ELEANOR AND EDSEL FORD MANSION and PEWABIC POTTERY Escape from the ordinary and experience the nostalgia of the golden age of the auto barons. Located on Michigan’s fabled and exclusive “Gold Coast” this visit to the Eleanor and Edsel Ford home will captivate you with its art treasures, antiques and memorabilia. This Cotswold style home was designed by Albert Kahn and is located on 62 beautifully landscaped acres on the western shore of Lake St. Clair. Following our wonderful tour and lunch at the Eleanor and Edsel Ford Home we will arrive at Pewabic Pottery in Detroit. Pewabic Pottery is one of Detroit’s best-kept secrets. It was founded in 1903 by Mary Chase Perry at the time of the Arts and Crafts Movement, and remains the oldest art pottery in continuous operation in the United States. It is still a renowned ceramics learning center, museum and gallery. Works of local artists are offered for sale in their gallery. Time of Tour: 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. COST: $62 per person
TUESDAY AUGUST 19, 2008
DOWNTOWN IN
MOTOWN - TOUR OF DETROIT-
THE MOTOR CITY
From its humble beginnings as Fort Pontchartrain on the narrowest part of the Detroit River, to its role of international leadership in the automotive world, this fascinating tour shows where Detroit has been and where it is heading in the 21st century. Enjoy the narration and commentary by our high-energy knowledgeable guide, as you learn about Detroit. See all civic areas, Cultural areas of Detroit with stop at Motown Museum , home of Barry Gordy and the 50’s Motown Sound, in the New Center Area, for a guided tour. Time of Tour: 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. COST: $30 per person
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 20, 2008 FRANKENMUTH – MICHIGAN’S OWN BAVARIAN VILLAGE www.frankenmuth.org
One of Michigan’s top tourist attractions. This quaint village, built by Bavarian settlers brings the old German ways into the 21st century. Our first stop is at Bronner’s, home to the world’s largest Christmas display. This is a fantasyland of Christmas décor for your shopping pleasure. You’ll then be whisked away to enjoy the delicious chicken luncheon that made Bavarian Inn Restaurant famous. Hear the Glockenspiel, and browse in the many specialty stores located in the town. The trip to Frankenmuth takes approximately one and a half hours each way by coach. Time of Tour: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. COST: $55 per person
THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 2008 CRUISE
ON THE DETROIT RIVER
Your guide will meet the group at the
hotel to walk over to the boat dock at nearby Hart Plaza. Enjoy a
delightful afternoon on the Detroit River with a two hour, fully
narrated sightseeing cruise aboard the Diamond Jack riverboat. Take
pleasure in seeing spectacular views of Detroit and Windsor while
sharing one of the busiest international waterways with ships of up to
1000 feet from around the world. Shorewatch and Shipwatch! Includes
snacks aboard ship.
THURSDAY AUGUST 21, 2008
Walled Lake
Scenic Railway, Star Clipper
America's premiere dining train, where you enjoy a chef-prepared meal while traveling in beautifully appointed passenger cars from the golden 1920’s days of railroad travel. This two-hour rail excursion, with three-course meal, leaves at noon and returns at 2:00 p.m. Time of Tour:
11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 2008
GREENFIELD
VILLAGE or HENRY FORD MUSEUM
Visit either one of these world famous museums that trace America's history for the last 300 years. Built by Henry Ford I, this is Detroit's number one tourist attraction. Among the 100 plus historic buildings in Greenfield Village, you can visit Thomas Edison’s laboratory, Menlo Park, where the electric light bulb was born, and see the bicycle shop where the Wright Brothers created the first airplane. If you choose to visit Henry Ford Museum, you could see Buckminster Fuller’s futuristic house made chiefly of aluminum. It is said Henry Ford wanted to collect one of everything ever manufactured in nineteenth and twentieth century America. Your visit to the air-conditioned 12 full acres of Americana collection will dazzle you. The displays are replete with priceless automobiles from presidential limousines to early tin lizzies, and the Halls of Technology tell us the unparalleled story of American Industrial Progress! Time of Tour: 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. COST: $42 per person FRIDAY AUGUST 22, 2008 FORD ROUGE FACTORY TOUR |
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