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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. |
| 10:00 AM | Arrival into Westchester County Travel north on historic Route 9, following the path of the Hudson River, to the Philipsburg Manor Visitor Center in Sleepy Hollow. Transfer to Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate, in Sleepy Hollow. |
| 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 include: 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) |
| 6:00 –10:00 PM | Evening out at Westchester Broadway Theatre, One Broadway Plaza in Elmsford off Route 9A. 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 | Depart Westchester County |
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