East West Express – Escorted Tours in the USA

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16 Days / 15 Nights

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Your Itinerary		16 Days / 15 Nights
	The highlights of the East and West at a great price – and Continental Breakfast included!
	Included in this tour • Accommodation for 15 nights, including taxes and porterage • Air-conditioned motorcoach for the entire tour • Orientation tours in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC and Toronto • Admissions to all National Parks • Outbound airport transfer in Boston • Inbound airport transfer in Los Angeles by hotel shuttle • Daily Continental Breakfast

Day 1	Sunday Boston – New York area (219 m – 250 km)
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.
Day 2	Monday New York
Continental Breakfast. In the morning, a short trip across the Hudson River takes you 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.
Day 3	Tuesday New York area – Philadelphia – Washington DC area (237 m – 380 km)
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.
Day 4	Wednesday Washington DC
Continental breakfast. Our morning panoramic 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.
Day 5	Thursday Washington DC area – Niagara Falls (435 m – 690 km)
Continental Breakfast. An early morning departure takes us 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-to-day lives. Arrive in Niagara Falls in the early evening.
Day 6	Friday Niagara Falls – Toronto – Niagara Falls (172 m - 276 km)
Continental Breakfast. Cross the border into Canada and head for Toronto, where our 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.
Day 7	Saturday Niagara Falls – Boston (470 m - 752 km)
Continental Breakfast. Early departure for the return to Boston, passing through upstate New York and central Massachusetts. Evening at leisure.
Day 8	Sunday Boston – Los Angeles
Continental Breakfast. Transfer from your hotel for your flight to Los Angeles (flight not included in the tour price). Upon arrival in Los Angeles transfer from the airport to the hotel via the hotel’s shuttle.
Day 9	Monday Los Angeles – Las Vegas (270 m – 435 km)
Continental Breakfast. After boarding the motorcoach, travel through the desert and into the man-made paradise of Las Vegas. Enjoy this boomtown resort featuring non-stop casinos, fabulous entertainment, great restaurants and first-class shopping.
Day 10	Tuesday Las Vegas – Zion – Bryce Canyon (265 m – 424 km)
Continental Breakfast. Travel past the town of St. George to Zion National Park with its unique landscape and majestic plateaus. Continue to another spectacular National Park, Bryce Canyon where a symphony of colors and the intricate design of sandstone pinnacles and grottos will take your breath away.
Day 11	Wednesday Bryce Canyon – Capitol Reef – Arches – Moab (270 m – 432 km)
Continental Breakfast. An early departure to 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.

Day 12	Thursday Moab – Canyonlands – Mesa Verde – Cortez (115 m – 185 km)
Continental Breakfast. Discover Canyonlands National Park. The park preserves a colorful landscape eroded into numerous mesas and buttes by the Colorado River and its tributaries. You then enter Colorado and continue on to Mesa Verde National Park which contains over 600 cliff dwellings, formerly home to the Ancestral Pueblo Indians.

Day 13	Friday Cortez – Monument Valley – Lake Powell – Page (215 m – 345 km)
Continental Breakfast. Head for Monument Valley, land of the Navajo Indian. The Valley’s unforgettable landscapes include mesas, buttes and rock-spires – familiar from many cowboy movies. Continue across the desert to Page and Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made lakes in the world.

Day 14	Saturday Page – Grand Canyon – Williams (170 m – 275 km)
Continental Breakfast. Today’s highlight is 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 from 4 to 8 miles and attains a depth of more than a mile. Finish the day in the town of Williams, on world-famous Route 66.

Day 15	Sunday Williams – Las Vegas (217 m – 350 km)
Continental Breakfast. Crossing the Colorado River, travel along parts of historic Route 66 and enter the state of Nevada before reaching Las Vegas, the man-made miracle in the Mojave Desert.

Day 16	Monday Las Vegas – Los Angeles (270 m – 435 km)
Continental Breakfast. Return journey to Los Angeles.