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Visit
New York City, the Hudson River Valley, the Catskills, the
Adirondacks, the Finger Lakes area, & Niagara
Falls
Departing October 10, 2012 - 9
Days
DAY 1
- Fly to New York
- Holiday
Inn
We begin our "New York, New York"
tour today as we jet to the Big Apple and transfer to our
hotel.
DAY
2
- Breakfast, Deli
Dinner
- Tour of
Manhattan
- Nighttime visit
to Empire State Building
Today we will sightsee this grand
city. You will visit Upper New York, including Fifth Avenue,
Lincoln Center, Columbia University, Central Park, as well as Lower
New York, where you'll see Greenwich Village, Chinatown, Wall Street
and the United Nations Building.
Dinner tonight will be at one of
the Deli's that New Yorkers brag about. We'll complete our day
atop the Empire State Building with its breathtaking views.
You'll return to your hotel sleepless but not in
Seattle.
DAY
3
- Breakfast,
Dinner
- Circle Line
Cruise of Manhattan
This morning, we'll take the
famous Circle Line Cruise along the Manhattan shore line.
You'll see all the great sights including the Statue of Liberty,
Ellis Island, the Empire State Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, the
United Nation's Building and so much more!
This afternoon, we will visit
Times Square and Rockefeller Center.
DAY
4
- Breakfast,
Dinner
- Tour
Hudson River Valley to Saratoga
- West Point Tour
- Visit Hyde Park
- Fairfield Inn by
Marriott
We will tour up the scenic Hudson
River today. Along the way, we will tour the U.S. Military
Academy at West Point and Hyde Park, Franklin Roosevelt's family
home, and where he is buried.
We will then continue on to
lovely Albany, New York's Capital.
DAY 5
- Breakfast,
Dinner
- Adirondack
Tour
We will take another leisurely
mountain tour today as we sightsee the Adirondacks. Kodak
moments will include the Ausable Chasm, the beautiful shores of Lake
Champlain, Mirror Lake, Lake Placid, and quaint Saratoga Springs,
once the playground of the rich and famous.
DAY
6
- Breakfast, Dinner
- Tour to Cooperstown
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Inn at Finger
Lakes
This morning, we will visit
Cooperstown and the Baseball Hall of Fame. The first game ever
played occurred at the town's ballpark, Doubleday Field. Famed
author James Fenimore Cooper spent his boyhood here. The
entire town looks like a movie set!
DAY
7
- Continential Breakfast , Dinner
- William H. Seward House
- Women's Rights National Historical Park
- Susan B. Anthony Home
- Holiday
Inn
We'll tour more of the Finger
Lakes area of upstate New York, this morning, as we visit the
William H. Seward House in Auburn and the Women's Rights National
Historical Park in gorgeous Seneca Falls. This afternoon,
we'll take a short drive to Rochester, where we will tour the home
of Susan B. Anthony, one of America's great Civil Rights leaders and
suffragettes.
DAY
8
- Continental Breakfast, Dinner
- George Eastman House & Museum
- Maid
of the Mist Cruise at Niagara Falls
- Adams Mark
Hotel
This morning, we'll visit the 50
room George Eastman Mansion, Gardens, and the wonderful
International Museum of Photography and Film. Later, we'll
continue to Niagara Falls where we'll enjoy the scenic panorama of
the famous "Falls" from the Prospect Point Observation Tower before
we enbark on the famous Maid of Mist cruise. Then it's on to
the Canadian side for some more spectacular views and the lights of
the "Falls". (Those wishing to travel to the Canadian side to
view light show on the "Falls" at night will need a valid
passport).
DAY
9
- Breakfast
- City
Tour of Buffalo
- Fly
Home
This morning, we'll tour the city
of Buffalo before we head to the airport for our flight
home. We will certainly be returning home with many fond
memories of the fall scenes of New York!
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