Newmarket Holidays - Washington, New York & Niagara Falls Including flights from London Gatwick

Travel Highlights : 

EAST COAST US HIGHLIGHTS

Discover a trio of historic, enthralling American cities, and gaze in awe at one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.

Fly to Toronto to see the breath-taking sight of majestic Niagara Falls, before heading south into the historic heart of America. You’ll visit the Gettysburg battlefield site, and explore the original US capital Philadelphia. You'll also have the chance to enjoy an optional guided tour of the nation's modern seat of power, Washington DC, and visit breathless Manhattan before returning once more to Niagara’s plunging waters on this packed tour of Canada and the USA.

Tour Highlights 

• Spending a day discovering Washington DC
• A trip through beautiful, forested, up-state New York
• Travel south from Canada to historic Gettysburg
• Visit the Gettysburg National Military Park
• Philadelphia, the birthplace of American Independence
• Bookend your tour with stays close to Niagara Falls
• Explore New York, one of the most exciting cities on Earth
• Enjoy a brief visit to the waterfront city of Toron

WHAT DOES THIS PRICE INCLUDE?

• Eight nights’ room-only hotel accommodation, plus one night on the aircraft
• Return flights to Toronto
• Coach travel and transfers throughout
• Fully escorted by a friendly, experienced tour manager

Accommodation : 

Washington, New York & Niagara Falls Toouring Hotels - 

The hotels used on our tours will meet the standard of a good, three-star European hotel. Rooms will have private bathrooms, telephones and TV. The vast majority will also have tea- and coffee-making facilities. There will always be a bar or restaurant on site or nearby.

Sheraton-on-the-Falls, Niagara Falls (nights 1, 7 and 8) : Ideally located in the heart of the Niagara Falls resort, this hotel boasts spectacular views of the falls and offers a huge array of on-site amenities including two restaurants, a bar, a spa and indoor and outdoor swimming pools. There are further restaurants located on the hotel's shopping concourse.

Wyndham Hotel, Gettysburg (night 2) : A modern hotel with a traditional feel, this hotel offers two restaurants and a bar, as well as a gift shop, gym and indoor swimming pool. The rooms have TV and tea- and coffee-making facilities.

Doubletree by Hilton, Tysons Corner (nights 3-4) : Adjacent to Tysons Corner shopping mall and its vast selection of shops and restaurants, this hotel has a fitness centre, a bar and two restaurants including a pub. The guest rooms are very comfortable and come with tea- and coffee-making facilities. Please note: On selected dates you will stay at the Courtyard by Marriott, Tysons Corner.

Holiday Inn, Hasbrouck Heights (nights 5-6) : Located in New Jersey, across the Hudson River from Manhattan, this hotel has an indoor swimming pool and a fitness centre. There's also a choice of restaurants, including a steak house, as well as an atrium bar. Rooms are spacious and comfortably furnished. Please note: On selected dates you will stay at the Courtyard Secaucus Meadowlands.

 Should circumstances require, we reserve the right to accommodate you in conveniently located, alternative hotels of a similar standard.

More Information : 

Passports and Visas : When travelling to the USA, British citizens require passports with an integrated chip (shown on the front by a small rectangular symbol beneath the word PASSPORT), valid beyond the return date from the USA. Visas are not normally required for entry, but visitors must apply for an ESTA online with US Immigration at least 72 hours before departure at www.cbp.gov/esta. The current charge is $14 for British Citizens. British subjects and anyone who has a criminal record or has ever been arrested should consult the US Embassy as a visa may be required. Note too that if you have visited North Korea, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Syria, Libya, Somalia or Yemen since March 2011, or have dual nationality with any of these countries, you do require a US visa and cannot travel on the Visa Waiver Program.

Hotel transfer time : The transfer time from the airport to your hotel is approximately one hour and 30 minutes.

Border Crossing : Please note there is a US$6 per person charge to cross the border from Canada to the USA. This is payable in cash at the border crossing and is not included in the tour price.

Luggage Allowance : Guests are permitted to take one suitcase per person on the aircraft, which should not exceed 23kg.

Combining Hotel transfers : We sometimes need to combine transfers to and from your hotel. We always try to keep any wait to a minimum, but you may be asked to wait at the airport for up to an hour, while other incoming flights arrive, before the transfer to your hotel. Similarly, we may need to transfer you back to the airport up to three hours before your flight home departs.

Tipping : Gratuities are a way of life in North America, and it is generally accepted that they form part of a person's earnings. Customary gratuity to a coach driver and tour manager is about $5 per person per day; in a taxi or a restaurant leave 15-20 per cent of the bill and in a bar leave a dollar or so per drink.

Special requirements : If guests have notified us of any special requirements, please check that they have been noted and acknowledged. This is especially important with any dietary needs guests may have.

