Start in Seattle; after a morning city tour, take a scenic drive to Spokane and visit The Grand Coulee Dam and Dry Falls. Travel through “The Big Sky Country” of Montana then visit Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks. Your tour in the heart of the Canadian Rockies will include Banff (2 nights), Banff National Park, Glacier fed Peyto Lake and Lake Louise, a “snow coach” ride onto Athabasca glacier, Jasper and Jasper National Park (1 night). Continue your drive along the Icefields Parkway and visit Yoho National Park, cross the Continental Divide, and traverse the Canadian Rockies’ western slope. In Whistler, board the Rocky Mountaineer train for Vancouver and travel through breathtaking scenery of waterfalls and mountains unavailable by other travel modes. Next, a ferry trip to Vancouver Island with a night in the capital, Victoria, British Columbia. Ferry to Port Angeles, WA; tour Olympic National Park and end back in Seattle!
Start in Berlin, Germany for a 4-day tour including east and west Berlin; Checkpoint Charlie; Potsdam; Dresden; Weimar and Frankfurt. You’ll tour the Rococo Castle (Sansoucci), drive the German Autobahn, and visit many historic sites. Your cruise includes the Rhine’s highlights including Rudesheim, the Loreley passage to Cologne, Dusseldorf, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Nijmegen, and Bonn. Your tour will continue for two more days and nights visiting Heidelberg and Munich, with included sightseeing, before flying home from Munich. Your “brand new” ship the TUI Allegra, constructed in 2011, offers a state-of-the-art, experience! Price includes (very limited) outside Porthole. *Add $300 per person for French Balcony.
Start in historic Dublin with a city tour including The Bank of Ireland and St. Patrick’s Cathedral (the largest church in Ireland). Travel to Cork, stopping at the Rock of Cashel and Cobh along the way. Then visit Blarney Castle and perhaps kiss the Blarney Stone, Woollen Mill and Muckross House & Gardens en route to Killarney. Drive the “Ring of Kerry” offering spectacular scenery of lakes and rivers, tour Bunratty Castle & Folk Park, built in 1425. Visit the Cliffs of Moher, Galway, the Connemara region, Kylemore Abbey and the Bundoran area. Enjoy a guided tour of Belleek Pottery, visit Ulster American Folk Park, view Dunluce Castle & explore “The Giant’s Causeway” with remarkable rock formations. Finally take a sightseeing tour of Belfast plus the Titanic Quarter and the impressive Parliament buildings. Includes 16 meals.
Your tour begins in the “Mile High City” of Denver, followed by Cheyenne, WY. The next two days you will visit Fort Laramie; Mount Rushmore and Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota. Then return to Wyoming with a stop in Deadwood, continuing through the Black Hills to Little Big Horn Battlefield and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Then you will depart for Yellowstone National Park (2 days) with extensive sightseeing, including Old Faithful and Hayden Valley. Your journey continues to Grand Tetons National Park with spectacular landscape; Jackson Hole, WY; Salt Lake City, UT with a city tour including the Great Salt Lake and opportunity to witness the Tabernacle choir rehersal. Then travel West visiting the Utah Field House Museum; Dinosaur National Monument and explore the vast variety of fossils and Rocky Mountain National Park including a drive through the park on Trail Ridge Road.
Start in Seattle with a city tour. Board the NCL Jewel for a 7-night Alaska cruise to Ketchikan, “The Salmon Capital of the World;” Juneau, Sawyer Glacier, with incredible colors; Skagway, where you can stroll the weathered boardwalks; and Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island. Next board the Coast Starlight train to San Francisco. Travel by day through Washington and Oregon’s spectacular scenic vistas. Enjoy your Amtrak sleeper-roomette at night (includes VIP lounge). Arrive in Napa and visit two of the area’s premier wineries. Spend two nights in San Francisco (stay near Fisherman’s Wharf) with a city tour including the Golden Gate Bridge and Pier 39.
