The Group Tour Company 1110 Vermont Ave, NW Washington DC 20005 (800)424-8895 BOSTON - NEW YORK - PHILADELPIA - WASHINGTON, DC from the cradle of a revolution to the founding of a Nation this itinerary allows students to experience the people and places that gave birth to the United States of America.
This program takes your students from the cradle of the American Revolution in Boston through the earliest capitol cities of New York and Philadelphia ending in Washington, DC our Nations Capitol. This program is perfect for school groups who have a week to explore the the major sights along the East Coast. This educational program also works well for students traveling over Spring Break who want to make the most of their time on the East Coast, and is very poplar with our West Coast and overseas clients. As with all of our programs we can customize itineraries to meet your clients educational needs and budget. Itineraries can be tailored to focus on Early American History, Government, Heritage and Diversity; just to name a few. Call us at 1-800-424-8895 for a customized program!
EAST COAST STUDENT PROGRAM BOSTON - NEW YORK - PHILADELPHIA - WASHINGTON, DC
DAY ONE
Arrive Boston’s Logan International Airport and meet your Group Tour Company and motorcoach, both of whom with be with you for the next eight days
Sightseeing as arrival time allows
Lunch at own expense
The USS Constitution
“The Whites of Their Eyes”
The Prudential Building “Sky Walk”
Dinner at Quincy Market ($10 cash allowance)
Check in suggested hotel: The Hampton Inn, Natick [dinner included]
DAY TWO
Breakfast at the hotel
Lexington and Concord
The Freedom Trail and Old North Church
Dinner at the Hard Rock Café
Cambridge and Harvard [breakfast and dinner included]
DAY THREE, MONDAY
Breakfast at the hotel followed by check out
Depart Boston for New York City
Mystic Seaport with lunch at your own expense
Continue onto New York City
Upper Manhattan with the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and Harlem
Dinner at Rosen’s Deli and Restaurant
“Top of the Rock” the Observation Deck at One Rockefeller Center
Check in suggested hotel: The Hampton Inn, Secaucus [breakfast and dinner included]
DAY FOUR
The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Central Park
Fifth Avenue, Saint Patrick’s Cathedral and Rockefeller Plaza
The United Nations Tour
Dinner at SPQR in Little Italy
Sightseeing in New York’s Villages including Greenwich, Chinatown and SoHo [breakfast and dinner included]
DAY FIVE
Depart New York City for Philadelphia
Lunch at own expense at the Bourse
The National Constitution Center
Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell Pavilion
Depart Philadelphia for Washington, DC
Dinner stop in route ($10 cash allowance)
Check in suggested hotel: The Comfort Inn, Springfield [breakfast and dinner included]
DAY SIX
Group Photo at Grant’s Memorial
The Capitol Visitor Center and Building Tour (We suggest the group contact their congressional representative to schedule a building tour in order to avoid the wait in the public ticket line.)
Capitol Hill including the Supreme Court and Library of Congress
Lunch at own expense at Union Station
The Various Museums and Galleries of the Smithsonian Institution
The National Air and Space Museum with an IMAX film presentation
Dinner Hamburger Hamlet [breakfast and dinner included]
DAY SEVEN
George Washington’s Mount Vernon
The Vietnam Veterans, Korean War Veterans and Lincoln Memorials
Embassy Row and The National Cathedral
White House Photo Stop (To visit the interior of the White House the group must contact their congressional representative.)
The World War II Veterans Memorial
The Jefferson and FDR Memorials
Fords’ Theatre and Petersen House
Dinner at Froggy Bottom (pizza buffet)
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts [breakfast and dinner included]
DAY EIGHT
Arlington National Cemetery with the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknowns and the Kennedy gravesites
The Iwo Jima Marine Memorial
The Washington Monument
Sightseeing as departure time allow
Depart Washington, DC for the airport and your departure flight home [breakfast included]
Some Helpful Hints: Start planning early. Most schools start planning educational trips 12 months in advance. We have clients who start making their appointments before they get home from their current program. The height of Educational Travel on the East Coast is in the Spring. Appointments to the United Nations, US Capitol Building, White House, National Cathedral and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum disappear fast.
Another Itinerary: For student groups who are studying Colonial and Early American History you may consider a program that starts in Williamsburg, VA and ends in Washington, DC. This itinerary explores our countries earliest roots at Jamestown Settlement, the end of the Revolutionary War at Yorktown and the founding of the Nation in Philadelphia at Independence Hall. Along the way students see a young country through the eyes of our founding fathers at Mount Vernon and Monticello and explore the cultural richness of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Ending in the Nations Capitol students reflect on our national journey through the city's Monuments and Memorials dedicated to our ideals and to the sacrifices that generations of American Citizen have made to protect our freedom.