Disabled access : The majority of our tours involve a certain amount of walking, including a short walk from the coach stop to the town, attraction or venue you're visiting. If you are bringing a wheelchair, please let us know at the time of booking so that appropriate arrangements can be made.

Itinerar Changes : Occasionally, for operational reasons, we may have to change the order of the excursions on your holiday. The final day-by-day itinerary will be confirmed on your Final Travel Documents, which you will receive approximately three weeks prior to your departure.

Changes to your hotels : Should circumstances require, we reserve the right to accommodate you in alternative hotels, of a similar standard, nearby. Full details of your hotels will be sent with your Final Travel Documents. On some dates you will stay at the Courtyard Secaucus Meadowlands on nights 5-6. On departure dates in 2021, nights 3-4 will be spent at the Doubletree by Hilton, Tysons.

Day 1 :  Fly to Canada

Fly into Toronto, meet your tour manager and travel around Lake Ontario’s shore to your overnight hotel in Niagara Falls. Catch a brief glimpse of this extraordinary work of nature before making the most of a chance to rest and relax after your journey.

Day 2 : Travel south to Gettysburg

Board the coach, this morning, for the journey across the border into the US, heading across scenic New York State and into The Keystone State, Pennsylvania. Continue south to stay overnight in Gettysburg, close to the site of the 1863 battle.

Day 3 : Included visit to Gettysburg National Military park Museum

Step back in time today as you pay a visit to, and your respects at, the Gettysburg National Military Park, which preserves the land upon which Unionist forces overcame the Confederates during one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War.

In addition to the battlefield site itself, with its monuments and memorials, including that at Gettysburg National Cemetery dedicated to Abraham Lincoln’s famous Address, the site has a Museum and Visitor Center that houses a collection of over 40,000 Civil War artefacts.

After a fascinating day, Guests will continue to Tysons Corner, close to Washington DC, where you'll spend the next two nights.

Day 4 : Included visit to Washington DC

Spend a day in the "most powerful city on Earth", America’s capital – Washington DC. An optional guided city tour will introduce the giant, domed Capitol building on Capitol Hill – home to the US Senate and the House of Representatives – the vast Library of Congress and the Supreme Court.

Stretching two miles from the Capitol to the Potomac, the manicured acres of the Mall boast the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, the Smithsonian museums and – across the green swathe of the Ellipse, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue – the White House itself. Across the Potomac lie Arlington National Cemetery and the hulking Pentagon.

After the tour, Guests will have the rest of the day free to explore before you return to Tysons Corner.

Day 5 :  Included Philadelphia tour

Travel to the original US capital, historic Philadelphia. Here, Independence Hall National Park is home to the place where the Declaration of Independence was prepared and – after the tolling of the Liberty Bell – first read to the nation in July 1776. Enjoy an orientation tour, which will bring to life the colourful story of America’s birth and the characters of the men, like Benjamin Franklin and George Washington, who wrought it.

After a fascinating day, you’ll travel north to Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey for a two-night stay.

Day 6 : Included Manhattan day-trip

Make the most of a full day in the incomparable Big Apple, the "city that never sleeps", perhaps the world’s most famous metropolis. Discover its landmark skyscrapers, the green acres of Central Park, the famous Fifth Avenue stores, glittering Broadway, bustling Times Square, world-class museums and the irrepressible buzz that extends from Harlem in the north to Wall Street’s Financial District overlooking the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island.

Choose to join our optional guided city tour and you'll also have the chance to ride to the top of the Rockefeller Centre for spectacular views of the Manhattan skyline. At the end of your day in this wonderful place, we'll travel back across the Hudson River to spend a second night in Hasbrouck Heights.

Day 7 : Travel north to Canada

Today guests will board the coach for the scenic journey through beautiful Upstate New York, its forested landscape dotted with typical, idyllic New England style towns and villages, and back towards Niagara Falls for your final two nights.

Day 8 : Discover Niagara Falls 

Spend a day in awestruck wonder as you visit the Falls, which plunge over their famous precipices and are without question one of nature's greatest sights. The trememdous noise and permanent misty spray can be heard and seen for miles around. While you're here, why not enjoy lunch in a restaurant overlooking the Falls, and stroll the green acres of the park that runs above the rushing waters of the Niagara River, before spending a last evening in the resort town

Day 9 : Included visit to Toronto and flight home

Treat yourself to an optional helicopter flight over the Falls today – the perfect way to bid them farewell – before you board the coach for the journey to Toronto. After a brief visit to the city - home to the sky-piercing CN Tower and some bustling waterfront developments - you'll return to the airport to check in for your evening flight home.

Day 10 : Arrive home

Arrive back in the UK early this morning, after an overnight flight.

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