Cherry Blossom Time 2024
Featuring Washington, DC & Williamsburg
 7 Days • 9 Meals

Air Holiday

Join the annual celebration of the gift of beautiful cherry trees from the people of Japan to the people of the United States. Then tour Washington, DC, Colonial Williamsburg and Arlington National Cemetery.

 Highlights
  • 9 Meals: 6 breakfasts and 3 dinners
  • Round trip airport transfers
  • Spend four nights in the Washington, DC area
  • Enjoy reserved grandstand seating to the National Cherry Blossom Parade
  • Tour Mount Vernon, the expansive estate of George and Martha Washington
  • Arlington National Cemetery* and the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
  • Washington, DC touring with a local guide including the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center along with the FDR, Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials
  • Visit the National WWII Memorial, the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II
  • Experience the Washington, DC National Mall Area at night on a panoramic Illumination tour
  • Visit Ford’s Theatre, see the play One Destiny and visit Petersen House
  • Visit the Smithsonian Institution’s American History Museum
  • Tour Jamestown Settlement, Powhatan Indian Village and visit the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown Museum
  • Full day at Colonial Williamsburg, the nation’s largest living history museum
  • Traditional Tavern dinner in historic Colonial Williamsburg

 Itinerary
Day 1  Arrive in Washington, DC
Your tour begins with an included transfer from Washington Reagan National Airport and a welcome dinner at 6:00 p.m. hosted by your Tour Manager. Meal: D
Day 2  National Cherry Blossom Parade & Mount Vernon
Enjoy the beauty and aroma of blossoming cherry trees as we view the National Cherry Blossom Parade from reserved seats. No tour of colonial America is complete without a stop at Mount Vernon, the expansive estate of George and Martha Washington.

Visit the new Ford Orientation Center and the Donald W. Reynolds Museum where you will have the chance to experience Washington's life through movies and exhibitions. Explore his mansion filled with 18th-century treasures and stroll the gardens of this 45-acre estate, taking in the views of the Potomac River from the mansion’s piazza. Meals: B
Day 3  Arlington National Cemetery & Washington, DC Touring
Sightseeing in your nation’s capital includes Arlington National Cemetery* and the John F. Kennedy Memorial. See the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In the mall area see the FDR, Vietnam and Lincoln Memorials along with the National WWII Memorial. After dinner an Illumination tour of Washington, DC’s mall area highlights the nation’s monuments and memorials. Meals: B, D
Day 4  Ford’s Theatre, Petersen House & Smithsonian’s Museum of American History
Begin the day at Ford’s Theatre where on April 14, 1865 President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. See the one act play One Destiny which recounts the evening’s events before visiting Petersen House, the boarding house where Lincoln died.

Later, enjoy time to visit the Smithsonian Institution, the world’s largest museum complex and research organization and composed of 16 museums in Washington, DC. The American History Museum’s collection contains more than three million historical objects including the famed Star-Spangled Banner as well as documents which explore the evolution of the American identity. Meal: B
Day 5  Jamestown Settlement & American Revolution Museum at Yorktown
Today features a journey of historic proportions. At Jamestown Settlement, the site of America’s first permanent English colony, explore life at the dawn of the 17th-century inside the palisade of a re-created colonial fort. Also discover the world of Pocahontas in the Powhatan Indian Village. At the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown learn about the Revolution that led to the establishment of a new nation almost two centuries later. Meal: B
Day 6  Colonial Williamsburg
In Colonial Williamsburg, stroll streets dating back to the 1700s. Converse with residents playing the roles of their ancestors of more than 200 years ago. Tonight, enjoy a traditional Colonial tavern dinner in Williamsburg. Meals: B, D
Day 7  Washington, DC & Home
Travel to Washington, DC on a group transfer to Washington Reagan National Airport for flights out after 2:00 p.m. Meal: B

 Accommodations
Days 1 - 4  Sheraton Pentagon City, Arlington, Virginia
Days 5 - 6  Woodlands Hotel & Suites, Williamsburg, Virginia
 

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 Dates and Rates
Departure Dates Per Person twin Single Room
April 12, 2024 Request a Quote $2,299 + $1,099
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Rooms for the before and after the tour are available. Cost for a room in Arlington is $349, tax included.

*Valid U.S. state or federal government-issued photo identification required for entry to Arlington National Cemetery.

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