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Westchester
County, New York in the 
of the Hudson River Valley! |
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1-Day Garden Tour |
1-Day Shopping Tour |
2-Day Family Fun Itinerary |
2-Day Itinerary |
3-Day Itinerary |
Fall Driving Tour: Bridge to Bridge |
Fall Driving Tour: Foliage, Farms & Fine Estates |
Northern Sites |
Southern Scenes, and Sights of the Sound |
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| DAY ONE | From Rockland County or New Jersey, travel East across the Tappan Zee Bridge into Westchester County, take first exit - Route 9 North. |
| 10:00 AM |
Arrival into Westchester County |
| 10:30 AM | Tour of
Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate, Sleepy Hollow The expansive estate home of four generations of the Rockefeller family. Commanding a breathtaking view of the Hudson River, it features extensive stone terraces, formal gardens, glorious fountains, and Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller’s collections of 20th century art and sculpture. (914) 631-9491 www.hudsonvalley.org |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch any restaurant in the area. (Suggestions inlcude: Pennybridge restaurant at the Tarrytown Hilton on Route 9 or Allie's American Grille at Westchester Marriott on Route 119 or Horsefeathers Restaurant on Route 9.) |
| 2:00 PM | Tour of
Lyndhurst, on Route 9 in Tarrytown. America’s greatest Gothic Revival castle, occupied by three prominent New York City families, including financier Jay Gould. Now the property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Lyndhurst offers one of the finest examples of nineteenth-century estate landscapes, with splendid grounds and gardens. (914) 631-4481 www.lyndhurst.org |
| 4:00 PM | Check in at any of our Hotels in the Tarrytown area. (Marriott, Hilton, Dolce Tarrytown House, or Courtyard by Marriott) |
| 6-10:00 PM | Evening out at
Westchester Broadway Theatre, Elmsford. Enjoy a three-course dinner and a live musical performance a popular Broadway revival at the longest-running year-round Equity theater in New York State. (914) 592-2268 www.broadwaytheatre.com |
| DAY TWO |
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| 9:00 AM | Depart for Katonah, NY. Drive by John Jay Homestead and the Katonah Museum of Art, on Route 22 off of Route 35 en route to Caramoor. |
| 9:45 AM | Tour of the
Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, 149 Girdle Ridge Road, Katonah off of Route 35. Caramoor, a Mediteranean-style villa with several extensive gardens, is home to New York’s largest outdoor summer music festival, as well as year-round musical performances in many genres. Tours of the House Museum showcase period rooms filled with fine and decorative arts from Europe and China. (914) 232-5035 www.caramoor.com |
| 11:00 AM | Depart. Explore downtown Katonah's shopping and dining district. |
| 12:00 PM | Transfer to
The Westchester (Mall), White Plains for lunch in one of two restaurants, (City Limits Diner or P.F. Chang's) or individual lunches in food court. Free time to shop following lunch. Explore and shop at a superlative shopping destination boasting over 150 fine stores, including Nordstrom's, Neiman Marcus, Tiffany’s, Brooks Brothers, Louis Vuitton and more. (914) 421-1333 www.the-westchester-ny.com |
| 3:00 PM | Take a drive through the
PepsiCo Sculpture Garden off of Anderson Hill Road in Purchase or visit the
Neuberger Museum of Art off of Anderson Hill Road in Purchase. Then return to hotel. |
| 5:30 PM |
Depart for dinner out at one of our many restaurants throughout the County. Suggestions include: Outback Steakhouse in White Plains, Ruth Chris Steakhouse on Route 119, The Chart House in Dobbs Ferry, Etc. (See our Dining Guide for listings.) |
| 8-10:00 PM | Evening at
The Performing Arts Center, Purchase The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College, now in its 24th stellar season, is the region’s largest arts center, offering over 70 events each season of dance, classical music, jazz, theater and family events. (Home to the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra) Phone #(914) 251-6200 www.artscenter.org OR Evening at a Comedy Club, Imax Theater or Video Arcade in New Roc City, Le Count Place, New Rochelle, (914)235-6200 |
| DAY THREE |
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| 9:00 AM | Breakfast and Check-out. |
| 10:00 AM | Depart for tour of
Sunnyside, West Sunnyside Lane off Route 9 in Tarrytown. Guides in 17th century costume lead tours of the “cozy snuggery” of Washington Irving directly on the banks of the Hudson River. Irving, the legendary American author of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” and “Rip Van Winkle”, made Tarrytown his final home. (914) 591-8763. www.hudsonvalley.org |
| 11:30 AM | Depart for
Hudson River Museum, 511 Warburton Avenue in Yonkers off Saw Mill River parkway south for tour,
planetarium star show, and lunch in the Hudson River Café. A cultural complex on the banks of the Hudson River, the Museum includes modern galleries with changing displays of 19th and 20th century art, and the state-of-the-art Andrus Planetarium. The museum also includes the Glenview Mansion, the restored home of John Trevor now on the National Register, built in 1876 with a High Victorian mixture of Gothic and Second Empire styles. (914) 963-4550. www.hrm.org |
| 2:00 PM | Depart Westchester County |
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