JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald, the Grassy Knoll and the anguish of a nation still resonate half a century after the November, 1963 assassination. President Kennedy’s assassination, Dallas, Texas A Specialist Battlefield Guide accompanies you on Leger Holidays’ (01709 787 466 .uk) nine-day American Civil War coach tour that takes in other important sites, including Appomattox, where the surrender was signed in 1865. The museums are moving the battlefield is huge. Only two hours from the nation’s capital, the Battle of Gettysburg (1863) was the turning point of the Civil War – and also the site of Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address. A week’s fly-drive in and around Philadelphia costs from £999 with The Internet Traveller (020 7118 0070 ). But Philly has much more: 18th-19th century houses and locavore restaurants, great shopping and the outstanding Museum of Art and Barnes Foundation. See Independence Hall, where they were debated the National Constitution Center explains American government then and now. “When in the course of human events” and “We the People”: so start the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The birth of the US, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania British Airways Holidays (03 ba.com) has three-night breaks from £569. The city itself balances culture, shopping and fun with history, especially along the 2.5-mile Freedom Trail. The second brought the opening shots of the American Revolution, in Lexington and Concord, west of Boston. See how they lived at the first-rate Plimoth Plantation living history museum. The first saw the Pilgrim Fathers land in Plymouth, south of Boston. Two of the most important dates in America’s story are 16. This is one of the optional tours offered by North America Travel Service (03 .uk) that has seven-night holidays in Beverly Hills from £1,782. Learn more on a day-long sightseeing tour that takes in Tinseltown highlights, from celebrities’ homes in Beverly Hills to Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. In 1907, cameras rolled for the first time in sunny southern California 1923 brought a giant HOLLYWOODLAND sign advertising real estate. Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California Spend a week in DC with My America Holiday (020 8003 6081 .uk). Flanking it are the White House and a score of top-class art and history museums – where entry is free! Touch some moonrock at the National Air and Space Museum see the original Star-Spangled Banner in the National Museum of American History. “America’s Front Yard” is a two-mile park between the Capitol and the Lincoln Memorial. TravelPlanners (020 3542 8888 .uk) has villas on Marco Island, 45 minutes away 14 nights from £859, based on four adults, four children sharing. Paddle a canoe, hike or take a naturalist-led boat tour. Most visitors drive in from Miami the western entrance at Everglades City is quieter. But this important eco-system shelters exotic wildlife: roseate spoonbills, great egrets, pig frogs, alligators, dolphins and sea turtles. The landscape of sawgrass prairies, mangroves and estuaries is deceptively subtle. From £2,490 (adult), £2,360 (child under 12).Ĭredit: Galyna Andrushko/Galyna Andrushko On a Tauck Bridges Red Rocks & Painted Canyons guided trip (08 .uk), you stay right on the Grand Canyon rim and watch the sunrise take a float trip on the Colorado River fly over Rainbow Bridge National Monument ride in Bryce Canyon with a cowboy. The Grand Canyon, ArizonaĮven blasé teenagers are impressed by Mother Nature’s handiwork: 18 miles wide, over one mile deep and 277 miles long. All dates for events and festivals are for 2017. Unless otherwise noted, all prices are per person (based on two sharing) including flights, car hire/transportation and accommodation. Year-round, the US is ready to show you a good time. Go as a couple travel with friends take the grand-parents fly at half-term hop over for a city break. Winter brings sunshine in Florida and fabulous skiing in the Rockies spring is glorious hot summers are perfect for beach holidays fall’s warm days are grand for touring. Smell the sagebrush out West and the salty breezes in New England. Drive the romantic Blue Ridge Parkway build sandcastles steps from the site of the Wright Brothers’ first flight ride in a Model T outside Detroit touch a moon rock in Washington DC’s Air and Space Museum. Presidents may change, but the ‘only in America’ experiences never do.
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