Enjoy three days in Rome with an included city tour of Ancient Rome and tour of the Vatican and Sistine Chapel. Two nights in Sorrento allows included sightseeing of the excavations of famous Pompeii and a tour of the beautiful coastal drive of Amalfi and the cliffs. Your next two nights are in the Tuscany region with included sightseeing in Florence, Pisa and Verona followed by two nights in Venice with sightseeing. Next, Austria with two nights in Mozart’s birthplace Salzburg with a Sound of Music excursion and two nights in Vienna, Austria with a city tour and Danube River Cruise. Includes 12 breakfasts, 9 dinners & English-speaking escort throughout.
Start in historic Boston with a city tour including Old North Church and Bunker Hill. Travel via to Plymouth and see the Pilgrim’s landing site and then on to “Old Cape Cod” with “sand dunes and salty air.” You’ll also visit Chatham & Provincetown and overnight in the Hyannis area. The following day you will travel to Bridgeport, Connecticut, stopping in Newport, Rhode Island along the way and touring two famous mansions once home to the likes of the Vanderbilt’s. Then it’s on to the “Big Apple,” New York City for an exciting tour of Manhattan with a local city guide. You will also see and stop at Ground Zero, view Lady Liberty from Battery Park and much more. The next day you will board the NCL Gem for your 10-day cruise. Ports include: Halifax, Nova Scotia and Quebec City, Quebec with its remaining fortified city walls and visit the Château Frontenac or Notre-Dame. Then sail on and stop in Corner Brook, Newfoundland Island; Sydney, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia; with an optional shore excursion to the Fortress of Louisbourg. Disembark in New York City for your flight home.
“Carefree” best describes your vacation starting with your Polynesian tour director meeting you at the Honolulu airport. Spend 5 nights in Waikiki Beach (Honolulu) on Oahu; 3 nights on Kauai; 2 on Maui; 1 night in Hilo and 3 in Kona, on Hawaii (‘the-big-island”). Escorted sightseeing includes a city tour of Honolulu, Punchbowl Crater and Pearl Harbor, the Wailua River Boat Cruise, The Old Whaling Capital of Lahaina, the Iao Valley, Hilo Orchid Gardens, Rainbow Falls, Black Sand Beaches, Volcanoes National Park and more. Includes: hotel accommodations, taxes, inter-island flights, baggage handling, escort, & sightseeing.
Your Southwest tour begins in Phoenix where you may visit the beautiful famed Desert Botanical Garden or take an optional Hot Air Balloon Ride! Then travel to Tucson with a stop at Casa Grande National Monument and then into New Mexico visiting famous Tombstone with an overnight stay in Las Cruces. Tour more of New Mexico including White Sands National Monument, Carlsbad Caverns, Roswell and the International UFO Museum & Research Center, Santa Fe and then Albuquerque (2 nights) where you will witness the famed Hot Air Balloon Fiesta, plus the evening’s “After Glow,” and spectacular fireworks. Then travel Route 66 through the Petrified Forest, Painted Desert and spend two nights Flagstaff. Then tour the magnificient Grand Canyon before your scenic drive back to Phoenix exploring Oak Creek Canyon, and Sedona along the way.
Start in Atlanta with a city tour including many of the city’s famous landmarks. Then head south to Mobile, AL, followed by New Orleans for the next three days with guided sightseeing and an optional Jazz Dinner Cruise on the Mississippi River. Be sure not to miss the French Quarter, Royal Street’s antique shops or art galleries. Then your tour continues to Memphis a mecca for music fans. Visit Elvis’ birthplace with a day trip to Tupelo, MS; and a tour of Graceland. Then travel to the “World Country Music Capital” in Nashville. Visit the Ryman Auditorium; enjoy an included show at the Grand Ole Opry and spend time exploring Nashville with an optional excursion of the “Nashville Sights.” Then on your trip back to Atlanta, stop for a tour of the Jack Daniel’s Distillery in the center of “dry county”; the city of Chattanooga; and visit the “World of Coca Cola” before departing for home.
