GATEWAY:  Watertown or Rome
TOUR NUMBER:  TNY-NCL-01
DEPARTS:  Daily in 2011 – May 15 through October 31

In a quiet corner of New York’s Adirondack region, the unspoiled America of an earlier age awaits the visitors willing to stray a little from the beaten path.  It’s a place where friendly, honest people go about their business with a cheerful word for the passing stranger.  Lewis County still maintains the spirit of the early settlers while many of their original dwellings still stand dating from the early 1800’s.  Several serve as area museums.

Highlight Inclusions:
• American Maple Museum in Croghan
• Constable Hall Restored Home in Constableville
• The Mennonite Farm near Croghan
• Lunch coupon
• Village shopping
• Tug Hill Winery

*Hotel or B&B Twin Triple Single Ridgeview Motor Lodge $99 $97 $140 The Edge Hotel $105 $103 $146 Butterscotch House $109 $107 $150		*When you click on each accommodation you will be taken to a new window with image of hotel, included features and freebies plus any additional programs with an extra charge (such as Syracuse Stage, Opera etc.) All rates are per person. Package details & rates are subject to change and availability.
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Surprising Syracuse & Skaneateles Lake
Featuring Attractions along the Oswego Canal
4 days & 3 nights
Pavillion on Skaneateles Lake.

GATEWAY:  Syracuse
TOUR NUMBER:  TNY-CNY-01
DEPARTS:  Daily in 2011 – May 15 through October 31

Culture and heritage are on parade in Central New York’s city of Syracuse and Onondaga County.   Visit intriguing stops on the Underground Railroad like the Onondaga Historical Association Museum and Matilda Joslyn Gage Center.  Learn where 75% of the world’s salt as produced in the 1870’s and take a dinner cruise on the beautiful Finger Lake of Skaneateles.  You’ll also have time for the Erie Canal Museum, the only remaining weigh lock building in the United States where Erie Canal boats were weighed in order to pay their usage tax on the Canal and a meal coupon at the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, voted America’s best barbeque by ABC’s Good Morning America Poll in 2010. There is also a full day to travel along the Oswego River and Canal to Lake Ontario while visiting Safe Haven Museum & Education Center, Fort Ontario, John Wells Pratt House and the H. Lee White Marine Museum.

Highlight Inclusions:
• Erie Canal Museum
• Tram ride on the banks of Onondaga Lake
• Onondaga Salt Museum
• Onondaga Historical Association Museum
• Carousel Center Mall Passport to Savings Coupons
• Matilda Joslyn Gage Center
• Skaneateles Lake Dinner Cruise  
• Skaneateles village shopping
• Paul de Lima Coffee Company Tastings & Museum
• Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Restaurant Gift Card - $25.00
• Safe Haven Museum & Education Center
• Fort Ontario
• John Wells Pratt House
• H. Lee White Marine Museum

*Hotel or B&B Twin Triple Single Ramada Syracuse $338 $333 $466 Sheraton Syracuse University $394 $387 $520 Embassy Suites $473 $453 $581		*When you click on each accommodation you will be taken to a new window with image of hotel, included features and freebies plus any additional programs with an extra charge (such as Syracuse Stage, Opera etc.) All rates are per person. Package details & rates are subject to change and availability.
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Syracuse, 1000 Islands and the War of 1812 Bicentennial 3 days & 2 nights A panorama of Alexandria Bay featuring Boldt Castle on Heart Island. Photo taken by: Jiri Eischmann
GATEWAY:  Syracuse TOUR NUMBER:  TNY-WAR-01 DEPARTS: Daily in 2011 – June 1 through September 30 Culture and heritage abound in Syracuse with the Matilda Joslyn Gage Center featuring her life and work as well as the location that L Frank Baum wrote the very famous Wizard of Oz book. (Baum was Ms. Gage’s son-in-law!)  Onondaga Historical Association Museum with its Underground Railroad display is also included.  A full day in the 1000 Islands that includes Alexandria Bay, boat ride to Boldt Castle and in Clayton a visit to the Antique Boat Museum.  Finish the day with a stop at Sackets Harbor where you can walk the ramparts and view where one of the first battles of the War of 1812 took place.  Included as well is the Carousel Center Mall and the Paul deLima Coffee Company and Museum. Highlight Inclusions: • Matilda Joslyn Gage Center • Onondaga Historical Association • Alexandria Bay and roundtrip boat ride to Heart Island • Admission and tour of Boldt Castle • Antique Boat Museum • Sackets Harbor Battlefield and Visitors Center • Carousel Center Mall • Paul deLima Coffee Company *Hotel or B&B Twin Triple Single Ramada Syracuse $199 $193 $299 Sheraton Syracuse University $255 $249 $389 Embassy Suites $274 $268 $464 *When you click on each accommodation you will be taken to a new window with image of hotel, included features and freebies plus any additional programs with an extra charge (such as Syracuse Stage, Opera etc.) All rates are per person. Package details & rates are subject to change and availability. [top]