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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Just Desserts, 1Day, Lewisburg Area
Eat dessert all day long!
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Photo courtesy of Bob Bergey
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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 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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▬ Holiday Cookie Monster: includes chef-demo of gourmet cookie recipes.
Learn how to make wonderful holiday cookies during a cooking demo class at a gourmet cooking site. You'll see five different kinds of gourmet cookies created, take home the recipes and techniques, plus some samples!
▬ Gingerbread House 101: will show you how to build your own holiday creation.
Learn how to make a gingerbread house as you watch your excellent "house builders" at a gourmet cooking site create one in front of you - from making the basic recipe and patterns to glueing the house together and decorating it. |
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Crooks & Nooks Up River, 1Day, Lewisburg/ Williamsport
The tour that started it all!
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On the lam since the early 1990's when Landmark was founded, our convict managed to evade police for more than a decade "hijacking" motorcoaches and leading groups on crooked trails through Williamsport and Lewisburg to views othe Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary where Al Capone and Jimmy Hoffa did time!
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| Wining Around the Susquehanna Valley, 1-2 Days, Lewisburg
A barrel of fun!
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Enjoy tours and tastings at three or four wineries in the Central Susquehanna Valley with options for brunch in a historic restaurant with champagne cocktail demo or at one of the wineries to start the day. Ask about special theme options including a Cocktail Wine Trail in the summer plus fall Trick or Treat Wine Tour featuring wine and traditional Halloween candy pairings!
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* Options available year round. Note: Chocolate factory tours available September through May. Substite activities are available.
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A Breath of Fresh Air!, 1-2 Days, Lewisburg area
Reconnect with yourself & nature!
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I Spy Pie Goodie Bag Tour, 1-2 Days, Lewisburg/Mifflinburg
Whoopie Pies, Shoofly Pie, Chicken Pot Pie & more!
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On our overnight version we add in a visit to Colonial Candlecrafters for a workshop tour and demo plus jelly jar candle for everyone scented with pumpkin spice or apple crisp, additional activities based on group preferences.
* Available year round.
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Wonderful Good Penn Dutch Fun, 1 Day, Lewisburg/ Mifflinburg
Sit back and enjoy the scenery.
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n A Mennonite guide leads you on a driving tour of picturesque Penn Dutch farmlands, welcomes you to his church, sings some favorite hyms and explains why he travels by horse and buggy.
n Enjoy a Penn Dutch buffet including traditional "sweets and sours", "slippery pot pie" and more at Carriage Corner Restaurant.
n Visit Sensational Sweets for a tour of the chocolate factory plus time to browse the gift shop and an edible chocolate cow pie for everyone.
n Browse at a Penn Dutch dry goods store where each group member will receive a whoopie pie.
* Best Monday through Wednesday and Friday, April to October.
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Lions, Tigers & Bears, Oh My!, 1 Day, Penns Creek/Lewisburg
Get in touch with your "wild" side!
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n Lunch may be on own or included at a local restaurant or consider a meal created by a chef dedicated to using the freshest local ingredients possible at a winery with views of the vineyard below!
▬Our A-Mazing Fun Tour is a great family variation including T&D’s Cats plus a farm Maze Park featuring a 95 ft. tube slide, rope maze, web maze, tile maze, corn cannon, fun barn and mini zip line all summer. Add in an open fire, hot-dog roast, marshmallows and s’mores, and in August through October a 4-acre interactive corn maze. Our adult version of this tour includes evening flashlight safari in the corn maize plus perhaps bingo, foot-stomping musician or line dancing on the patio of the farm restaurant.
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Fun & Games, 1 Day, Williamsport
Fun you can "bank" on!
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* Available May through late-October.
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Freedom Tales & Rails, 1 Day, Williamsport
Underground Railroad, riverboat cruise, toy train collection and more!
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* Available May through late-October.
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Year Round Weather Or Not Tour Getaway, 1-2 Days, Punxsutawney Area
Learn about PA's furry weather forecaster and "audition" to be one yourself!
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We Are...Penn State, 1 Day, State College
Go Nittany Lions!
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* Available year round.
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Take Me Out To The Ballgame, 1-2 Days, Williamsport Area
Baseball today & yesterday!
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Williamsport is rich in baseball history as the home of Original Little League which started here in the 1930's by brothers seeking to provide wholesome fun for their children, the current headquarters of Little League International and home to the Little League World Series and Museum, plus site of Historic Bowman Field where the Williamsport Crosscutters currently play as Class B affiliates of the world-champion Philadelphia Phillies.
* Options spring - fall, best weekdays with some weekend options.
