Virginia's Gardens

Day 1

This morning we depart for Virginia. With stops for rest & lunch, we will arrive at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens by early afternoon. Our skilled garden guide will greet us and guide us through the gardens on a one-hour walking tour. This historic property offers year-round beauty with more than 50 acres of gardens and a classical domed Conservatory. After our guided tour you will have time for shopping and free time at the gardens. We will then check-in to our hotel accommodations for the next 3 nights and enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.

Day 2

After breakfast, we will meet our guide and depart for Norfolk Botanical Gardens, a 155-acre garden filled with thousands of plants and more than thirty themed-gardens. During our visit, we will have a guided tram tour of the gardens, and free time to explore on your own. Following lunch on own and shopping at Anderson's Newport News we will depart for Williamsburg Botanical Gardens and Freedom Park Arboretum. During our self-guided visit, follow the paths that lead to many different gardens and meadows to learn the importance of native plants and the prevention and control of invasive species. Dinner will be included at a local restaurant.

Day 3

Following breakfast we will depart for the world's largest living history museum, Colonial Williamsburg. Upon arrival, we will meet our guide for a guided walking tour of the gardens and historical buildings. Our guide will offer insight into the ways the colonists lived and worked as a community while showing us around the 301-acre museum. After lunch on own in Merchants Square, we will have free time to explore the grounds at our own pace. Dinner will be included at a local restaurant.

Day 4

Today, after breakfast, we will check-out and depart for Berkeley Plantation. One of the first plantations in America, the Berkeley Plantation was home to Benjamin Harrison V, a member of the House of Burgesses and Continental Congress and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Upon arrival, we will meet our guide for a guided walking tour the original Georgian mansion. After our home tour, we will have a self-guided tour of the gardens and grounds. After our visit, we will depart for home. Stops will be made enroute for lunch and rest. Arrival home is scheduled for late evening.

Please note

Our intention is to run each tour as originally planned and published. However, if deemed necessary to do so, Perkiomen Tours reserves the right to make changes to tour components, schedules or itineraries without prior notification.

Tips for Perkiomen motorcoach drivers and tour escorts are not included in the price of this tour. We feel that these gratuities should be extended on an individual basis and dictated by the level of service provided.

Motorcoach seating is assigned at the time of reservation but cannot be guaranteed. Although we do our best to keep each traveler in the seat assigned at the time of reservation, there are times that it is necessary to move seat locations. Please be sure to verify your final seat number(s) with your driver at the time of boarding. Historically, daily seat rotation was practiced on most multi-day tours. We have suspended this practice for a period of time. Seat rotation will be explained by your driver or tour escort if reinstated.

Perkiomen Tours recommends that you consider purchasing Travel Insurance for your tour. Travel Insurance is purchased directly by you from a third-party of your choice. One option is Travel Safe Insurance. You can purchase insurance directly from Travel Safe through our website. www.perkiomentours.com.

To fully participate in this tour may require extended amounts of walking. There may be steps, inclines, uneven surfaces or extended periods of standing. Participants with physical limitation should take this into consideration.

B=Full Breakfast, D=Dinner