ATTENTION: All guest/spouse tours have been cancelled. Please e-mail Jacquelyn Quash for further information.

MONDAY, AUGUST 5 * 8:00 AM - 12 NOON

Complete Tour of Boston: 350 Years in a Day!
Get an overview of Boston’s distinctive neighborhoods. Drive by the Waterfront, walk into the North End, the famous Italian district, and hike the Freedom Trail (USS Constitution, Massachusetts State House, Old South Meeting House, Boston Common, Quincy Market, and more). $28 per person, incl. transportation, guide service, admissions, taxes & gratuities

MONDAY, AUGUST 5 * 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Glass Flowers & the Fogg Museum
Visit the Botanical Museum of Harvard University’s “garden in glass,” true-to-life glass models of 700 plant species by Venetian-American artisan Leopold Blaschkka and son. Visit Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum and explore permanent exhibits of Western art from Middle Ages to present, with emphasis on Italian, British, French, and Impressionist works. $56 per person, incl. transportation, guide service, docent tour of the Glass Flowers exhibit, admissions, taxes & gratuities

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 * 8:00 AM - 12 NOON


Harvard University and the JFK Library
Tour the Harvard University area. Stroll Harvard Yard, the original campus of America’s oldest university. See the Ancient Burying Ground where Harvard’s first eight Presidents are interred. Travel to Dorchester Bay to visit the spectacular John F. Kennedy Library, designed by I.M. Pei. View a short film about the President, then relive the thousand days of “Camelot.” $39 per person, incl. transportation, guide service, admissions, taxes & gratuities

TUESDAY, AUGUST 6 * 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Lexington and Concord - The Shot Heard ‘round the World!
First stop: Lexington Green, site of the initial skirmish of the Revolution. Tour one of the Green’s homes, Buckman Tavern, preserved as it was 200 years ago. Travel the Battle Road to Concord to see Old North Bridge, the Minuteman Statue, and the site where “the embattled farmers stood.” Pass by homes of Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Nathaniel Hawthorne, three of Concord’s most famous resi-dents. $35 per person, incl. transportation, guide service, admissions, taxes & gratuities

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 * 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

The North Shore - Cape Ann and Essex
See the Northeast’s most beautiful coastline, the “Man at the Wheel” fisherman’s Memorial Statue, and Bearskin Neck/Rockport, renowned home of artists and artisans. Head to Essex, the “Antique Capital of the World.” Enjoy a relaxing cruise aboard the Essex River Queen to learn about Essex’s shipbuilding past and see Hog Island, film site of “The Crucible.” Dine at Woodman’s “Eat in the Rough” restaurant where more than 80 years ago “Chubby” Woodman invented the fried clam. $75 per person, incl. transportation, guide service, cruise, lunch, taxes & gratuities

 





 

 

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