Family FYI: Did you know that on the Liberty Bell, the name of Pennsylvania is missing one "n"?" Take a fun and fascinating journey of discovery along America's road from past to present with your family on Tauck Bridges' Philadelphia to Washington DC vacation.
Tauck Bridges' Philadelphia to Washington DC tour is an inspiring family journey along America’s road to freedom! Stand where American patriots once stood in Independence Hall... watch an F/X theatre experience on the Amish people and visit an Amish homestead... walk the battlefields where the tide of the Civil War turned at Gettysburg... learn about the proud history of the "Leathernecks"... step back in time at Colonial Williamsburg and Mount Vernon... see secrets of master spies revealed and much more on this special journey through America's past!
Departures
9, 16, 30 Jun; 7, 14, 28 Jul; 11 Aug 2012.
Inclusions
- The ultimate Washington, DC, adventure – dinner and a special evening at the International Spy Museum
- Guided tour of Gettysburg National Military Park and an evening with a storyteller
- Meeting colonial citizens of 18th-century Williamsburg and dining in a colonial tavern
- Visits to Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and the National Constitution Center, plus a carriage ride to the Betsy Ross House
- Learning about a different culture, the Amish, on a visit to Pennsylvania Dutch Country
- A visit to Mount Vernon
- Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
- 15 meals (7 breakfasts, 3 lunches, 5 dinners); all gratuities to Tauck Director, local guides & drivers; service charges, taxes, and porterage
- Children 12 and under Discount $200 - Children under 18 must be booked in a room with at least one adult; exceptions may be granted under certain circumstances with parental consent. Quad accommodations are not available for four adults. Triples and quads are usually a two-bedded room. Rollaway cots are not readily available.
- Recommended age: 8+