TakeTours Gotobus

DAY1 Milford - Philadelphia - Washington DC: (302 miles)

We depart from Milford at 9:30am for Philadelphia, the birthplace of American liberty, arriving around 1:00pm. We will stop at the Old Capitol Building, Liberty Bell, and Independence Hall, birthplace of the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. Afterwards, we will travel on to Washington D.C., the capital of the United States and seat of its national government. We will arrive around 5:00pm and have the night to relax or explore the city at our leisure.

DAY2 Washington DC - Baltimore: (39 miles)

This morning, we will begin a sightseeing tour of Washington D.C. by admiring many of its most renowned memorials and monuments. First we’ll visit the White House, residence of the President of the United States, as well as the Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, with their formidable architecture and patriotic engravings. From there, our tour will include sights such as the Vietnam and Korean War Memorials, Lafayette Park, Capitol Hill (seat of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives), and the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum complex and research organization. We will have time to explore one of the Smithsonian museums, the National Air and Space Museum,* with its many fascinating air and spacecraft exhibits. And to top off the morning, we’ll relax aboard a Potomac River Cruise,* which will give us a panoramic view of the great city from the water. After lunch, around 1:00pm, we will depart for Baltimore's Inner Harbor, where you can spend an hour exploring one of America's oldest seaports at your leisure. Built in the 1600s, it is now a popular tourist destination, with a beautiful view of the countless boats and ships sailing the Patapsco River. From here we will drive to our hotel in New Jersey.

DAY3 Washington DC - New York - Milford: (297 miles)

We will conclude our trip by visiting the famous "Big Apple" - New York City. Our tour bus will bring you to visit the Empire State Building,* the tallest building in Manhattan, an iconic landmark from which you can gaze across the panorama of the United States’ largest city. Next we will board a New York Harbor Cruise,* from which we will view the Statue of Liberty, the symbol of freedom which greeted and awakened hope in thousands of immigrants upon their arrival in New York in the late 19th and 20th centuries. From there, our tour will include sights such as the United Nations Headquarters and Times Square, the famous neon-lit symbol of commercial America. We will then explore Madame Tussauds Wax Museum,* home to many meticulously crafted wax models of celebrities and historical figures, and experience the many interactive exhibits aboard the U.S.S. Intrepid, the famous World War II aircraft carrier, at the Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum.* After, we will close the trip by touring the art deco masterpieces of Rockefeller Center, brain child of visionary philanthropist John D. Rockefeller. We’ll then begin our journey back to Milford, CT around 3:00pm, arriving at 7:00pm and continuing on to Boston, where we will arrive around 9:00pm.

Please note order of the tour may be reversed or altered without prior notice.