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Cherry Blossom Time
Overview
Highlights (Bullets)
- Enjoy reserved grandstand seating for the National Cherry Blossom Parade
- Visit the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex
- Arlington National Cemetery and the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Washington, DC touring with a local guide including the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center along with the FDR, Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials
- Visit the National WWII Memorial, the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II
- Experience the Washington, DC National Mall Area at night on a panoramic Illumination tour
- Travel along scenic Skyline Drive through Shenandoah National Park and enjoy a buffet lunch and Skyland
- Visit the incredible Luray Caverns, the nation’s largest and most popular caverns
- Tour Mount Vernon, the expansive estate of George and Martha Washington
- Visit Jamestown Settlement and Powhatan Indian Village
- Full day at Colonial Williamsburg, the nation’s largest living history museum
- Traditional Tavern dinner in historic Colonial Williamsburg
Short Description
Join the annual celebration of the gift of beautiful cherry trees from the people of Japan to the people of the United States. Then tour Washington, DC, Colonial Williamsburg, and Arlington National Cemetery.
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrive In Washington, Dc
Meals: Dinner
Your tour begins with an included transfer from Washington Reagan National Airport and a welcome dinner at 6:00 p.m. hosted by your Tour Manager.
Day 2: National Cherry Blossom Parade And The Smithsonian
Meals: Breakfast
The beauty and aroma of these blossoming cherry trees will amaze as we enjoy the National Cherry Blossom Parade from reserved seats. Marching down Constitution Avenue, the parade showcases floats, helium balloons, international performance groups and some of the country’s finest marching bands. Later, we enjoy time to visit the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex and research organization. Composed of 16 museums in Washington, DC, the Smithsonian exhibits offer visitors a glimpse into its vast collection. Numbering over 142 million objects, the complex includes the Air & Space Museum and the National Museum of the American Indian. Some of the famous exhibitions include Lindbergh’s Spirit of St. Louis and the command module from Apollo 11.
Day 3: Arlington National Cemetery And Washington, Dc Touring
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Sightseeing in our nation’s capital continues with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery and the John F. Kennedy Memorial. View the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Women in Military Service Memorial. During our touring in DC’s mall area we’ll see the FDR, Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials. We’ll also make a stop at the National WWII Memorial, the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II. During our touring in DC’s mall area we’ll see the FDR, Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials. We’ll also make a stop at the National WWII Memorial, the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II. After dinner this evening, an incredible Illumination tour of Washington, DC tops off this exciting Day as we see the memorials and monuments bathed in flood lights, including the U.S. Capitol and the White House.
Day 4: Shenandoah National Park And Luray Caverns
Meals: Breakfast and Lunch
We leave the city behind toDay as we journey to the quiet beauty of Shenandoah National Park. Here, we travel one of the most visited sections of the National Parks System, scenic Skyline Drive. Following this casual, winding road past sweeping valley vistas and diverse displays of flora and fauna brings us to Skyland, where a buffet lunch awaits. Later, we stop at the incredible Luray Caverns, the nation’s largest and most popular caverns. Explore cathedral-sized rooms with ceilings 10 stories high filled with towering stone columns and crystal-clear pools. Also hear the haunting sounds of the world's only Stalacpipe Organ creating music of symphonic quality from stone formations.
Day 5: Mount Vernon And Jamestown Settlement
Meals: Breakfast
No tour of colonial America is complete without a stop at Mount Vernon, the expansive estate of George and Martha Washington. Visit the new Ford Orientation Center and the Donald W. Reynolds Museum where you will have the chance to experience Washington's life through movies and exhibitions. Explore his mansion filled with 18th century treasures and stroll the gardens of this 45-acre estate, taking in the views of the Potomac River from the mansion’s piazza. Later, we arrive at Jamestown, the site of America’s first permanent English colony. Explore life at the dawn of the 17th century inside the palisade of a re-created colonial fort and discover the world of Pocahontas in the Powhatan Indian Village.
Day 6: Colonial Williamsburg
Meals: Breakfast and Dinner
Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the country and one of America’s most popular attractions. Stroll streets dating back to the 1700s. Converse with residents playing the roles of their ancestors as they go about their daily activities exactly as they did more than 200 years ago. It’s an exciting glimpse into the early Days of our nation. A traditional Colonial tavern dinner sets the mood for our stay in historic Williamsburg.
Day 7: Washington, Dc And Home
Meals: Breakfast
We travel back to Washington, DC toDay as our tour ends with a group transfer to Washington Reagan National Airport for flights out after 2:00 p.m.
Availability
- Single Supplement: $ 879
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Details
Flight & Transport Inclusions
Roundtrip air to/from trip start & all internal transport
Group Size
Intimate Group - 12 max
Accommodations
Days One Through Four Hilton Hotel Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
Days Five And Six Fort Magruder Hotel and Conference Center, Williamsburg, Virginia
Cancellation policy
All payments for land, air and train arrangements (ticketed by Mayflower Tours) will be refunded when cancellations are more than 45 days prior to departure less the deposit amount, which is non-refundable, unless otherwise noted below. If you purchase the optional Travelers Protection Plan (TPP), you will be refunded all payments, including the deposit amount, less the TPP premium amount.
*Exception: If you purchased non-refundable airline tickets from Mayflower Tours, the TPP does not provide a refund for the airline tickets in the event of a cancellation or a return transportation benefit if you must return home early. You will only be charged the TPP premium for the land tour instead of the premium for land tour with air.
Should you choose not to purchase our Travelers Protection Plan, the following per person cancellation charges will be assessed for all tours and optional excursion costs:
United States and Canada Tours
61 days or more Deposit Amount
60 to 31 days prior 20% of tour cost
30 to 15 days prior 30% of tour cost
14 to 1 day prior 40% of the tour cost
Day of departure or early departure from tour 100% of the tour cost
No refund on unused portions of the tour
Trip ID#:
CheBloMay
What's excluded
Mayflower Tours reserves the right to alter its Refund and Cancellation Policy when a substantial amount of cancellation or postponement of travel is attributable to: conditions resulting from an act of God, natural or man-made disaster, fire, government action, civil disorder, war, hostilities between nations, or unavailability of transportation through no fault of Mayflower Tours.
Meals Included
10 meals: 3 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch and 6 Dinners
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