Tour of the Philadelphia Flower Show: Gardens of Tomorrow

The Philadelphia Flower is the world’s oldest and largest indoor flower show, attracting more than 260,000 people annually. This year’s theme is “Gardens of Tomorrow” and features large-scale gardens, elaborate landscapes, and over-the-top floral creations. Visitors to the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show are treated to fabulous design, live entertainment, gardening how-to workshops and lectures by experts. Plus over 150 vendors.
During your stay you will also visit Longwood Gardens. Longwood Gardens is one of the world’s premier horticultural destinations. In spring, we experience the dazzling world of orchids as the Conservatory is transformed into a lush oasis showcasing the divas of the plant world. Longwood’s Conservatory is one of the world’s great greenhouse structures. It shelters 20 indoor gardens and 5,500 types of plants. We also allow plenty of time to stroll the outside gardens (over 1,000 acres) and tour the DuPont House.
A trip to Philadelphia would not be complete unless you talked about art.
The centrepiece of any art tour to Philadelphia is a visit to the magnificent Barnes Foundation. The Barnes Foundation houses one of the most important private art collections in the world. 181 Renoirs, 69 Cezannes, 46 Picassos, 59 Matisse, 21 Soutines, as well as innumerable Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works adorn its walls. It has been estimated that the Barnes collection is worth as much as 30 billion dollars. This astounding collection is considered to be arguably the best in the world.

An optional visit to the Philadelphia Museum of Art will also be available.

To complete your discovery of Philadelphia, a walking tour of the Historic District is also included.

 Tour itinerary:

• Day 1
  At 6:30am the bus departs from Westgate Shopping Centre. A lunch stop will be made en-route. Your drive will take you through New York and Pennsylvania to Philadelphia. Expect to arrive at your downtown hotel at 5:00 pm. Your hotel for the next 4 nights is centrally located the Warwick Hotel in Rittenhouse Square.
• Day 2
  We start our Philadelphia Discovery Tour with a driving/walking city tour -highlighting the USA’s largest historic district. This tour will include the Liberty Bell. The afternoon is a free to discover the Philadelphia Museum of Art or the many other museums and attractions that make up Philadelphia. Margaret will also have some suggestions.
• Day 3
  This morning you will depart for the Convention Center and the Philadelphia Flower Show. Philadelphia Flower Show is the nation’s largest and longest-running horticultural event and features stunning displays by the world’s premier floral and landscape designers. You will have the full morning to enjoy the show. Tickets will be handed out on the coach.
  Midday we will depart the Flower Show for the Barnes Institute. Your visit to the Barnes will include a self-guided tour with audio sets. There are no restrictions on how long you may stay, but once you leave the facility you may not re-enter.
  Our coach will provide shuttle service to the hotel or back to the flower show. Times for the shuttle will be provided by your guide.
• Day 4
  This morning, we depart from the hotel for our trip to the Brandywine Valley and our guided tour of Longwood Gardens. After lunch at their café (at your own expense) we will board the coach for our journey back to Philadelphia. There are several museums in the downtown core that are worth a visit and your guide will be happy to give you directions to these museums.
• Day 5
  Our departure this morning will be at 9:00am. A lunch stop will be made en-route, as well as a stop at Duty Free. Expect to arrive at the Westgate Shopping Centre at approximately 6:30pm.

Itinerary subject to change.

What’s included:
• Round trip transportation by private charted deluxe coach;
• 4 nights accommodation – Warwick Rittenhouse Square, downtown Philadelphia;
• Baggage handling;
• Admission to the Philadelphia Flower Show; Longwood Gardens; Barnes Foundation
• Includes services of Margaret Dailey-Plouffe, Travac Tour Director
What’s not included:
• Items of a personal nature
• Travel insurance
• Meals
• Gratuities to Travac Tour Director and your motorcoach driver.

A valid, current Passport is required for entry to the US.

To Book: Call Travac Tours 613-728-1934 – Martha at ext.221