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Gardens of the Pacific Northwest
June 13-20, 2009


Day 1 – Green Bay-Portland
We begin our tour in the City of Roses – Portland, Oregon. With millions of roses at peak bloom to greet us, we'll enjoy a brief city tour and visit the amazing Classical Chinese Garden.
Overnight:Embassy Suites Downtown

   

   

Day 2 – Peaks & Waves
A specially arranged tour of Berry Botanic Garden, tucked away in a private residential neighborhood, will start our day off on a charming note. Then, with breathtaking views of Mt. Hood dominating the horizon, we'll drive along scenic slopes of the Cascade Mountains to a memorable mountaintop lunch. Returning to Portland via the spectacular Columbia River Gorge, we'll stop to marvel at Multnomah Falls, the second-highest year-round waterfall in the United States.
Overnight:Embassy Suites Downtown


Day 3 – Wine & Roses
Quiet country roads lined with wineries, tasting rooms and orchards beckon today as we venture into Oregon's idyllic Willamette Valley. We'll sample some wines, learn a bit about the unique characteristics of this rich agricultural region, and visit the display gardens at a 1,000-acre nursery facility maintained by Monrovia, one of our nation's leading growers of premium plants.
Overnight:Embassy Suites Downtown

Day 4 – Portland's Finest
Today we visit Portland's most acclaimed garden spots. Among the largest and oldest rose test gardens in the country, the five-acre International Rose Test Gardens in Washington Park feature over 500 rose varieties on 8,000 bushes. Nearby is the Portland Japanese Garden. Created in the traditional style, it is considered one of the most authentic outside the country of Japan. Free time this afternoon.
Overnight:Embassy Suites Downtown

   

   

Day 5 – Portland to Seattle
Heading north today, we'll stop first at Mt. St. Helens Silver Lake visitor center. Next we'll stroll through the naturalistic landscapes and formal garden rooms of Thomas Church-designed Lakewold Gardens. Our final stop will be at Tacoma's Museum of Glass, with its hot shops and cele-brated Chihuly Bridge of Glass.
Overnight:Mayflower Park Hotel

 


Day 6 – Beautiful Butchart
We travel through scenic Puget Sound by high-speed catamaran to Victoria, British Columbia today, where we'll enjoy the sights of this captivating city as well as the magnificence of world-class Butchart Gardens.
Overnight:Mayflower Park Hotel

   

   

Day 7 – Seattle Finale
Today begins with a tour of Washington Park Arboretum, a spectacular urban green space on the banks of Lake Washing-ton. Then, crossing Seattle's floating bridge, we'll stop at Bellevue Botanic Garden en-route to our Washington wine experience at the distinguished Chateau Ste. Michelle.
Overnight:Mayflower Park Hotel

Day 8 – Seattle-Green Bay
Enjoy this morning at leisure before saying a fond farewell to the beautiful Pacific Northwest and catching our late afternoon homebound flight.


 

$2,399 per person/double occupancy
Includes airfare, accommodations, 12 meals, tours/admissions, escort.

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