Boston & Gettysburg Student Trip

Day 1 - Fly from your home to Boston Logan Airport, transfer to hotel, The Radisson Boston, to settle in for three days and have dinner.    

Day 2 - City tour to include: Boston Common, Old Granary Burying Ground and Freedom Trail, King’s Chapel, Old South Meeting House, Old State House, North End and Paul Revere House, Old North Church, The Waterfront, Beacon Hill and the present State House, Back Bay with Hancock Tower, Trinity Church, Christian Science Center and Mapparium, Tea Party Ship and Harvard Square at Cambridge and historic Cambridge sites. Dinner at Faneuil Hall Market Square area.     

Day 3 - Lexington and Concord – Minute Man National Historical Park and Lexington Green, Concord Old North Bridge and literary sites. Travel to Salem, just a short ride away. Learn of the Salem Witch Trials and visit The Salem Witch Museum. See the House of Seven Gables and other examples of historic architecture of the area. Return to Boston for the evening.

Day 4 - Travel by train to Philadelphia today (320 miles). Transfer on the subway to nearby Holiday Inn at historic Independence Mall.

Day 5 - Have a tour today which includes the Liberty Bell and Congress Hall among many other Revolutionary sites. You will also have a half day of community service.

Day 6 - Travel to wonderful Valley Forge National Park this morning. Learn of our troops and the suffering from the winter weather and the historic sequences which took place. Following your two-hour tour, we return to Philadelphia International Airport for an afternoon flight home.

Inclusions: Motorcoach in Boston and Philadelphia, train tickets from Boston to Philadelphia, three meals per day, attractions and admissions as stated, expert guided tours of Boston and Philadelphia by local guides, and the full-time services of a tour manager, plus complimentary tours with air for the teachers.

Not included: Items of a personal nature such as telephone, attractions or admissions not stated, alcohol (for adults) and air transportation.