Day 1
Depart from hometown and arrive Boston, MA Lexington and Concord
Key sites in the events that sparked the American Revolution.
Also home to some of our great American authors, including Thoreau, Emerson, Hawthorne and Louisa May Alcott.
Walk Lexington Green - Museum of Our National Heritage. Exhibits detail the opening of our American Revolution. Drive to Concord
Old North Bridge Battle Site - Site of one of the earliest battles of the Revolutionary War.
- Author’s Row
- Walden Pond
Dinner
Hotel check-in
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Day 2
Breakfast: Hotel
Drive to Plymouth - Birthplace of modern America The Mayflower II. Visit the ship that brought the Pilgrims to America in 1620.
- Plimoth Plantation
- This village recreates the lives of the Pilgrims, America’s most famous immigrants.
- Return to Boston
Lunch
Freedom Trail - This walking tour of Boston takes you not only into the heart of Boston, but also to the events surrounding the birth of America.
- Boston Commons
America’s oldest public park.
- Old Granary Burying Ground
- Historic cemetery that contains Paul Revere, Samual Adams and John Hancock.
- Old South Meeting House, Where the Boston Tea Party began.
- Old State House
Site of the Boston massacre.
- Faneuil Hall
- Location of early revolutionary town meetings.
Paul Revere House - Old North Church In this church two lanterns were lit warning citizens of the plans of the British troops.
- Bunker Hill Memorial
- USS Constitution
- Oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world.
- Cambridge
- Visit M.I.T. and Harvard.
Dinner
Return to Hotel
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Day 3
Breakfast: Hotel
Hotel check-out Drive to Salem - Historical waterfront city that is quite peaceful today, despite its infamous witch trials of 1692.
- Walking tour of Salem
Salem Witch Museum - A Romanesque castle housing 13 tableaus depicting events surrounding Salem witchcraft and the trials.
House of Seven Gables - Visit the site that inspired Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book of the same title.
Lunch
New England Aquarium - Explore the waters of the world, from the Boston Harbor to the mysterious Amazon River in this state-of-the-art museum.
Depart Boston and arrive in your hometown
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Note: Travel time from different parts of the country may modify this itinerary.