HUDSON VALLEY, NEW YORK with filoli
TOUR DATES: Oct 3-11, 2021
WHY SHOULD YOU GO?
Beautiful Landscapes and Interesting Stories. The Hudson Valley is a New York State region that stretches along the Hudson River from Westchester County to Albany, the state capital. It's known for its vineyards, orchards and farms.
WHAT TO EXPECT : TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
Tour DETAILS:
Day 1:
Arrival, Check-in & Welcome Dinner
36-passenger mini coach for airport arrival transfer (Can be arranged depending on guests’ arrival). Not included in price.
Licensed Hudson Valley Tour Guide for airport meet and greet, ride with group to hotel (introduction and welcome tour) and provide welcome tour, assist with hotel check-in at the Roundhouse Beacon Hotel (4-nights)
Welcome Dinner at Blu Point Restaurant, Newburgh (4-hour dinner transfer included, restaurant is 15-minute drive from hotel). Includes salad, choice of entrée with chef’s seasonal selection of sides, dessert, unlimited soft drinks, coffee & tea
Day 2:
Boscobel House and Gardens & MANITOGA/The Russel Wright Design Center
Private Guided Tour of the Historic House Museum and Boscobel’s Gardens
In addition to a 45-minute tour of the Historic House Museum, guests will be led on a 30-minute tour of Boscobel’s landscaped grounds, including its Herb Garden, Orangery, and Formal Garden.
Tea Sandwiches, pastries, and an assortment of teas in the Lila Wallace Room included after the tour.
Private Guided Tour at MANITOGA
Day 3:
Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate and Gardens & Lyndhurst Mansion
Private Guided Tour at Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate & Gardens
Stop for lunch at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture and shopping for local goods
Private Guided Tour at Lyndhurst Mansion
Day 4:
Stonecrop Gardens, Private foliage lunch cruise on the Hudson & Storm King Art Center
Private Guided Tour at Stonecrop Gardens
Foliage Harbor Cruise on the Hudson with lunch (Assorted sandwiches and wraps, salads, dessert platter included. Cash bar)
Private Docent Tour at Storm King Art Center
Day 5:
The Glass House In-Depth Private Tour
Three-Hour Glass House In-Depth Tour
Group will be split into smaller groups of 13 and tour start will be staggered between 20-30 minutes. Timing of the day may be shifted pending tour availably at time of booking.
Free time for shopping at the Glass design House Store and in Downtown New Canaan will be scheduled into this day. Pending on available time slots at time of booking, group may be split in two but we will try to keep the entire group together as best possible.
Day 6:
Innisfree Garden, Vanderbilt Mansion & Transfer to Reinbeck Hotel
Innisfree Garden Private Guided Tour
Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Park
Vanderbilt Mansion NHS, in terms of architecture, interiors, mechanical systems, road systems and landscape, is a remarkably complete example of a gilded-age country place, illustrating the political, economic, social, cultural, and demographic changes that occurred as America industrialized in the years after the Civil War.
Check in at the Beekman Arms Hotel – Rhinebeck NY (3 nights)
Day 7:
Opus 40 Sculpture Park & Olana House
Historic Kingston
Opus 40 Sculpture Park and Museum
Thomas Cole National Historic Site
The OLANA Experience: Senior Staff Landscape & Viewshed Walk and Historic Interiors
Day 8:
Wilderstein National Historic Site, Blithewold Mansion & Gardens, Montgomery Place, and Farewell Dinner in Rhinebeck
Wilderstein Historic Site
Picnic Luncheon on the south lawn overlooking the Hudson is included (assortment of farm fresh wraps, salads, and desserts served buffet style)
Montgomery Place Historic Estate and Gardens
Private Guided Tour at Blithewood Garden
Farewell Dinner at Liberty Public House Restaurant, Rhinebeck
Day 9: Departure
36-passenger mini coach for departure transfer to NYC for post tour option (Depends on the number of guests that elect to do the post. Cost not included)
Accommodation and Breakfast Details:
Five (5) Nights at the Roundhouse Beacon Hotel
Includes Full American Breakfast Daily
Three (3) Nights at the Beekman Arms Hotel, Rhinebeck
Includes Full American Breakfast Daily