Visit landmarks in NINE NATIONAL PARKS. Witness the giant Redwood trees in Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, then be amazed at the rock formations and waterfalls in Yosemite National Park. Visit majestic Lake Tahoe and stop in historic Virginia City, Reno, Winnemucca and Elko, Nevada. In Utah tour the world’s largest man-made excavation – the Kennecott Copper Mine plus the Great Salt Lake! Next tour the unique rocks Arches’ National Park; and Canyonlands, with enchanting vistas carved by the Colorado and Green Rivers. Next visit Capitol Reef and Bryce Canyon National Parks and drive through the Dixie National Forest. Then it’s the grandest of all National Parks, The Grand Canyon, for both a day and night. Finally, try your luck in exciting Las Vegas with an included day excursion to Zion National Park.
Start in Honolulu, Hawaii and exciting Waikiki Beach for one night. The following day board NCL’s Pride of America for the start of your Hawaii Cruise Experience. Sail upon the big, blue, Pacific to ports in Kahului, Maui (2-days), offering beautiful sea vistas; Hilo, the flower capital of Hawaii and Kona, Hawaii, known for its many island coffee plantations. Continue to Nawiliwili, Kauai, nicknamed the ‘Garden Island’ with glorious stretches of palm-fringed beaches and cruise the Na Pali Coast. Disembark in Honolulu and enjoy a city tour including, the Punch Bowl Crater, Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial. Spend a final three days and nights in Waikiki with an included city tour of Honolulu and Pearl Harbor.
Start in Munich, Germany for one-night. Then travel to Schwangau and a guided tour of the famous Neuschwanstein (Disneyland) Castle and Rothenburg o.d. Tauber for an overnight stay. The following day you will leave for the Czech Republic stopping in Plzen, where Pilsner beer was created with an included brewery tour; followed by Bohemia and Prague. Spend the next day sightseeing before you embark. Your cruise includes the Danube’s highlights including Melk and Vienna, Austria (the classical city of music); Esztergom and Budapest Hungary; Bratislava, Slovakia; and Linz, Austria; before returning to Passau. Travel back to Munich with additional sightseeing, before flying home. Your “brand new” ship the TUI Melodia, constructed in 2011, offers a state-of-the-art, experience! Price includes (very limited) outside Porthole. *Add $300 per person for French Balcony.
Start in beautiful Amsterdam, The Netherlands for 3 days and nights. See the Dam Square with the Royal Palace and New Church, plus a guided tour of an Amsterdam Diamond Factory and a visit to an outdoor museum showcasing Dutch Windmills, culture and architecture. Stop in historic Breman & Hamburg, Germany; and enjoy a ferry trip across the Baltic Sea to Copenhagen, Denmark; all with included sightseeing. Then board NCL’s Sun for a 14-day cruise. Ports include Lisbon, Portugal; a legendary city filled with cobblestone streets and Funchal, Madeira; “The Flower Isle” with beautiful beaches and lush, green forests. Then relax and unwind on your Freestyle cruise featuring 14 different restaurants where you can dine where and when you would like. A cruise-lovers delight! Arrive in Miami on October 14.
Start in Philadelphia with a city tour. Then your scenic journey begins offering spectacular and colorful vistas through Amish Country to Gettysburg where you will see the most important battlefield of the Civil War. Travel north with a stop at the Corning Museum of Glass into Ontario and awe-inspiring Niagara Falls. Then head back to upstate New York where you will board a cruise through the 1000 Islands. Next, drive through the six-million-acre civilized wilderness of the Adirondack region, with a stop in Lake Placid and then into the forest area of New England: The White Mountains, including Franconia Notch State Park, New Hampshire and Flume Gorge. Then drive along the New England coast to Boston, with a city tour; Cape Cod , exploring Chatham and Provincetown with coastal scenery and village shops; view the gorgeous Mansions of Newport, Rhode Island; drive along the Atlantic coast through Mystic Seport and New Haven, Connecticut; and New York City seeing all the sights of the “Big Apple.”
*Price per person, based on double occupancy. Airfare is extra.