Great East Coast Cities

Day 1 (Door to Door)

Arrive Washington, D.C. (2)

Enjoy your private car door to door transfer to your departure airport before your flight to Washington, D.C. where a transfer is provided to your first hotel where your Tour Director will be on hand to greet you and answer any questions you may have about the exciting days ahead. At 6pm, gather at the hotel with your Tour Director and fellow travellers for a Welcome Drink.
Hotel: Capital Hilton (SFC)

Day 2

Washington, D.C. sightseeing and at leisure

Immerse yourself in the proud heritage of a nation today as we view the White House, the striking Washington Monument and the sprawling National Mall. Reflect on the country's most turbulent days at the Lincoln Memorial and the sombre World War II memorial. We step aboard a narrated Tourmobile to visit Arlington National Cemetery and learn about the final resting place of the nation's heroes and visit President Kennedy's grave and the eternal flame and see the Tomb of the Unknowns. We then enjoy the rest of the day at leisure to chart our own course through America's capital city. Perhaps visit one of the Smithsonian Institution's renowned museums or stroll around Dupont Circle neighbourhood, designed by Pierre Charles L'Enfant just after the Civil War. This evening, join your Tour Director and travelling companions for a Highlight Dinner at a local restaurant. (FB, HD)
Hotel: Capital Hilton (SFC)

Day 3

Washington, D.C. - Philadelphia - New York (2)

We travel up the Atlantic seaboard to the City of Brotherly Love where we can walk in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin.We view Independence Hall and visit the Liberty Bell and enjoy some time on our own to explore the Independence National Historic Park. Then it's on to New York City. Take it easy or venture out onto the pulsating streets of Times Square before a delicious Highlight Dinner at a Manhattan restaurant. (FB, HD)
Hotel: Millennium Broadway Hotel New York (SFC)

Day 4

New York sightseeing and at leisure

Take a bite of the Big Apple today on a tour of the city's highlights with a local guide. Spend a quiet moment as we view the site of the former World Trade Center and the construction site of the new Freedom Tower. We see the towering Empire State Building, the mirrored peak of the iconic Chrysler Building and grand Central Park, designed by renowned landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. We then visit Battery Park from where we can see the Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France. Then we ride the elevator to the "Top of the Rock," the 70th floor of the Rockefeller Building, for a sweeping view of the skyscrapers, parks, rivers and urban canyons that make up the teeming isle of Manhattan. The afternoon and evening are yours to enjoy. Maybe take in a Broadway show, visit the American Museum of Natural History, or just explore the bustling streets, soaking up the atmosphere of one of the world's greatest cities. (FB)
Hotel: Millennium Broadway Hotel New York (SFC)

Day 5

New York - Boston (3)

Boston is awash in history, from the Old North Church, made famous in Longfellow's poem about Paul Revere's midnight ride, to the Cambridge campus of Harvard University, the nation's oldest, founded just a few years after Boston itself. This afternoon we get to know Boston's most famous beer with a tour and tasting at the Samuel Adams Brewery. The rest of the evening is yours to walk the famous Freedom Trail, visit the waterfront or get to know the locals in a friendly pub. (FB)
Hotel: Omni Parker House (SFC)

Day 6

Boston at leisure

Follow your heart today in Boston. Rise early and hit the streets or sleep late and enjoy a leisurely breakfast with a copy of the Boston Globe. Use your included Hop-On, Hop- Off pass to explore many of the city's most famous sights. Stroll the green spaces of the Boston Common (and take a summer-time ride on one of the famous Swan Boats in the Public Garden), get lucky enough to catch a Red Sox game at Fenway Park, or discover the continental art collection at the lovely Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, designed to resemble a 15th-century Venetian palace. If you like, cross the Charles River to Cambridge on an optional tour of Harvard University, America's oldest institute of higher learning. (FB)
Hotel: Omni Parker House (SFC)

Day 7

Newport excursion

Once the destination of choice of the Vanderbilts, Astors and Carnegies of the world, the beautiful seaside town of Newport now offers aficionados of history a wealth of architectural landmarks and entertaining stories of life among the 19th-century rich and famous. We see the rows of mansions along Ocean Drive before touring The Breakers, the 70-room Italianate palace Cornelius Vanderbilt called his "cottage."We step back in time from the Gilded Age to the founding of America at Plymouth Rock, where William Bradford and the Pilgrims on theMayflower landed in 1620. Back in Boston, raise a glass with your newfound friends at a festive Farewell Dinner. (FB, FD)
Hotel: Omni Parker House (SFC)

Day 8

Depart Boston

A transfer is provided to Boston Logan International Airport for your return flight back to the UK. (FB)

Day 9 (Door to Door)

Arrive UK

On arrival at your UK airport, your driver will greet you and escort you to your waiting private car for your door to door transfer to your home.

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• • Product :
    The tour was very well organised and planned, however I must express the fact that our tour guide Wayne Bender was, i am sorry there is no other way to put, absolutely useless !. I had more information about where we were going having simply researched on the internet and read three guide books. Whenever anybody asked him a question he if he didnt know the answer he simply fudged over the matter. We would be driving along and have periods of silence extending to as much as an hour. Our driver was on his first tour for Trafalgar and to be honest half the time he didnt know where he was going and most of the time Wayne Bender wasnt much help. In actual fact we got lost on several occasions. So to sum an excellent tour was spoilt by the two of them the only consolation was that everybody on the tour made fun of their abject incompetence and had a good laugh.

  • Service Rating :
    Milestones was excellent the people from Trafalgar were useless
    

  • Response :
    Thank you for your comments. Firstly thank you for letting us know that the service you received from Milestones was excellent. I am sorry to hear about your experience on tour. I will forward your comments to our team who will investigate the matter.
    
    Chris Fundell
    Marketing Manager

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