Tour Schedule >> Plimoth Plantation; Cape Cod & Newport's Mansions
Summer Breezes on Cape Cod
TOUR ITINERARY
Day 1
11:05 am Depart Greater Cincinnati airport via Delta # 1788/ Snack served
1:15 pm Arrive Boston airport/ Meet by deluxe motorcoach
2:30 pm Arrive JFK Presidential library, Univ. of Massachusettes campus
(Self-guided tour, following introductory film(s)
5:00 pm Depart library for dinner
5:45 pm Dinner at the historic Lafayette House restaurant, Foxboro, MA
7:30 pm Depart for Hampton Inn
7:45 pm Arrive Hampton Inn, Franklin, MA (508) 520-2999
Day 2
6:30 am Deluxe continental breakfast begins at hotel
7:45 am Baggage outside room
8:45 am Depart for Ocean Spray, Plymouth
9:30-10:15 am Tour Ocean Spray Cranberry World
10:30 am Depart for the Mayflower II & Plymouth Rock
10:30-11:30 am Self guided tour of ship
11:45 am Depart for Plimouth Plantation & lunch
Noon Arrive Plantation
12:15 am Lunch at Plimouth Plantation
1:30-4:00 pm Self-guided tour of Plimouth Plantation
Plimouth Plantation is a living history museum, each day corresponding to a day in 1627. You will meet 'inhabitants' from that time. . .both Pilgrim settlers and their Native American neighbors in the adjacent Hobbamock's Homesite.
4:15 pm Depart for Sheraton Inn, Plymouth, MA (508) 747-4900
Dinner ON OWN
Day 3
7:00am Full American breakfast at hotel
8:00 am Depart Sheraton for Woods Hole
9:00 am Board Martha's Vineyard ferry, Woods Hole terminal
(9:30 am daparture)
10:15 am Arrive Oak Bluffs, Martha's Vineyard/
Meet by Island Transport guide & bus/ Guided tour of island
(Light lunch options enroute--ON OWN)
3:00 pm Guided tour ends in Vineyard Haven
Time & Dinner ON OWN
7:00 pm Group reconvene's at Vineyard Haven Wharf for return to mainland
7:15-8:00 pm Ferry back to Wood's Hole/ Meet by our motorcoach
9:00 pm Return to Sheraton
Day 4
7:30 am Baggage out
7:30 am Full American breakfast at hotel
8:30 am Depart for Sandwich, MA
9:00--11:00 am Tour of the Hoxie House, Cape Cod saltbox house built in 1675 & the Cape's oldest home & the Dexter Grist Mill, one of the most photographed sites in Cape Cod
Time & Lunch ON OWN/ (OPTION: the Sandwich Glass Museum)
3:00 pmDepart for Brewster
4:00 pm Arrive Old Sea Pine Inn, Brewster, MA (508) 896-6114
In the early 1900's this charming lodge was an exclusive boarding school for young ladies, built in the center of what was then the vast Brewster Estate.
6:00 pm Depart for sunset Cape Cod Lobster Bake
6:30-8:30 pm Cape Cod Lobster Bake!! (Gray's Beach)
Day 5
Full breakfast buffet at B&B
9:30 am Depart for Hyannisport & Chatham
Time & Lunch ON OWN in Chatham
2:00 pmDepart for Chatham Lighthouse Beach, Orleans, & National Seashore
4:00 pm Brewster General Store: ice cream break
4:45 pm Return to Old Sea Pines for brief R&R
Dinner ON OWN
Day 6
Full breakfast buffet at hotel
9:30 am Depart for Provincetown, MA
10:30 am Arrive Provincetown
Time & Lunch ON OWN in Provincetown
1:00 pm Group meets at wharf/ Dolphin Fleet Whalewatching Expedition
1:15 pm Boarding boat
1:30 pm Departure for whale watching
Escort's Note: I'm not promising but the last two summers, on this expedition we saw over 25 whales UP CLOSE. . .other folks have reported the same in this area. Keep your fingers crossed & have your cameras ready!
5:00 pmReturn to Provincetown
Time & early dinner ON OWN
6:30 pmDepart Provincetown for return to Brewster
7:30 pm Return to Old Sea Pine Inn
Day 7
8:00 am Baggage outside room
Full American breakfast buffet at hotel
9:00 am Depart for Newport, RI
11:00 am Arrive Newport for lunch & tour at the Astor's 'cottage', Beechwood Mansion
1:40 pm Depart for Chateau-sur-Mer & guided house tour
2:00 pm Chateau-sue-Mer
3:15 pm Depart for the Vanderbilt's Marble House & guided house tour
3:30 pm Marble House
5:00 pm Depart for Farewell Group Dinner
5:30 pm Dinner at The Moorings, Newport Harbor
7:30 pm Depart for hotel, Holiday Inn Express, Middletown, RI (800) 333-4121
Day 8
9:00 am Baggage outside room
Deluxe continental breakfast at hotel
10:00 am Depart for Green Animals
10:30 am Arrive at Green Animals Topiary Gardens / Self-guided tour of house & gardens
Noon Depart for return to Boston airport
1:30 pm Arrival Boston International Airport
Lunch ON OWN at airport
5.25 pm Return to Cincinnati via Delta # 994
8:00 pm Arrive Cincinnati
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