Philadelphia Highlights

INCREDIBLE FULLY-LOADED TOUR includes:

• Motorcoach Transportation
• 7 nights lodging with three consecutive nights in Philadelphia, PA
• 11 meals: 7 breakfasts, 1 Lunch and 3 dinners
• Tour Senator John Heinz History Center
• Tour Historic Philadelphia including the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Congress Hall, the Betsy Ross house, Christ Church and Ekfreth’s Alley
• Enjoy City Tour of Philadelphia
• Visit Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
• Tour the National Constitution Center
• Enjoy the Longwood Gardens
• Guided Tour of Valley Forge
• Visit the Museum of the American Revolution
• Visit Flight 93 National Memorial
• Gratuities for all area Step-on Guides
• Drinks and Snacks on-board
• On Board Tour Leader

Welcome Aboard! We’ll depart our pick-up locations for a nice ride across the states to our en route hotel in the Ohio area. Lunch and Dinner on own. 

Water and snacks provided on coach.

This morning, enjoy Breakfast at the hotel before heading to our first Pennsylvania area hotel on a nice ride across country seeing the beautiful scenery. This afternoon, we’ll stop at Senator John Heinz History Center. Enjoy a self-guided tour through the museum. As Pittsburgh’s “people museum,” the History Center preserves and interprets the history of Western Pennsylvanians through six floors of interactive exhibitions that feature iconic artifacts like the TV set from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and the world’s oldest jeep. The Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum is located on the second and third floors of the History Center. Lunch and Dinner on own.

Enjoy Breakfast at our hotel before heading to our hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for three nights! We will arrive this afternoon in time to Guided Tour Historic Philadelphia including the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, Congress Hall, the Betsy Ross house, Christ Church and Ekfreth’s Alley. Then check in, relax and freshen up prior to dinner. Then we will enjoy Dinner (Pre-Paid) at our hotel.  

Enjoy Breakfast at our hotel before departing for a Guided City Tour of Philadelphia. This will include the sites along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway (the Champs Elysees of Philadelphia) such as Logan Circle, the Barnes Foundation, the Rodin Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art with its “Rocky” steps.  Passing picturesque Boat House Row, we will travel out into Fairmount Park to enjoy the splendors of the world’s largest landscaped city park.  This will include a tour of one of the restored early-American houses tucked away in the park.  These were once the summer homes of the city’s colonial elite.  We will also drive through the center of the city to see the Comcast Center with its giant HD video screen in the lobby and City Hall with the giant statue of William Penn on top, watching over his City of Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection. Then, we’ll enjoy Lunch (Pre-Paid) before heading to Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens. Enjoy free time to take a self-guided tour including their outdoor sculpture garden, indoor galleries, several public murals, and access to the fully-mosaicked basement. After, we will visit the National Constitution Center. Steps from Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, the National Constitution Center is an essential part of the Historic Philadelphia experience. Be immersed in the extraordinary story of “We the People,” and be moved by what it means to be American. The National Constitution Center is the first and only museum dedicated to the U.S. Constitution. Through interactive exhibits, rare artifacts, and live theater, they bring the Constitution to life for visitors of all ages. After, we will enjoy a lovely Dinner (Pre-Paid) before returning to our hotel for the evening.

After Breakfast at our hotel, we will depart for the day with our guide. First, we will visit the Longwood Gardens. From vibrant summer blooms to dancing fountains to dazzling artistry, everything but the everyday is here. Wander through as many of the 24 gardens of your choice and enjoy the magic behind the beauty of their Gardens. Lunch (On Own) at the gardens. Then, we will depart for Valley Forge National Park. There, we will have a Guided Tour of Valley Forge. Visit the site of the Continental Army’s encampment during the winter of 1777-78.  Sites include the farmhouse that Washington used as his headquarters, soldiers’ huts, parade grounds, the Memorial Chapel and the Memorial Arch. After, we will depart for Dinner (Pre-Paid) before returning to our hotel.

After Breakfast at our hotel, we will load up and depart the hotel toward home but with first a stop at the Museum of the American Revolution. The American Revolution was dramatic, gritty, and full of uncertainty — an era of unparalleled political and social upheaval, even by today’s standards. The Museum invites us to explore this rich and complicated era and its connections to our world today. Through its unmatched collection of Revolutionary-era weapons, personal items, documents, and works of art, the Museum considers the complexities of our nation’s history and uplifts stories that have gone untold. Highlights include: * Washington’s War Tent film, Independence Gallery, Oneida Nation Gallery, and The War at Sea Gallery. Then, we will continue on to our next hotel with lunch and dinner on own.

Enjoy Breakfast at hotel, we will depart taking a detour to the Flight 93 National Memorial. Visit the Visitor Center, Memorial Plaza and Tower of Voices. Featuring a permanent exhibition focusing on the Flight 93 story within the context of the larger terrorist attack. The Memorial Plaza is the quarter-mile northern-boundary to the crash site, which is the final resting place of the passengers and crew members. A visit here culminates at the Wall of Names, which features forty white polished marble stones inscribed with the names of the passengers and crew. The Tower of Voices is conceived as a monumental, ninety-three feet tall musical instrument holding forty wind chimes, representing the forty passengers and crew members. The intent is to create a set of forty tones (voices) that can connote through consonance the serenity and nobility of the site. Lunch and Dinner on own en route to next hotel.

Today, after enjoying a nice HOT Breakfast, we will depart for home…a perfect time to chat with your friends about all of the things we’ve done, the great sights we’ve seen, and where we will go on our next trip!