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2008 Trips & Tours

Additional information and registration form available by clicking on each trip.

 

Jun 10 to 12,  2008 - Historic Boston and Boston Pops - Travel to Boston and stay at Cohasset Harbor Inn (www.cohassetharborresort.com) overlooking a working harbor.  Indoor pool and a continental breakfast daily.  Dine at Atlantica Restaurant.  Wednesday, meet with local guide for tour of sites along the Freedom Trail: see Public Common; Boston Massacre Site; Old North Church; Old Ironsides; and Boston's diverse neighborhoods.  Dinner at area's best seafood restaurant.  Evening  performance of the world famous Boston Pops Orchestra (seating on main floor included).  Thursday depart for John F Kennedy Library and Museum.     Members: $489.00    Non-members:  $499.00.

 

Sep 9,  2008 - Cryptologic Museum & Mount Vernon - Catch a glimpse of some of the most dramatic moments in the history of American cryptology at the National Cryptologic Museum, located in MD near Washington DC.  End the day with a self guided tour at Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens.   Enjoy a three-course lunch with a visit from Martha Washington.   Members: $109; Non-members: $119.

Oct 16 to 17,  2008 - Experience Northwestern Pennsylvania - Visit Corning Glass Museum.  Take a class or watch a glass blowing demonstration.  Browse gift shop and dine in the on-site cafe. Guided tour of Rockwell Museum of Art to see "The Best of the West In the East".  Overnight lodging at Penn Wells, includes dinner.  Driving guided tour of historic Wellsboro.  Visit PA Grand Canyon followed by a covered wagon ride at Storms Mountain Farm in Little Marsh.  Includes a country meal cooked over an open fire.   Members:  $299.00    Non-members:  $309.00. Visit Corning Glass Museum.  Take a class or watch a glass blowing demonstration.  Browse gift shop and dine in the on-site cafe. Guided tour of Rockwell Museum of Art to see "The Best of the West In the East".  Overnight lodging at Penn Wells, includes dinner.  Driving guided tour of historic Wellsboro.  Visit PA Grand Canyon followed by a covered wagon ride at Storms Mountain Farm in Little Marsh.  Includes a country meal cooked over an open fire.   Members:  $299.00    Non-members:  $309.00.

Nov  8 to 20, 2008 - "Italian Vistas" - See the best of  Italy and more!  Three days in Rome, with guided tours of the city including the Colosseum, Spanish Steps and the famous Trevi Fountain.  Guided tour of Vatican City features the magnificent Treasure of the Vatican Museum, the Catacombs, St. Paul's Basilica and many other sites.  Visit the Isle of Capri, the excavated ruins of Pompeii, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast.  On to Florence in the Tuscan Region and see Michelangelo's famous sculpture, "David".  Travel to the town and tower of Pisa, see Padua, Venice and Verona, home of the love story of Romeo and Juliet.  Final full day includes a stop in the lakeside resort of Lugano, Switzerland.  Trip includes eight dinners and ten breakfasts.  Three nights in Rome and two nights in all of the following:  Vietre Sul Mare, Florence, Venice and Stressa, taking bus excursions as we travel the countryside.  Consider this a once in a lifetime tour of one of the most beautiful countries in all of Europe.  Brochure and pricing may be requested by email:  joanne.curry@hersheyhistory.org.

 

Dec. 11,  2008 - A Feast of Christmas -  A Christmas treat in the holiday season including a visit to Oatlands, a thriving plantation and affluent country estate, and Tarara Winery, on the bluffs of the Potomac River. Final destination is the 250 year old Fairfield Historic Inn for the Traditional Feasts of Christmas dinner.  Enjoy Wassail bowls, music, delicious cuisine, & entertainment with fires ablaze.     Members:  $129.00    Non-members:  $139.00

 

NO REFUNDS AFTER STATED CANCELLATION DATE.

(Mail or Fax Registration Form)

All motor coach tours leave from the Hershey - Derry Township

Historical Society on 40 Northeast Drive.  Please park cars in the

lot behind the building.

 

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