The Brandywine Valley: Holiday Decorations







Our itinerary includes visits to:  
LONGWOOD GARDENS, WINTERTHUR and THE BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM.  



No other place evokes charming images of Currier & Ives more than the Brandywine Valley. Our OVERNIGHT trip will give you inspiration for special holiday ideas, memories of glorious lights, flower arrangements, and unusual decorations.






1.  Wednesday, November 29     Brandywine
In the morning our coach departs Newark from The Gateway Hilton where public parking is available.  We arrive at the Brandywine River Museum in time for lunch.  Each year the Museum continues a famous tradition of displaying a Victorian dollhouse, antique dolls from the collection of Ann Wyeth McCoy and thousands of natural ornaments on holiday and diorama settings which have filled trees at the White House and the Smithsonian Institution.  Next stop we enjoy the Holiday Wonderland at Longwood Gardens. Thousands of poinsettias, towering Christmas trees and fragrant flowers fill the Conservatory’s crystal palace. Over 400,000 lights glow from outdoor beds in the shape of anemones, azaleas, hyacinths, lilacs, and roses, huge snowflakes made of lights appear to fall like stars from the skies, and many-colored lights glow in the trees. We depart for the Mendenhall Hotel, central for touring the area for a lovely dinner and overnight.



2.  Thursday, November 30     Yuletide
A Full hot Breakfast is served before we depart for Winterthur, one of America’s premier estates where glittering lights announce the lavish displays inside the mansion. Yuletide at Winterthur has been a tradition for 25 years. You’ll marvel at the annual displays of holiday trees, greenery and flowers as you stroll through a showcase of exquisite rooms dressed with rural and urban settings from the 18th through the 20th centuries.  We tour the house and enjoy a private buffet lunch.  Following lunch we have time for exploration and purchases at their phenomenal Yuletide Shop. We depart for Newark where we will arrive approximately 6:00PM.





This engaging experience includes:

  • Roundtrip motor coach transportation
  • One night hotel
  • 1 breakfast, 2 lunches, 1 dinner
  • Entrances to the attractions
  • Tips and gratuities (including bus driver)
PROGRAM PRICES  
Per person (double occupancy) from New York: $350.00  
Single Supplement: $65.00