WILLIAMSBURG GRAND ILLUMINATION

December 6-8

Price per person:

$409 Double
$529 Single ~ $368 Triple ~ $348 Quad ~ $269 Child

2 Continental Breakfasts - 2 Dinners

Day 1

• Travel through Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland to Virginia: Williamsburg
• Overnight for 2 nights: Williamsburg, Virginia
• Enjoy the festivities of Colonial Williamsburg’s Grand Illumination with more than 1,200 lights illuminating the buildings, shops and homes in the Historic Area
• Dinner (included) at a local eatery

Day 2

• Continental Breakfast (included) at hotel
• Explore Colonial Williamsburg, the nation’s oldest and largest outdoor living history museum
• Dinner (included) at a Colonial Tavern in the Historic Area

Day 3

• Continental Breakfast (included) at hotel
• Return to Colonial Williamsburg for more to explore and enjoy lunch, on own
• Visit Berkeley Plantation, a James River plantation, where settlers observed the first official Thanksgiving in America
• Mid-day departure for Franconia with an evening return

The Grand Illumination tradition, that takes visitor’s breath away, began in 1935 when a single candle was lit in a window of each of the homes and shops throughout the historic area. Now, as it marks the beginning of the Christmas season in Williamsburg , the thousands of candles attract over 25,000 visitors a year.

Colonial Williamsburg is a picture of everyday life in the 18 th-century capital of Virginia . Its mile-long historic area is a living-history museum of exhibition buildings and period interpreters re-creating the spirit and culture of the Colonial City . In 1926, philanthropist John D. Rockefeller Jr. embarked a massive project to preserve the historic buildings in Williamsburg . Costumed interpreters—tradesmen, housewives, and soldiers—all go about their 18 th century business.

The Berkeley Plantation is a Georgian Mansion furnished with a magnificent collection of 18 th-century antiques. It is the most historic plantation on the James River . In 1619, settlers observed the first Thanksgiving in America at Berkeley . It is the birthplace of Benjamin Harrison V, signer of the Declaration of Independence , and three times governor of Virginia . Also, “Taps” was composed at Berkeley when General George McClellan headquartered 140,000 Union troops there in 1862.

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WILLIAMSBURG GRAND ILLUMINATION - December 6-8, 2009 $409.00 [Request Reservation]