Central Valleys of the Susquehanna Mutli-Day Options

n     Enjoy a driving tour and visits the magnificent Victorian Romanesque Annunciation Church and the Holy Cross Orthodox Church, featuring a hand-painted mural and relics, plus drive by the largest portrait mural in the world. 

n     Visit a culinary arts institute for a a behind-the-scenes kitchen peak and lunch.  

n    Plus your choice of visits one or two of the following sites: the historic Community Arts Center now a state-of-the-art theatre, an artists’ complex plus shoe outlet for “soles” of a different sort, the Taber Museum displaying a Tiffany-stained glass church window and art by Severin Roesen, one of Jackie Onassis favorites.  

n     Our "convict" guide an accomplished "escape artist", will lead groups on crooked trail through Williamsport and Lewisburg to views of the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary where Al Capone and Jimmy Hoffa did time! He often cases the homes of millionaires of today and yesterday sometimes discovering hidden stashes of “million dollar bills” and joins you for “time up river” during a Susquehanna River luncheon cruise served by more convicts! . 

*   Available weekdays, year round.

Take Me Out To The Ballgame, 1-2 Days, Williamsport Area Baseball today & yesterday!

n  Williamsport is rich in baseball history as the home of Original Little League started here in the 1930’s by brothers seeking to provide wholesome fun for their children, the current headquarters of Little Leaque International and home to the annual Little League World Series and Museum, plus site of historic Historic Bowman field where the Williamsport Crosscutters currently play as a Class B affiliate of the world-champion Philadelphia Philies.   n  Options include tours of both stadiums, visit to the Little League Museum, visit to Original League field, Crosscutters home game plus other local sites. For a wonderful family getaway we can include a Susquehanna riverboat cruise plus Penn’s Cave, American’s only all-water cavern plus wildlife park, in Centre Hall. Or tour of a Sheep Farm where you’ll see how the animals are raised for their prize fibers!  *   Options spring-fall, best weekdays with some weekend options.  Barnyards, Vineyards and the Artisans in Between, 2 Days Lewisburg Area Buy fresh, buy local. n  A a tour and tasting at two wineries plus gourmet meal overlooking a vineyard. n  Farm tours, farmers market plus artisan candlecrafter and soap maker plus more!    n  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-May to late-October.   A Susquehanna Valley Artisan Sampler Overnight, 1-2 Days Lewisburg Area  Hand-crafted specialties! This guided tour includes specialty sites in the Lewisburg and Mifflinburg areas. Select three of the sites listed below to visit on a day tour, or visit them all on an overnight. For more fun we can make this a goodie bag tour and include gifts from each site! Beautifully handcrafted soaps from Pompeii Soap Co. n Sensation Sweets' candy factory tour with delicious gift. n Pompeii Street Soap Company for demo, browsing and a bar of soap for everyone.  n Colonial Candlecrafters for workshop tour and demo.  n Country Farm & Home for browsing at the home and garden boutique. n Shade Mountain Winery for tour and tasting.  n Green Ridge Market to browse the Penn Dutch country market and/or Wedneday Farmers Market. *  Options available Mon. - Sat., year round. Best of the Valley & Mountains, 3 Days,  Lewisburg/ Williamsport/ Wellsboro  From flatlanders to ridgerunners! Learn about the people that made this area the lumber capitol of the world in the 1800’s, from the mountain “ridgerunners” who timbered the forests to the valley “flatlanders” including mill workers and millionaire lumber barons. n Enjoy views of the PA Grand Canyon now lush again after being stripped of its timber in the mid-1800's, plus the adventure of covered wagon rides and/or a train excursion! n Select from the Williamsport area activities including Susquehanna River cruise, Millionaires' Row tour with visits to one or more of the architectural masterpieces that made it famous, gourmet dining in a historic lumber mansion and/or at Le Jeune Chef where the chefs of tomorrow are being trained at the Pennsylvania College of Technology's culinary school, tour of the Taber Museum or Sones Farm Museum. n Choose Lewisburg activities such as tour of the Packwood House Museum or Slifer House Victorian Mansion, wine tasting, gourmet dining and chef demos, Colonial Candlecrafters' workshop and more. n This tour is based at the Best Western Williamsport Inn. *  Available mid-May through October.

