Discover Boston/Philadelphia/Valley Forge/Gettysburg Sample Itinerary

May 4 to May 9, 2008

Day 1 - May 4

Group arrives in Boston and is met by a WorldStrides representative.

Prudential Center Skywalk

The indoor sky walk offers breathtaking views of Boston and beyond including the Prudential Skywalk Observatory, Trinity Church, and Fenway Park

Dinner

Hotel check-in

Day 2 - May 5

Breakfast

Freedom Trail

This walking tour of Boston takes you not only into the heart of Boston, but also to the events surrounding the birth of America.

¥ Boston Common

¥ Old Granary Burying Ground

¥ Old South Meeting Hous¥ Old State House

¥ Faneuil Hall

¥ Paul Revere House (interior visit optional)

¥ Old North Church

Lunch

Lexington and Concord

Home to some of the key sites in the events that sparked the American Revolution as well as some of our great American authors including Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne, and Louisa May Alcott

Lexington

Walk Lexington Green

¥ Old North Bridge Battle Site

¥ Walden Pond

Dinner

Quincy Market

Return to hotel

Day 3 - May 6

Breakfast

Drive to Plymouth

The Mayflower II Climb aboard a replica of the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620

Plimoth Plantation This village recreates the lives of the Pilgrims, America's most famous immigrants

Lunch

USS Constitution

Bunker Hill

Dinner

Harvard Square

Return to hotel

Day 4 - May 7

Breakfast

Check out of hotel

Depart for Philadelphia

Lunch Enroute

Check into hotel

Dinner

Lights of Liberty Show

Day 5 - May 8

Breakfast

Independence Hall

Liberty Bell

Franklin Square

National Constitution Center

Lunch

Depart for Valley Forge Valley Forge

Winter Encampment

Depart for Amish County

Dinner at Miller's

Depart for Gettysburg

Check into hotel

Day 6 - May 9

Breakfast

Hotel check-out

Electric Map

Gettysburg Battlefield

Lunch

Depart for Dulles , Airport

Dinner

Flight Details (Note: Travel time from different parts of the country may modify rhis itinerary.)

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