Long Island & the Hamptons

Day 1

With an early departure we will arrive mid-morning at Old Westbury Gardens, which is the former estate of businessman John Shaffer Phipps, an heir to the Phipps family fortune. The Phipps' carefully designed and curated home reveals their deep love for art and design, from architecture and landscape to their impressive personal collection of art and antiques. The property was converted into a museum home in 1959 and has been enjoyed by locals and travelers ever since. Lunch will be on your own followed by a guided tour at Raynham Hall Museum, home of George Washington's intelligence operative, Robert Townsend, which is a time capsule of Long Island life in the 18th and 19th centuries. Later we will check-in to our hotel accommodations, dinner will be included at a local restaurant.

Day 2

This morning after breakfast, we will meet the local guide who will lead us through the magical East End of Long Island. We will drive through the Southampton neighborhoods to see the estates of the rich and famous and view the majestic Atlantic Ocean from Coopers Beach, consistently named on the listing of America's Top Ten Beaches. We stop in Southampton Village for a walking tour and visit to the Southampton Historical Society. As we head for the lunch stop at a local restaurant, we will drive through Watermill, Bridgehampton, Sagaponack (America's most expensive zip code in 2015 & 2016), East Hampton, and Amagansett before arriving in Montauk. Following lunch, we will tour Montauk along with a self-guided tour of the Montauk Lighthouse and Museum. Dinner will be included this evening.

Day 3

After breakfast, we will meet our guide for a tour of Sag Harbor with stops at the Old Whalers' Church and The Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum. This afternoon, we will board the South ferry to Shelter Island then the North ferry to North Fork. Once on the peninsula we will stop in Greenport Village on our way to Pindar Vineyards for a wine tasting. Dinner will be included at a local restaurant.

Day 4

After breakfast, we will depart for the Walt Whitman Birthplace State Historic Site and Interpretive Center. Step back to the 1800s and interact with "Walt Whitman", brought to life by the appearance of an actor/scholar re-enactor. "Walt" will be reminiscing and storytelling as he guides us through both the Interpretive Center and the 19th century farmhouse in which he was born. Lunch will be on your own before departing for home.

Please note

Our intention is to run each tour as originally planned and published. However, if deemed necessary to do so, Perkiomen Tours reserves the right to make changes to tour components, schedules or itineraries without prior notification.

Tips for Perkiomen motorcoach drivers and tour escorts are not included in the price of this tour. We feel that these gratuities should be extended on an individual basis and dictated by the level of service provided.

Motorcoach seating is assigned at the time of reservation but cannot be guaranteed. Although we do our best to keep each traveler in the seat assigned at the time of reservation, there are times that it is necessary to move seat locations. Please be sure to verify your final seat number(s) with your driver at the time of boarding. Historically, daily seat rotation was practiced on most multi-day tours. We have suspended this practice for a period of time. Seat rotation will be explained by your driver or tour escort if reinstated.

Perkiomen Tours recommends that you consider purchasing Travel Insurance for your tour. Travel Insurance is purchased directly by you from a third-party of your choice. One option is Travel Safe Insurance. You can purchase insurance directly from Travel Safe through our website. www.perkiomentours.com.

To fully participate in this tour may require extended amounts of walking. There may be steps, inclines, uneven surfaces or extended periods of standing. Participants with physical limitation should take this into consideration.

CB=Continental Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner