Learn the history and witness the beauty of New England on this tour of Boston, Cape Cod and Rhode Island. Explore Boston on a harbor cruise and a visit to Plymouth. Stay in Hyannis for four nights with excursions to Nantucket, Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. See Bedford, and journey to Newport Rhode Island to visit a historic city and its beautiful mansions.
8 Days • fr. $3,329
Welcome to “Beantown!” This evening, mingle with your traveling companions at 6 pm for a welcome drink. Your Tour Director will prepare you for your upcoming adventure.
SHERATON BOSTON HOTEL
Your guided sightseeing focuses on the city’s most prominent landmarks. See Boston Common; the Old State House; Old North Church, from where Paul Revere got the signal to start his famous ride; Freedom Trail; and Faneuil Hall, with a chance to browse through Quincy Market. Next, board a harbor CRUISE that takes you to see the Bunker Hill Monument and the site of the Boston Tea Party. Balance of the day is at your leisure.
Breakfast
SHERATON BOSTON HOTEL
Head south to Plymouth, where the Pilgrims landed nearly 400 years ago and founded the first permanent settlement in New England. See famous Plymouth Rock. Next, explore Plimoth Plantation and learn about how daily life was for the Pilgrims and the true story of Thanksgiving.
Continue to Flax Pond Farms, a working cranberry bog, and hear how this native fruit is harvested and processed. On to Hyannis, a favorite Cape Cod resort town for a 4-night stay. Enjoy a traditional lobster dinner this evening!
SPECIAL FEATURE: Spend the next four nights at the Red Jacket Beach Resort, located on the waters of Nantucket Sound. Amenities include a private beach with water activities, outdoor pool, tennis court, restaurant, lounge, and spa. Please note that some resort activities are seasonal.
Breakfast, Dinner
RED JACKET BEACH RESORT
This morning, head to the harbor for your ferry ride to Nantucket. Time for lunch and a stroll around Straight Wharf with its marinas, shops, and art galleries. Your guided tour spotlights the strong Quaker influence during the early days of settlement. Drive the narrow streets and admire charming Colonial-style houses and imposing mansions that reflect the prosperity of Nantucket’s whaling era. During your free time, visit the Whaling Museum with its top-quality exhibitions and rooftop observation deck. Return to Hyannis and see the John F. Kennedy Memorial and St. Francis Xavier Church before reaching your hotel.
Overnight on Hyannis.
Breakfast
RED JACKET BEACH RESORT
Drive the length of the peninsula’s arm to Provincetown and Cape Cod National Seashore. At MacMillan Wharf, board a cruise boat and head out to sea for a whale watching expedition, narrated by a local marine biologist. Free time later to wander through “P-town,” a lively summer resort and artist’s colony.
Return to Hyannis and your beach resort. Enjoy dinner this evening at a local restaurant.
Breakfast, Dinner
RED JACKET BEACH RESORT
Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard and enjoy a guided tour that features Oak Bluffs with its Victorian “gingerbread” architecture. Spend some time in Edgartown, once an important shipping and whaling center. Check out the enticing village stores, take a walk along the ocean, and admire the elegant homes along the tree-lined streets during your time here.
Return to Hyannis where the remainder of the day is at your leisure.
Breakfast
RED JACKET BEACH RESORT
This morning, head to Newport, an elegant yachting mecca on Narragansett Bay in the “Ocean State” of Rhode Island. Enjoy an orientation tour of Newport and see the first state house, the nation’s oldest synagogue, and the city’s oldest meeting house and library. Afterward, explore the extravagant lifestyle of a bygone era when visiting The Breakers, shipping magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt’s opulent mansion.
Then, continue to Providence, the capital of Rhode Island and one of the oldest cities in the United States. This evening, your Tour Director hosts a special farewell dinner.
Breakfast, Dinner
RENAISSANCE PROVIDENCE HOTEL
Depart this morning for Boston. After a transfer to the airport for guests who have homebound flights, the motorcoach continues downtown to the Sheraton Boston Hotel, where the tour ends. Please schedule flights from Boston’s Logan International Airport after 2 pm.
Breakfast
All rates listed are per person based on double occupancy and are subject to change without notice. Your land package pricing will be confirmed and guaranteed once your deposit is received and applied to the booking, except where price increases may result from increases in government taxes or fees. Room configurations are subject to availability. Guests added to your party after the booking are priced at the prevailing rate at the time they are added.