Fall Colors in the Great Smoky Mountains
Fall Colors in the Great Smoky Mountains
Join us on a very special Autumn holiday to the Great Smoky Mountains that includes, in one relaxed holiday, every feature one would hope for on the Great American vacation: Complimentary travel to the start of the trip in Atlanta with a two-night stay at the superb Atlanta Hilton, two nights in lovely Asheville, North Carolina with a tour of the fabled Biltmore Estate of the Vanderbilts, two nights in the Great Smoky Mountains at the luxury Park Vista Resort with complete touring and a ride on the Great Smoky Mountain Railroad.
Saving the best for last, we then board the largest, grandest steamboat ever built, the acclaimed ‘American Queen’ for a special one-time voyage from Chattanooga up the Tennessee and Ohio Rivers with some of the finest scenery in the South, especially at this time of the year. With grand dining, fantastic entertainment, shore excursions included in every port, there is simply no more comfortable or relaxing way to take in Fall Foliage. With superb hotels, brilliant sightseeing (all included in the fare), fine dining, the Great Smoky Mountains, Asheville, the ‘American Queen’ and quaint and historic ports of call on our way to St Louis, there is only one key ingredient missing, you!
Highlights
Complimentary train travel from any US city to Atlanta and the start of our tour when booked early.
Superb hotels throughout including the Atlanta Hilton with a special welcome reception at famed Trader Vic's!
Fully hosted by professional tour manager from start to finish, to handle all the details making your holiday even more enjoyable. Most meals with breakfast daily.
Two-nights in lovely Asheville, North Carolina at the wonderfully located Doubletree Biltmore at the gates of the fabled Biltmore Estate of the Vanderbilt family. We have included a tour of Asheville as well.
Biltmore Estate visit including lunch at Deerpark Restaurant on the Vanderbilt Estate.
Two-nights at the excellent Park Vista Resort Hotel in Gatlinburg, TN, in the Great Smoky Mountains. All rooms at Park Vista have their own balcony.
Complete tour of the most visited National Parks in America, Great Smoky Mountain National Park as well as a visit to Cades Cove, famed for its blue-misted mountains.
The Great Smoky Mountain Railroad excursion train through Nantahala River Gorge with highlights like Horseshoe Curve, Fontana Lake Trestle and the Little Tennessee River, fantastic scenery during the height of Fall Colors.
'One Time' Seven-night voyage on the Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi Rivers from Chattanooga to St. Louis through some of the prettiest scenery in America. In 2012, our guests rated the passage on the Tennessee River, through the Gorge north of Chattanooga the highlight of their entire vacation. We will visit the best of small-town America on the way with visits to Florence, AL and Savannah, TN, Padacah, KY, Cape Girardeau and Chester, MO before our arrival in St Louis, docked beneath the Arch. Naturally all meals & entertainment aboard the American Queen are included as are complimentary shore excursions in every 'port'.
