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Step back in time on this memorable escorted New England holiday, exploring centuries of history on Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod and Newport.
Relive 17th-century life at Plimoth Plantation; visit the homesteads of two U.S. presidents and the largest whaling museum in America. Special experiences include a scenic flight from Martha's Vineyard to Nantucket, a whale-watching cruise off the shores of Provincetown, a sightseeing cruise of Newport Harbor and Narragansett Bay and a tour of The Breakers, one of Newport's most extravagant Gilded Age mansions. Enjoy charming Boston, the laid back lifestyles on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket Island, the quaint seaside villages of the Cape and the historic sailing Mecca of Newport, on this journey through Rhode Island and Massachusetts.
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Leave the city behind as you drive to your beachfront hotel in North Falmouth, stopping en route for a guided visit at the Heritage Museum & Gardens in Sandwich, Massachusetts. Enjoy lunch in the town of Sandwich, the oldest town on the Cape - settled in 1637. While its name suggests a popular noonday meal, Sandwich is famous for the glassware produced here in the 1800s.
Continue on to North Falmouth and settle into your historic waterfront hotel, once a summer refuge for the likes of Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart and later owned by Barbara Walter's father when it enjoyed a reputation as the Cape's most popular watering hole. Dinner tonight is a traditional New England clambake.
Visit the Cape Cod National Seashore Salt Pond Visitors Center this morning, providing a fascinating introduction to the protected marshlands, uplands, ponds, lighthouses and outer islands of Cape Cod National Seashore. Have lunch as you wish in Provincetown before embarking on an exciting whale watching cruise for a glimpse of the giant marine mammals who frequent the waters here. You may spot a variety of marine life during your afternoon whale watching cruise, from humpback, fin and right whales to dolphins, seals and sea turtles who may happen by. Dinner is at leisure tonight.
Board a fast ferry this morning bound for the summer resort island of Nantucket, where a guided sightseeing drive around the island is followed by free time to explore as you wish. Once known as the whaling capital of the world, this compact island is renowned as a getaway for captains of industry who relish its endless beaches, rose-covered shingled homes and the cobblestoned charms of its historic harborside town. An afternoon ferry speeds you to Martha's Vineyard for a two-night stay at an iconic hotel in Edgartown.
An orientation tour this introduces you to the towns that line the shores of Martha's Vineyard, from Victorian-inspired Oak Bluffs to Vineyard Haven where the ferries dock to the fishing village of Menemsha to West Tisbury, the island's agricultural center and Aquinnah, home to the Wampanoag Indian tribe and clay cliffs.
Martha's Vineyard also includes the smaller adjacent Chappaquiddick Island. You will have time to experience life in Edgartown before a special Tauck experience at the Carnegie Museum. Join a docent for a tour of the museum, learning about its start as a free library inspired by Andrew Carnegie. An optional walking tour takes you to the Chappy Ferry Line, the Old Sculpin Gallery, the Norton Boat House and the Edgartown Memorial Wharf. The evening is free to enjoy as you wish.
Board a ferry bound for Woods Hole, Massachusetts, disembarking for lunch and a private guided tour of the New Bedford Whaling Museum, recalling the town's heyday as a whaling port. Surrounded by cobblestone streets once strolled by Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville, the museum is located in the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. The museum showcases the world's largest collections of scrimshaw, whaling logbooks, and journals, chronicling just about everything you wanted to know about whales in visually engaging displays.
Drive to Newport, Rhode Island, enjoying a guided sightseeing tour before free time to explore the sights. Your hotel is centrally located on the waterfront, an easy stroll from dining venues, shops and more.
Wake up for an optional stroll with your Tauck Director along Newport's famed Cliff Walk, taking in million-dollar views of the ocean shore. Later this morning, take in the views from the 70-room Renaissance Revival summer vacation cottage known as The Breakers, built between 1893 and 1895 by Cornelius Vanderbilt II, renowned as one of the most magnificent of Newport's opulent mansions. Boasting Italianate inspired rooms, the house was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1994. Listen to stories about the history, the family, the décor and the guests as you don audio ears for an informative self-guided tour at our own pace. The mansion occupies nearly one acre and has 70 rooms - of special note, the home has electricity, a novelty in houses during the Gilded Age, as well as gas for lighting. A stroll on the property brings you to the storybook Children's Cottage, built in 1878 with an open porch overlooking the ocean. Your Tauck Director will provide you with Trolley Tickets should you wish to visit any other mansions during your free time this afternoon. Join us at one of Newport's popular restaurants tonight for a memorable farewell reception and dinn