Overnight Tours

Please Note: You cannot register for these trips online. Please call the Center at 703-790-0123, TTY: 711, for registration information.
 
Amber Tours of McLean and the McLean Community Center are sponsoring the following overnight tours.

New York, New York “The Big Apple”
Sunday, March 22 – Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Start spreading the news! New York City, here we come! Shake off the winter blues and come along with us to everyone’s favorite city! Enjoy deluxe motor coach transportation from the McLean Community Center in to the heart of midtown Manhattan. We will enjoy club-level service at the Sheraton New York Hotel located in the heart of the theatre district. Our club-level service includes a wonderful lounge and bar on the 34th floor. Enjoy appetizers each evening as well as deluxe continental breakfast each morning. The views are terrific and the service is first rate!

Your first bite of “The Big Apple” will be orchestra seats to A Tale of Two Cities, the must see show on Broadway! This musical adaptation of Dickens’ classic novel has wowed audiences in London; and we have your ticket. Our favorite guide, Dennis,
will give us a great “noshing tour.” “Noshing” is a New York term for eating, so our second bite of the “Big Apple” will be touring ethnic eateries and neighborhoods in lower Manhattan. We also will tour the United Nations and have a delicious lunch in the beautiful Delegates Dining Room that overlooks the East River. To cap off our New York trip, we’ll see the London Symphony Orchestra perform at Lincoln Center. Sign up early for this fabulous trip.

“The Big Apple” Trip Includes:
• Round-trip motor coach transportation with Scenic America
• Two nights at Sheraton New York Hotel
• Continental breakfast each morning
• Tickets for A Tale of Two Cities
• Tour of ethnic neighborhoods in lower Manhattan
• Tour of the United Nations and lunch in the Delegates Dining Room
• Tickets for London Symphony Orchestra at Lincoln Center
• All taxes and gratuities
• Trip cancellation wavier

7006.390 • $1,195 per person/$1,095 McLean district residents, based on double  occupancy. Single supplement is $350. A $200 deposit is required to reserve a space for this trip. Final payment will be due on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009. Please make checks payable to Amber Tours of McLean.

Nautical Newport
Newport, Rhode Island
Monday, June 22 – Friday, June 26, 2009

Sail away with us to magical Newport, Rhode Island. This sailing capital of the United  States has one of the most beautiful harbors in America.

While in Newport we will stay at The Hotel Viking, one of the “Historic Hotels of America,” as designated by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This beautiful, four-star inn boasts a scenic downtown location within easy walking distance of homes, museums and shops. We will visit some of the famed “cottages of Newport” and get a peek into the lives of the wealthy Victorians that summered in this fabled spot. We will tour the city and visit the National Museum of American Illustration, which features many of Norman Rockwell’s original works. We’ll dine at one of the finest restaurants in Newport, Twenty- Two Bowen’s Wine Bar and Grille and have a special lunch at Astors’ Beechwood Mansion.

As we travel up to Newport, we will spend the first night at the famed Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Connecticut. Spacious rooms, a variety of restaurants and shops, not to mention gaming, will all be available to you during our stay. On the return trip, we will spend our last night at the most historic Mohonk Mountain House, located in New Paltz, New York.

The Nautical Newport Trip Includes:
• Round-trip motor coach transportation with Scenic America
• One night’s lodging, dinner and breakfast included at Foxwoods Resort Casino
• Two nights’ lodging, breakfasts included, at The Hotel Viking
• Admission to all tours and the museum
• Lunch at Astors’ Beechwood Mansion
• Two dinners in Newport
• One night’s lodging, including three meals, at Mohonk Mountain House
• All taxes and gratuities
• Trip cancellation wavier

7008.190 • $1,695 per person/$1,595 McLean district residents, based on double occupancy. Single supplement is $440. A $200 deposit is required to reserve a space for this trip. Final payment will be due on Friday, May 1, 2009. Please make checks payable to Amber Tours of McLean.