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Picture This!, 1-2 Days, Williamsport
World's largest portrait mural plus hands-on opportunity!
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| See the largest outdoor portrait mural in the world, Inspiration:Williamsport, which includes some of the first 3-D acrylic painting ever done plus a piece of the World Trade Center. This work of art by Michael Pilato brings to life the city’s events and people, past and present.
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Fun theme variations include:
▬ Art & Soul
Williamsport is full of wonderful sites and masterpieces high-lighted on this tour. View the mural, see a Tiffany church window as well as art by Severin Rosen who once lived in Williamsport and who was one of Jackie Onassis’ favorite artists, tour two historic churches, enjoy a meal and perhaps class at a culinary arts institute, gaze above at magnificent ceiling murals at an historic Arts Center, plus tour a Victorian mansion full of ornate woodworking. One day tours generally include about four sites, multi-day tours may include all.
▬ Saints & Sinners Tour
Combine the Art & Soul tour above with a Crooks & Nooks described above featuring our convict who thinks he’s an “escape artist”!
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Susquehanna Valley Artisan Sampler, 1-2 Days, Lewisburg
Authentic artisan tours, great food, gifts and entertainment!
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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!
n Country Farm & Home for browsing at the home and garden boutique.
n Shade Mountain Winery for tour and tasting.
* Options available weedays and on weekends with site substitutions, year round.
Fun theme variations include:
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▬ Trick-Or-Treat Goodie Bag Tour
Get a Trick-or-Treat bag which is filled during the tour with a mini-pumpkin from a garden store, votive candle from the candlecrafters for lighting your jack o' lantern, candy at the chocolate factory, and wine during a tasting and pairing with Halloween candy! Designed for October.
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▬ Holiday Know How with optional Christkindl Market
Include a holiday lunch with the reading of the new holiday classic “A Cup of Christmas Tea”, visit a winery for mulled wine, browse among dozens of decorated trees, wreaths and swags at the home and garden shoppe where you may also enjoy a demo on how to decorate your holiday tree, and for a wonderful experience harking back to the past, visit a Christmas tree farm for fresh cut and handmade wreaths. Best November to December.
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▬ Girlfriend Getaway
Add in a chef demo or culinary class, yoga class, scrumptious Victorian tea and/or make-and-take garden class for a relaxing and rejuvenating getaway. Great for a Mother's Day Celebration Tour! Year round options.
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▬ Red Hattitude
A day of red and purple! Lavender chicken and red velvet cake for lunch, lavender garden presentation and red wine tasting
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Herbal Lotions & Potions, 1 Day, Lewisburg
Learn how to grow, use & enjoy herbs! |
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This tour is a great Girlfriend Getaway, spring fling or fundraiser and is available in overnight versions including a “Pajama Party” riverboat cruise. The tour can also easily be made into a Goodie Bag Tour with gifts at each site with a special Trick-or-Treat variation as well. |
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Tricks of the Trade, 1 Day, Lewisburg Area
Chef demos and more.
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n Dine at the Victoria House Restaurant for a delicious brunch including a chef demos.
n Visit a home and garden specialty shoppe to learn how to make a living wreath centerpiece and/or visit a gourmet soap company to learn about the products and hand-craft a bag of your own bath salts to take home.
n Enjoy a tour and tasting at a local winery where you'll learn how to pair wine and food.
n Learn how to take care of your candles and how to use them to set the right mood during workshop tour and demo at Colonial Candlecrafters.
* Available Monday through Friday year round.
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| Recipe Roulette, 1 Day, Lewisburg
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 about them, 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 Tour a Victorian mansion and receive a can of condensed milk which was invented in the Victorian era by Gail Borden.
n Browse a Penn Dutch or Farmers Market to pick up a freshly baked ingredient.
n Visit a shoppe filled with items for home and garden where you'll receive raisins as your gift.
n Enjoy a tour and tasting at a winery and receive a split of wine. The mystery will be revealed as group samples the recipe.
Have you guessed the recipe? It's for delicious bread pudding with apple wine sauce. A great mystery tour!
* Works Available Monday through Saturday, year round.
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From Farm to Fork, 1-2 Days
Farm Tours and delicious local foods!
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Celebrate “green cuisine!” Try a “taste of place” tour focusing on our local landscape and farmers whose effortsbring 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, above), 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 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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| Christmas Unwrapped, 1 Day, Milton/ Catawissa
A peek at pre-season holiday preparations!
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Bikes, Barns & Barrels, 1Day, Berwick/ Catawissa
Hidden Treasures!
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* Best Wednesday through Saturday with some Monday and Tuesday, May through October.
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