Norfolk - Saturday, August 9

Sun, August 9, 2008 - 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM

 

WELCOME TO NORFOLK TOUR

 

RIDING NORFOLK CITY TOUR. A great way to get oriented to the area, enjoy a narrated riding tour through Norfolk’s beautiful historic district and restored areas. Your tour guide will point out may attractions which are within walking distance of your hotel, such as Nauticus - The National Maritime Center, the Battleship Wisconsin, the Beautiful Macarthur Center featuring over 150 shops, restaurants and department stores, and the Moses Myers House, built in 1 792 featuring over 70 percent of the original furnishings. You will drive by old St. Paul's Church, built in 1739 and the lone survivor of the 1776 bombardment of Norfolk by the British - the church still has a cannonball embedded in its outside wa1l Drive through historic (Ghent and see the beautiful turn of the century homes, as well as the Chrysler Museum of Art, one of the top twenty art museums in the country.

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK TOUR. Tour the Norfolk Naval Base, the largest naval installation in the world. Home port to 8 ships, 26 aircraft squadrons and headquarters of the Atlantic Fleet. The complex occupies over 8,000 acres of land and is home to over 100,000 military personnel. You will ride past the 14 piers and through the Naval Air Station. You will drive by the historic homes built for the 1 907 Jamestown Exposition on “Admiral’s Row” which house the flag officers.

 

PACKAGE PRICE: $35 per person inclusive