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SAVANNAH, Georgia's oldest city, the savannah, is known for its gorgeous coastal landscapes and well-preserved history. A sweet Southern sanctuary where art, architecture​ and ghost tales collide under a shroud of Spanish moss. Its where culinary perfection meets seaside delights.

CHARLESTON, a coastal city with small-town charm, historic sites, and diverse cuisine. Known as “The Holy City,” because of its over 400 churches is brimming with historic structures, monuments, and majestic home-turned-museums that proudly boast the history of the United States.  

DAY ONE

• Today travel to Savannah, GA with lunch stop, on your own. Upon arrival, check into The Best Western Savannah Historic District hotel, for a two-night stay. After settling in you will have time to explore the area and Savannah’s River Street a glittering, multi-faceted gem along the broad Savannah River. The century old buildings, once cotton warehouses, have been converted to antique shops, distinctive boutiques, spectacular galleries, quaint brew pubs, fabulous restaurants, unique nightspots, elegant inns, and hotels. Bustling with welcoming hospitality.

• Tonight, you will enjoy a two-hour Sunset Dinner Cruise as a riverboat slowly takes you down the Savannah River. Enjoy a specially prepared buffet-style dinner, after dinner, enjoy the tunes from the 50’s through today performed by the riverboat entertainers and enjoy the calm Savannah evenings and the amazing sights and sounds of the historic city of Savannah.

DAY TWO 

• Enjoy a delicious breakfast, we will then meet our guide for a tour of Savannah’s Historic Area. Unique park like squares, cobblestone and brick streets, mansions and row houses are shaded by Live Oak trees draped in Spanish moss. 

• Following our tour, we will visit the Mercer-Williams House, featured in the Novel & Film, Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil.  Construction began in 1860, for General Hugh W. Mercer, great-grandfather of celebrated songwriter Johnny Mercer, and was subsequently interrupted by the Civil War. It was eventually completed in 1868, after General Mercer sold the unfinished structure to John R. Wilder. Thus, no Mercer ever actually lived in the house that bears their name. 

• We will continue to the Pirates House for a delicious buffet lunch. This unique restaurant was first opened in 1753 as an inn for seafarers, and fast became a meeting point for pirates and sailors from the Seven Seas. Since then, The Pirates House has been entertaining visitors with a bounty of delicious food, drink, and rousing good times.

• After lunch you will be free to stroll down River Street and have dinner on your own at one of the many fine restaurants. And don’t forget to stop at Savannah’s Candy Kitchen, known for its classic Southern candies and confections, such as pralines, pecan brittle and peanut brittle.

DAY THREE

• Following breakfast this morning, depart for Charleston, SC. On arrival, you will tour the Magnolia Plantation & Gardens founded in 1676 by the Drayton Family. The Plantation has survived for centuries and witnessed the history of our nation from the American Revolution through the Civil War and beyond. Enjoy a guided tour of the Plantation House with its elegant, columned porch and extensive collection of Early American museum and background on the Drayton’s family plantation living through ten generations.

• The Nature Tram is a 45-minute narrated tour of the Plantations, outside of its historic gardens and lawns, giving an insight into the story of how Magnolia Plantation has evolved since 1676. Also enjoy a self-guided walk through the famous Historic Garden, continually planted since 1680’s and displaying year-round color. 

• A boxed lunch is also included today at the Plantation.

• Then check into your Charleston area hotel, The Town Place Suites by Marriott, for a two-night stay. 

• Dinner tonight is included at Hymens Seafood Restaurant.

DAY FOUR

• After breakfast, we will then head for Wadmalaw Island for a tour of the Charleston Tea Gardens. For tea lovers, we promise a once in a lifetime experience.  Here's your chance to tour America's only tea factory. You'll learn all about how tea is made.  Large TV screens will introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Bigelow and explain in detail the tea making process. Embark on a memorable Trolley Tour through the beautiful gardens, lush landscapes, and endless rows of tea bushes with a stop at the greenhouse, where you'll disembark and witness the miracle of new tea bushes coming to life.

• A boxed lunch is also included today at the end of our tour of the Tea Gardens.

• We will return to Charleston where we will meet our local guide for a Historic Charleston Tour. One of the most beautiful and historic cities in the South with 300 years of Charleston history, grand homes, historic churches, and city monuments. During the tour you will see White Point Garden, Rainbow Row, Old Exchange Building, Four Corners of Law, Site of Gadsden Wharf, U.S. Custom House, Ashley Hall, The Battery, College of Charleston, and several historic churches. 

• Our tour will conclude at Charleston City Market where you will have free time to browse the historic area and the straw market. You will also be on your own for dinner at one of the restaurants in the historic area in and around Meeting Street, Market Street and Bay Street area.

DAY FIVE

• After a good night’s sleep and a deluxe hot breakfast buffet provided by our hotel, we will start our journey back to Sun City Center!

Includes 4 Nights’ Lodging, 9 Meals – 4 Breakfasts, 3 Lunch, 2 Dinners.

