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Norfolk Virginia featuring the NATO Festival
and International Military Tattoo
Four Days /
Five Meals
DATE: April 27-30, 2012
PRICE: $699 Double, $929 Single, $669 Triple
(per person)
20% deposit required; Optional Insurance 10%
DEPART: Goldens bridge 6:30 am; Mamaroneck 7:15 am;
Yonkers 8:00 am
RETURN: Yonkers 9:00 pm; Mamaroneck 9:30 pm; Goldens
Bridge 10:00 pm
Includes
transportation, admissions, guides, (3) night's accommodations, (3)
breakfasts, (1) lunch
(1) dinner, baggage handling, tour director, taxes and
gratuities
"The most incredible show I've ever seen!"
- Upper Class traveler from the 2011 Tattoo
Day One - Norfolk,
Virginia & Chesapeake Bay Bridge (Meals: D)
- Travel over "One of the Engineering Wonders of the Modern
World," the Chesapeake Bay Bridge, en route to Norfolk
- Dine inside Freemason Abbey, a 138 year-old renovated church,
- Enjoy Harborview rooms at the Sheraton Waterside Hotel, located
in downtown Norfolk, just steps from great shops and restaurants
Day Two -
Norfolk NATO Festival, Parade of Nations and International Military
Tattoo (Meals: B)
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Witness the Annual Parade of Nations from your reserved seating
along the parade route!
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Watch bands,
Tattoo performers and floats representing all 28 NATO members
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Explore 28
Countries without a Passport! Food, culture and entertainment are
just a few of the attractions in store for you at NATOFest 2012
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Tour the
Nauticus, a museum exploring the sea, then step aboard the USS
Wisconsin, one of the largest Battleships ever built
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The grand
finale tonight is the Virginia International Tattoo. Dubbed a
"spectacle of music and might," by CBS Sunday Morning, the Tattoo is
in the tradition of the Royal Edinburgh Tattoo - a modern-day
military celebration springing from a centuries-old ceremony.
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This is the
largest such celebration in the United States, and one of the most
spectacular in the world. This year's Tattoo brings more than 850
performers from several countries, as well as proud service men and
women from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marines.
Day Three -
Norfolk (Meals: B, L)
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This
morning, tour the Norfolk Naval Station with a Seaman stationed at
the base and see the Atlantic Naval Fleet
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Lunch inside
a restored carriage house dating back to the 1840's
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Narrated
tram tour of the Norfolk Botanical Gardens to witness over 175
varieties of rhododendrons and azaleas. Watch for one of the nesting
American bald eagles!
Optional Dinner Cruise - $69
per person
Join us for an unforgettable sunset
dinner cruise through Norfolk's Harbor to witness the Navy's
Atlantic Fleet |
Day Four -
Mt. Vernon, VA (Meals: B)
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