Tour Code: 228-381

East West Express 16-Day Tour

Board the coach in Boston and start the day with an orientation tour of this fascinating and historic city. Highlights include Faneuil Hall, Boston Common and Harvard University. Continue south through the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut before arriving in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from New York City.

Continental Breakfast. In the morning, a short trip across the Hudson River takes us into New York and an orientation tour of the “Big Apple”. Spend the afternoon at leisure exploring this amazing city. Transportation back to the hotel will be offered in the early evening and, for those wishing to see a Broadway show or experience the nightlife, later at night.

Continental Breakfast. Travel south to Philadelphia, the “City of Brotherly Love” and the birthplace of American independence. Our orientation tour passes the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the U.S. Constitution written. Arrive in the Washington DC area in the late afternoon.

Continental Breakfast. The morning sightseeing tour is devoted to the landmarks and monuments of this great city: the White House, the Washington Monument, Arlington Cemetery, the Supreme Court and the US Capitol. Afternoon is free to explore one of the Smithsonian Museums, such as the National Air and Space Museum.

Valid passport (and visa) is required to join this tour
Continental Breakfast. An early morning departure takes you through Pennsylvania, en-route to Niagara Falls. Time permitting, a stop will be made at a market in Amish Country. The Amish preserve traditional elements of late 17th-century European rural culture in their day-today lives. We arrive at Niagara Falls in the early evening.

Continental Breakfast. Cross the border into Canada and head for Toronto, where the orientation tour highlights this lakeside city, where skyscrapers of glass and steel overlook traditional neighborhoods and parks. There is free time to explore the downtown area on foot. Head back to Niagara Falls where we recommend the exhilarating Maid of the Mist cruise to the foot of the Horseshoe Falls. In the evening, join an optional dinner with a panoramic view of the falls beneath the evening sky.

Continental Breakfast. Early departure for the return to Boston, passing through upstate New York and central Massachusetts. Evening at leisure.

Continental Breakfast. Transfer from your hotel for your flight to Los Angeles (flight from Boston to Los Angeles not included in the tour price). Upon arrival in Los Angeles transfer from the airport to the hotel via the hotel’s shuttle.

Travel through the desert and to the man made paradise, Las Vegas. Enjoy this boomtown resort featuring non-stop casinos, fabulous entertainment, great restaurants and attractions. There is the option of joining the tour in Las Vegas.

Continental Breakfast. Travel past the town of St George to Zion
National Park. Enter the park through Zion Canyon, a spectacular gorge
cut into the desert. Departure to Bryce Canyon and spend some time
enjoying the unforgettable landscape: an intricate design of sandstone
pinnacles and grottos.

Continental Breakfast. Travel through Capitol Reef National Park, an area of reef like cliffs capped by white sandstone formations. Continue to Arches National Park which contains the largest number of natural stone arches in the country.

Continental Breakfast. Discover Canyonlands National Park. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River and its tributaries. Continue on to Mesa Verde which contains over 600 cliff dwellings, once home to the Ancestral Pueblo Indians.

Continental Breakfast. Departure to Monument Valley, land of the Navajo Indian. The Valley’s unforgettable landscapes include mesas, buttes and rock spires. After Monument valley continue to Page and Lake Powell, one of the largest man made lakes in the world.

Continental Breakfast. Discover the Grand Canyon, one of the seven natural wonders of the world. Created by the Colorado River over 6 million years, the Grand Canyon ranges in width between 4 and 18 miles and attains a depth of more than a mile.

Continental Breakfast. Cross the Colorado River and travel along parts of Route 66. Enter the State of Nevada via the Mojave Desert. Arrival in Las Vegas, the man made miracle in the desert.

Continental Breakfast. Transfer back to Los Angeles. There is the option of finishing the tour in Las Vegas.

†Hotels are correct at the time of going to press, but are subject to change.