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Wining Around PA’s Susquehanna Valley, 1-2 Day, Lewisburg/Sunbury
A barrel of fun
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n Learn how to make a champagne cocktail and indulge in one yourself during a delicious meal at one of our landmark local restaurants.
n Choose from browsing in historic downtown Lewisburg named one of "America's best small-towns" filled with galleries and shoppes, a visit to a home and garden décor shop with a demo on how to create a living centerpiece or grapevine topiary, bargaining with Penn Dutch vendors at a true Farmers' Market (Wednesdays).
* Available Wednesday through Friday, year round.
Fun theme variations include:
▬ NEW Trick or Treat Wine Tour
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This tour pairs wine tastings with traditional Halloween candy at wineries in the Central Susquehanna Valley. On a day trip you can add in one or two additional activities such as:
n Tour of an artisan candle shop.
n Browsing a greenhouse for fall plants and pumpkins.
n Touring a chocolate factory with a treat for everyone.
Plus enjoy delicious dining such as brunch in a historic restaurant with a champagne cocktail demo or a meal at a winery.
* Available weekdays in October.
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From Farm to Fork, 1-2 Days
Buy fresh, buy local.
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Celebrate “green cuisine!” Try a “taste of place” tour focusing on our local landscape and farmers whose efforts bring fresh food to our tables. Tour one or two family farms such as a 112-acre farm specializing in sheep, pigs and chickens and a 39-acre produce farm where the owners grow heritage crops as well as contemporary favorites, with the opportunity to talk with the farmers about their sustainable agricultural practices. Collect eggs or felt wool from locally grown and sheared sheep, visit a Maze Park (see our A-Mazing Fun Tour, below), enjoy a seasonal meal featuring our local bounty, and perhaps visit a local farmers market.
n Our Barnyards to Vineyards and the Artisans In Between overnight trip includes a tour and tasting at two wineries plus gourmet meal overlooking a vineyard, farm tours as described above, farmers market plus artisan candlecrafter, artisan soap maker and more! Evening options include flashlight safari in a corn maize, line dancing or musical performer and if you dare we can include hog mud wrestling as a fun and dirty adventure. This makes a great fundraiser with lots of laughs for a good cause!
* Available Late-August to late-October to include corn maize.
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Just Desserts, 1 Day, Lewisburg Area
Eat dessert all day long!
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And The Secret Ingredient Is..., 1 Day, Lewisburg
Fresh local ingredients combined with a custom menu.
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The Victoria House Restaurant prides itself in combining fresh local ingredients with culinary expertise to create sensational seasonal meals that have one ingredient in multiple courses. Choose from:
n Summer menu with blueberries as the special ingredient.
n Fall menu with apples, pumpkins or squash.
n December menu with mint, or a Valentine's menu with chocolate.
Or tell us what you'd like the ingredient to be and we'll ask the chef to create a custom menu! We'll add in other local sites to compliment the theme for a delicious day.
* Available year round
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Elite Treats Millionaires Row, 1 Day, Williamsport
We’ll treat you like a millionaire!
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n Our Victorian-attired guide will lead you along Millionaires' Row where the 19th-century lumber barons built their mansions and churches. You'll visit the Romanesque-style Annunciation Catholic Church plus Queen Anne-style Rowley House Mansion to enjoy appetizers in the mansion's elegant dining room which was recently featured in "Victorian Homes" magazine for its wonderful stained glass and woodworking.
n Next stop, Herdic House, built as an Italianate mansion by Peter Herdic who was the founder of Millionaires' Row. Enjoy a delicious gourmet entree plus explore the site that includes a mahogany staircase curving three floors to a cupola.
n End with a cruise aboard the Hiawatha Riverboat, a replica of the vessel that graced the Susquehanna in the 1800's, and a selection of desserts including berry tarts, lemon bars and petit fors plus Victorian shrubs, a delicious fruit spritzer.
* Best Monday through Thursday, May through late-October.
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Photo courtesy of
Penn. College of Technology.
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Chocolate! Chocolate! Chocolate!, 1 Day, Williamsport
Chef demo and riverboat cruise.
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We offer a hands-on class lead by one of the chefs at a Williamsport culinary arts school where you can also dine in the teaching restaurant and peek into the teaching kitchen!
n Enjoy a chef demo class with a couple of volunteers helping create delicious chocolate desserts.
n For a natural pairing we will also include a Susquehanna River cruise with chocolate trufflettes and/or chocolate martinis for everyone.
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Rolling in the Dough!, 1 Day, Williamsport
An enriching experience!
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Learn how to make gourmet grilled pizza during a chef-demo class at a culinary shoppe and enjoy hearty samples for lunch during this tour in Williamsport.
n Get some "dough" yourself in the form of a "million dollar bill" during a Millionaires' Row Tour including visit to two grand historic buildings.
n End at a winery where you’ll learn how yeast turns juice into wine.
* Maximum group size for pizza class is 40.
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Wellsboro Backward Luncheon, 1 Day, Wellsboro
It runs “backward” just like the nearby Tioga River!
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| Sweet Treats, 1 Day, Wellsboro/ Sabinsville
Maple and chocolate goodies!
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Recipe Roulette, 1 Day, Lewisburg Area
Try to guess the recipe!
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| A fun day of exploring some of our favorite sites while collecting ingredients, learning interesting tidbits, and trying to guess what they make along the way. At the end of the day you'll get the recipe and a sample! |
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n Enjoy a tour and tasting at a local winery where you'll receive a split of wine.
* Available Monday through Saturday, year round.
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Eat Your Way Through PA, Multi-day Central PA Travel Corridor from NY Border to MD Border
Treats from our mountains and valleys.
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| Enjoy a tasting spree through PA. You decide how much of the state you want your taste buds to explore, then we'll design the package to meet your needs. Here are some of the options: |
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