from this area.
Parking
for motorcoaches is in the East Bay Grill Restaurant
"Bus Parking" lot, located 200 yards north of the Route 44/Town Wharf
rotary.
10:00am Continue to Plimoth Plantation. (137
Warren Avenue, Plymouth, MA 02360, United States – Phone: (508) 746-1622).
It is the world-renowned living history museum of 17th century -- a place you
can't miss for its hands on environment, authenticity, and engaging and
powerful personal encounters. (Reservation#44537)
12:30pm Lunch
is included for your group here. Sandwich Boxed includes: Choice of Turkey, Ham & Cheese, or Tuna
Sandwich with Lettuce, or Veggie stroller, Potato Chips, Home Baked Cookie, and
Bottled water. It includes a Plimoth Plantation memento.
The site has been notified of 2
gluten free guests.
1:30pm After
lunch, group to board motor coach and depart for a Boston.
3:00pm Upon
arrival into Boston, enjoy a guided tour of Paul Revere House – (19 North
Square, Boston MA 02113, Phone: (617) 523-2338). A national historic
landmark, it is downtown Boston's oldest building and one of the few remaining
from an early era in the history of colonial America.
4:00pm USS
Constitution Museum (Charlestown Navy
Yard, Building 22, Charlestown, MA 02129), bringing to life the stories of
the individuals, who authorized, built, served on and preserved USS
Constitution. The museum is not
associated with the vessel itself. View Old Ironsides, the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world.
Her history is rich and colorful and 200 years strong. View Bunker Hill
Memorial.
4:30pm Continue on your walking tour of the Freedom Trail. Visitors to Boston, school children, teachers, historians,
history buffs, citizens, and friends, welcome to the Freedom Trail. There is no
other place in the United States where you can take in the rich history of
America’s Revolution — the events that led up to the historic break from
Britain and the brave people who shaped our national government.
The Freedom Trail is a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that
leads you to 16 nationally significant historic sites, everyone an authentic
American treasure. Preserved and dedicated by the citizens of Boston in 1958,
when the wrecking ball threatened, the Freedom Trail today is a unique
collection of museums, churches, meeting houses, burying grounds, parks, a
ship, and historic markers that tell the story of the American Revolution and
beyond.
5:30pm Board your coach and return to your
hotel and freshen up before dinner.
7:30pm
Head back into Boston and enjoy a dinner at a favorite
local restaurant.
8:00pm Dinner
is included for your group tonight at Morton’s
Steakhouse restaurant. (2 Seaport Lane, Boston, MA 02110 – Phone: (617)
261-1821)
Menu:
Salads –
Caesar Salad with Classic Dressing
Entrees
–
Filet Mignon, Single Cut or Chicken Christopher (three boneless chicken breasts
lightly breaded)
Accompaniments – Sauteed Garlic Green Been or Mashed Potatoes
Dessert – New
York Cheesecake
Coffee
and Tea Service are included with your meal!
10:00pm Return
to your hotel for the evening.
Overnight
Boston area
DAY 3
– SUNDAY, MAY 6th 2012
7:30am Full
American “Cooked to Order” Breakfast is served at your hotel this morning.
Gluten-free items at breakfast include fruits, eggs and
meats. Types of meats and eggs change
daily.
8:30am Check-out, board your motor coach and depart Lexington MA. Renowned as the site of the battle
that began the American Revolution and as the home of the most original
thinkers and writers of the American literary renaissance, the town of Concord
has played a remarkable part in the history of New England and the nation.
9:00am Stop at Minute Man National Historic Park. (Minute Man Visitor Center -250 North Great Road, Lincoln MA) Here,
the opening battle of the Revolution is brought to life as visitors explore the
battlefields and structures associated with April 19, 1775, and witness the
American revolutionary spirit through the writings of the Concord authors.
11:30am Box Lunch is included at the Main
Streets Market&Café Restaurant. (42
Main Street, Concord, MA 01742, United States ~ Phone: (978) 369-9948) A choice
of chicken salad wrap or tuna salad wrap or ham & cheese wrap, turkey
cranberry wrap or veggie wrap (regular or gluten free), potato chips, bottled
water or soda (coke, diet coke, sprite or root beer) and a baked cookie.
12:00pm The
Concord Museum (53 Cambridge
Turnpike, Concord, MA 01742 ~ Phone: 978-369-9763) is the one place where
Concord's past is brought to life through a nationally-significant historical
collection including the famed Revere lantern, literary treasures such as
Emerson’s Study and Thoreau’s Walden desk, Concord-made clocks, silver and
furniture -- all in engaging, self-touring galleries with hands-on family
activities and the award-winning "Exploring Concord" film. The
Concord Museum is where Concord's history begins.
1:30pm Board your coach and depart for home. (5 hours drive + rest stops).
7:00pm Estimated
arrival back at Proctor High School (1203 Hilton Avenue, Utica NY)