Sublime & Soothing Weekend Getaway, 2 Days,  Lewisburg Area  A great getaway to revitalize the spirit!

n Spend a Sublime Saturday exploring quaint Lewisburg, the Packwood House Museum, and if time permits, Country Farm & Home full of goodies for your home and garden! Enjoy wine and cheese at your hotel, then dinner at a local site where you'll learn the art of creating wonderful cocktails!    n Enjoy a Soothing Sunday including an aromatic tour of Colonial Candlecrafters, an introduction to Yoga and stress-relieving techniques for everyday living, gourmet luncheon and with chef demo, and if you'd like, a tasting at Shade Mountain Winery! Plus everyone receives a goodie bag of soothing bubble bath and chocolates so you can continue to treat yourself like a queen at home!    *  Available weekdays, year round.

Home Spun Holiday Tour, 1-3 Days, Lewisburg/ Mifflinburg 

 With Christkindl Market!

n  Our one-day tour includes an authentic outdoor German Christkindl Market with over 75 vendors and entertainment, as well as your choice of other sites such as Slifer House Museum for a holiday exhibit, tour and tasting at Shade Mountain Winery with mulled wine, Colonial Candlecrafters' tour, browsing among dozens of decorated trees at a holiday shop, Victorian mansion tour highlighting holiday traditions of the time, a Christmas tree farm for wreaths, and more.

n  Overnight options may include all of the above options plus a holiday theatre production, themed holiday meal at The Victoria House Mansion with a reading of A Cup of Christmas Tea, plus visit to a ribbon & bow outlet with a zany gift-wrapping contest and empty bags for everyone to stuff with your own selection of bows.    

* To visit the Christkindl Market visit Dec. 9-11, 2010 or Dec. 8-10, 2011. For greater availability skip Christkindl and focus on other holiday sites.    

 Puttin' on the Ritz!

n Dine in The Herdic House Restaurant, once the home of Peter Herdic, founder of Millionaires’ Row. 

n Choose to visit the Annunciation Church where millionaires worshiped or the Taber Museum featuring regional historic displays including art by Severin Roesen, who made his living along Millionaires’ Row and became a favorite of Jackie Onassis, as well as the Shempp Toy Train Collection.  

n See our Little League Monument honoring the sports start in Williamsport in 1939 plus a hand-carved totem pole paying tribute to Chief Walopalanee.  

n Enjoy a narrated cruise along the Susquehanna River aboard the Hiawatha Paddlewheeler, a replica of the riverboat that graced these waters in the 1800’s.

n Best May through late October to include riverboat. Year round for other sites. For an even greater indulgence, turn trip into an Elite Treats & Millionaires' Row Progressive Luncheon Tour and we'll treat you like a millionaire with fine food all day long. or tour and tasting. 

Eat Your Way Through PA!, Multi-Day,                                                           

n  In the northern tier consider visits to PA's largest maple sugaring farm for tour and perhaps a deluxe sit-down tasting with ham, pancakes and plenty of maple toppings, an apiary featured on "Good Morning America" where you'll learn about bee-hive colonies and honey production, and covered wagon rides. Also available is our Wellsboro Backwards Luncheon starting at an artisan chocolate factory for a tour and dessert, and ending with a train ride for great scenery and butlered appetizers.

n  In central PA visit a winery or two, enjoy a chef demo at a local restaurant or a cooking class demo at a culinary arts school where you can also dine, tour a candy factory and treat yourself to Penn Dutch specialties as part of a meal or to take home during a visit to a weekly Farmers Market or a Penn Dutch dry goods store. We can add in our Recipe Roulette Tour, for a bit of mystery!

n  Offerings in south-central PA include tours of a potato chip factory, candy factory and winery plus the opportunity to enjoy another backwards luncheon, our Do The Twist Tour, which focuses on foods from the 50's and includes a twist dance contest and a hoola hoop competition.

*    Options available year round. 

Red Hattitude Holiday Tour,  2 Days, Central PA

n  Visit Victoria House Restaurant for a colorful meal including lavender chicken, purple rice, red velvet sponge cake and more!

n    Take home a red or purple poinsettia from a local site that is a winter wonderland full of decorated holiday trees, wreaths, swags and decorations. Midweek tours have an option of a special holiday presentation to help you add a bit of  holiday flare to your home or learn about the symbolism and uses of lavender keeping with the purple theme.

n  Enjoy a tour and demo at Colonial Candlecrafters and perhaps a get a head start on holiday shopping.

n    Visit a German-inspired Christlkindl Market complete with artisan vendors holiday music, and delicious foods or enjoy a holiday theatre presentation or our own heritage entertainer bringing to life music from the region's 19th century heyday including holiday favorites.

n  Be treated like a Queen during a tour of Williamsport's Millionaires' Row including appetizers in one mansion and a gourmet meal in another!

*    Tour designed for November/ December travel and will be customized to meet client's needs. 2010 dates for Christkindl Market are Dec. 9-11, in 2011 dates for Christkindl Market are Dec. 8-10.