Double - $1050.00pp   Single $1375.00pp

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3 Days/2 Nights 

DAY ONE – ST AUGUSTINE

• Today travel to St. Augustine with lunch stop, on your own. Upon arrival we will have a guided tour of the Pirate & Treasure Museum. Set sail for Adventure! The St. Augustine Pirate & Treasure Museum offers an exciting and educational museum experience that transports back in time over 300 years to Port Royal, Jamaica, at the height of the Golden Age of Piracy.

• Check into the Hampton Inn St. Augustine Hotel - Hilton for a one-night stay. A little time to relax and freshen up before dinner.

• Dinner tonight will be at Hurricane Patty’s (Included)

• After dinner explore the darker side of the Nation’s Oldest City and let our Ghost Host be your guide on the Ghosts & Gravestones Fright seeing Trolley Tour. On this Trolley adventure we will discover the secrets of the Tolomato Cemetery, where you might catch a glimpse of Elizabeth, a child victim of yellow fever, waving to passersby. Get ready for an up close and personal encounter with the town’s most haunted building, the Old Jail. Listed on the Florida and National Register of Haunted Places, it is the site of countless documented paranormal experiences. Your final destination includes an exclusive nighttime experience inside of Potter’s Wax Museum. Don’t miss this frightfully fun riding tour!

DAY TWO – JACKSONVILLE

• After breakfast at the hotel, depart for Jacksonville, FL. Upon arriving we will visit Catty Shack Ranch Wildlife Sanctuary Our mission is to provide a safe, loving, forever home for endangered big cats, and to educate the public about their plight in the wild and captivity. Our current residents include tigers, lions, cougars, leopards, bobcats, servals, caracals, bears, foxes, and coatimundis (the last three are “honorary cats”).

• Our next stop will be at Sally Dark Rides. Take a tour of the robot factory which specializes in animatronics. SALLY Corp first began production of their mechanical figures in 1977 producing characters for dinner amusements like Chuck E Cheese. Sally Dark Ride boasts a talented team of storytellers, visionaries, artists, and technicians.

• We will also have a tour of Sweet Pete’s Candy - The Sweetest Destination on Earth! A 23,000 square foot Victorian mansion is filled with 3 floors of candy, craft sodas, a cafe, Bar and Ice Cream Parlor. Sweet Pete’s is a whimsical, colorful place, take a trip down memory lane in the retro candy shop, sample taffy, and explore new flavors. Each will receive a custom order chocolate bar.

• LUNCH (OYO) We're more than just candy! Fizzies & Fare, our in-house restaurant and bar, is home to 100s of unique craft sodas, over the top Crazy Shakes, classic American eats, candy inspired cocktails, and more! Serving classic burgers, wraps, salads and more. A sweet dining experience

• Check into the Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Jacksonville Town Center for a one-night stay.

• Dinner & show this evening. The Alhambra Theatre & Dining in Jacksonville, FL. is the oldest continuously running professional dinner theater in the United States, and the only professional resident theatre in Northeast Florida. “BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING STORY” - This jukebox musical tells the story of the legendary Carole King, her early years and rise to fame. Features songs like "So Far Away", "Will You Love Me Tomorrow", "I Feel The Earth Move" and "The Locomotion".

DAY THREE – AMELIA ISLAND

• Following breakfast this morning, depart for Amelia Island, a unique paradise among the chain of barrier islands that stretches along the east coast from South Carolina to Florida, including St. Simons Island, Hilton Head Island, Jekyll Island and Tybee Island to name just a few.  Amelia is 13 miles long and 4 miles wide at its widest point, located just south of Cumberland Island, Georgia. Amelia Island is rich in history, such as the landmark Historic District, Fort Clinch State Park, Old Town, and Fernandina Beach with its Victorian-era architecture. On arrival, we will embark on an exceptional 2 1/2-hour journey along the local waterways of Amelia and Cumberland Islands. We travel further north into Georgia, and it offers the most opportunity to see the wildlife, and time to hear about the area’s fascinating history. You will even be introduced to a little bit of Kings Bay Naval Station history and their Ohio class of nuclear submarines. Admire the fascinating Fernandina shrimp boats, historic Old Town, and iconic landmarks. Once a playground for the super-rich and famous, Cumberland Island is home to hundreds of feral horses, and you will learn the legendary tales of the Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Kennedy families’ history.

• After our cruise we will have time for Lunch (OYO) and shopping in Historic Fernandina Beach. Fernandina Beach is chockful of historic gems—a nice alternative to beach towns with flashy attractions and popped-up-yesterday T-shirt shops. Downtown is home to a 52-block historic district that's dotted with Victorian-era mansions. When it comes to eating, drinking, and being merry, Fernandina Beach has plenty of options. For those who like a little history stirred into their cocktails, there's The Palace Saloon, a bona fide institution that proudly lays claim to the title of Florida's oldest bar.

We will start our journey back home! With appropriate stops on the way.

Double - $550.00pp Single $700.00pp
$250 per person deposit due with reservation DBL (Non-Refundable)
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