Day 1. Arrival in New York. Hotel accommodation. Leisure time. Overnight in New York.
Day 2. The start of the tour of Chicago. Transfer to the shore of Erie Lake (from New York). Cleveland city (state Ohio). Getting familiar with the city. Overnight.
Day 3. Moving to Illinois. Arriving in the city of Chicago – one of the most famous and attractive cities in America located on the shores of Lake Michigan. Hotel accommodation. Getting familiar with the city. Evening tour. Downtown
Day 4. Continue exploring Chicago. Sightseeing tour of the city: parks, plazas, monuments, Bahai Temple, Art Institute, the Magnificent Mile, the Polish Corridor and more. America’s highest skyscraper – Sears Tower. Cruise on Lake Michigan.
Day 5. Moving to Milwaukee city (state Wisconsin). City tour. Visiting “The House on the Rock” – a unique entertainment town on the rock. Return to Chicago.
Day 6. Moving to Detroit. Getting familiar with the city. A unique Ford Museum (entrance fees are paid on spot). Overnight at the hotel.
Day 7. Departing from Detroit. Stops along the way. Return to New York (in the evening).
Day 8. New York. Sightseeing bus tour which includes the main showplaces of the city: Downtown, Battery Park, Wall Street, Ground-Zero, a spectacular panorama of bridges, the United Nations, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue, Broadway, Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and others (duration: 6-7 hours). Overnight in New York.
Day 9. Tour to Niagara Falls – one of the natural wonders of the world (documents are not required). The American side of the Niagara River. Niagara Falls, observation tower and platforms. Cruise on the Niagara River and under the waterfalls (optional). Niagara in the evening, lights, backlighting. Stroll. Overnight in Niagara Falls.
Day 10. Niagara Falls. Goat Island with a magnificent panorama of the river and waterfalls. The Three Sisters Islands, scenic views of Niagara – the river, rocks, boulders, rapids and falls. Returning to New York for a scenic drive through the state of New York, plains and mountain areas, rivers and lakes. Overnight in New York.
Day 11. Moving to Washington, the capital of the US. Support of a guide providing useful information along the route. Sightseeing tour of the capital. Evening tour with a visit to the memorials and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Overnight in Washington.
Day 12. Washington. Arlington Memorial Cemetery. A visit to the Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the National Gallery and other attractions. Return to New York.
Day 13. End of the tour. Transfer to the airport. Departure.
The dates for the start of the tour (2014):
January: 12 15 17
February: 9 12 14
March: 2 5 7 20 21 22 23 24
April: 9 10 11 12 13 14 20 23 25 27 30
May: 2 7 8 9 10 11 12 18 21 23
June: 1 4 6 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 25 26 27 28 29 30
July: 6 9 11 13 16 18 23 24 25 26 27 28 30 31
August: 1 2 3 4 10 13 15 17 20 22 24 27 29 31
September: 3 5 11 12 13 14 15 21 24 26 28
October: 1 3 5 8 10 15 16 17 18 19 20 26 29 31
November: 5 6 7 8 9 10 22 23 24 25 26
December: 7 10 12 20 24 25 26 28 29
The cost of the program is AZN 1600 per person excluding the airfare and visa fees.
