Ozark Country Fall Foliage

Day 1

Touring southward through the lovely Shenandoah Valley will bring us to our lodging for the evening in Virginia.

Day 2

The Tennessee country will provide the scenery enroute to Nashville and our home for the evening. We will tour the famous Opryland Hotel before checking-in to our evening traditional accommodations at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel. Later, we will depart for the Nashville Nightlife Theater for dinner and entertainment.

Day 3

Our morning adventure will be a visit to Loretta Lynn's Ranch, with museum and plantation home tour along with a simulated coal mine tour. This afternoon we will tour Graceland, home of Elvis Presley. Lodging this evening will be at the Drury Inn.

Day 4

Crossing the mighty Mississippi River, the fertile flat lands, and then winding through the Ozark Mountains with its beautiful foliage, will bring us to Mountain View, Arkansas, and the Ozark Folk Center. Watch authentic craftspeople at work and listen to the music, history and customs of a still existing mountain folk. Departing the Ozark Folk Center by mid-afternoon we will travel to Eureka Springs, Arkansas where we will check-in to our lodging and get dinner before attending the Great Passion Play, the live reenactment of the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ by a cast of 200.

Day 5

After checking-out of our hotel, we will visit Christ of the Ozarks, a seven story statue whose outspread arms, measuring 65 feet across, give the appearance of a mammoth cross. We'll depart for Branson for lunch on our own before attending The Duttons Matinee, as well as an evening performance of the Six Show.

Day 6

This morning we will attend the best show in Branson to hear traditional Country Music at the Down Home Country Show. This afternoon we will tour the Titanic Museum. Dinner will be at McFarlain's Family Restaurant followed by a show of one-of-a-kind mix of country, gospel, bluegrass and hilarious comedy at Presleys' Country Jubilee.

Day 7

Favored by its location on Table Rock Lake and Lake Taneycomo, Branson is one of Missouri's largest resort areas. This morning we will visit Silver Dollar City, a replica of an Ozark Pioneer Settlement where more than 30 traditional crafts are demonstrated and country entertainment is featured. (A craft festival is held at Silver Dollar City each year throughout October.) Dinner and show will be aboard the Showboat Branson Belle followed by the Pierce Arrow evening show.

Day 8

Today we will visit the lovely restored waterfront area of St. Louis, the Gateway to the West. We enjoy a guided tour of St. Louis before continuing on to our lodging in Mount Vernon, Illinois.

Day 9

This afternoon we will experience the thrill of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs when we have a tour (weather permitting) plus visit the Derby Museum housing three floors of derby displays and memorabilia. Our lodging this evening will be in Dublin, Ohio.

Day 10

Today, our arrival home will be early evening.

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 can not 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 the driver at the time of boarding. Daily seat rotation is practiced on most multi-day tours. Seat rotation will be explained by your driver or tour escort.

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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, B=Full Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner