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Florida - Been There / Haven't Done That!

February 27 - March 7, 2010

9 Days & 13 Meals

Special Features

Tour Bellingrath Gardens and Home (Lunch included)
Free day on Beach at Pensacola Beach, Florida
3 Nights in Ocala, Florida
Step-on-guide to tour Ocala and several horse farms
BBQ Lunch at Ocala Carriage Museum
Horse drawn Trolley Tour of local farms
Dinner at Stumpknockers on banks of Withlacoochee River
Tour Florida Carriage Museum
Visit Silver Springs, Natures Theme Park
Ride Glass Bottom Boat at Silver Springs
Lunch at Horse n’ Hounds
Horses in the Sun – show and work outs
Old Town Trolley Tour of St. Augustine
Farewell Dinner at Aquarium Restaurant

Ocala/Marion County, Florida, known as “The Horse Capital of the World”, is the perfect place to experience the best of Florida – green pastures with hundreds of horse farms, gentle rivers and springs, lovely Victorian homes and historic districts. Add the beautiful Silver Springs and the warm Florida breezes and you will know that this is the place to be!

Day 1, Saturday, February 27

Today we leave behind the cold dreary days of winter and head for the lovely sunshine and warm breezes of Florida. Our destination today is Jackson, Mississippi.
LODGING: Drury Inn

Day 2, Sunday, February 28

We continue south through the tall pines of Mississippi and into Alabama. Marvel at their awesome beauty as we stroll through the Bellingrath Gardens with lovely springtime flowers, pools and lakes. Lunch and a tour through the elegant mansion are also included. Pensacola Beach, Florida will be our home for two nights as we soak up the sun on one of Florida’s most beautiful beaches with its snow white sand and aquamarine water.
LODGING: Hampton Inn
MEALS: Breakfast Lunch

Day 3, Monday, March 1

This is a totally free day for you to enjoy the marvelously warm sands and sea.
LODGING: Hampton Inn
MEALS: Breakfast

Day 4, Tuesday, March 2

Our journey takes us by Tallahassee, the capital of Florida, on our way to Ocala, Florida for a three nights stay.
LODGING: Holiday Inn Express
MEALS: Breakfast

Day 5, Wednesday, March 3

Ocala, Florida is the gorgeous part of Florida. No beaches, no sand, no towering hotels, just lovely green wooded hills, pastures and horses, horses everywhere. This is the Horse Capital of the World with Thoroughbreds, Jumpers, Hunters, Shires, Vanners, to name just a few of the many breeds that we will see on this tour. We will watch them perform their jumps and turns as we sit in the grandstand, we will see them from horse drawn trolley rides, we will view the farms from the comfort of our Coach, and we will be able to see them up close and personal. Today’s schedule includes a Step-on-guide to board our coach and give us a narrated driving tour of Ocala including the historic district and several horse farms. After an included BBQ lunch at the Ocala Carriage Museum, we will take a horse drawn trolley tour of the farm. After lunch we will enjoy the natural beauty of Rainbow Springs State Park where the clear blue water is 72 degrees year round and the springtime flowers are just beginning to bloom. Dunnellon, Florida is a unique, historic town founded in 1887. We will spend some time browsing main street before departing for our evening meal at the Stumpknocker’s Restaurant on the banks of the Withlacoochee River.
LODGING: Holiday Inn Express
MEALS: Breakfast Lunch Dinner

Day 6, Thursday, March 4

Our day begins with a tour of the Florida Carriage Museum featuring more than 160 antique restored carriages from both England and the United States. Next, we take our Glass Bottom Boat Cruise at Silver Springs where we can view underwater life as far as 40 feet below the surface. There will be plenty of time to explore this lovely park, reputedly the world’s largest formation of clear artisian springs and home to many movies such as “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”. Lunch is included today at the “Horse n’ Hounds” restaurant which is very fitting as our next stop is “Horses in the Sun” where we will be able to watch the Jumpers and Hunters compete. Tour the show grounds and see the horses during their work out.
LODGING: Holiday Inn Express
MEALS: Breakfast Lunch

Day 7, Friday, March 5

We depart Ocala and travel to the east coast and the city of St. Augustine, the oldest, continuously occupied European settlement in the United States. We board the Old Town Trolley for a narrated tour of St. Augustine with on/off privileges so that you can get off to see something up close and re-board the trolley as it comes back by. There will be time for you to explore this historic town and have lunch before we have to head back towards the cold north winds. We travel to Tipton, Georgia for our overnight.
LODGING: Hampton Inn
MEALS: Breakfast

Day 8, Saturday, March 6

We continue on through Georgia and Tennessee into Nashville for the last night of our tour but before we call it a day we have a fantastic farewell dinner planned for you this evening at the Aquarium Restaurant located in Opry Mills Mall.
LODGING: Drury Inn
MEALS: Breakfast Dinner

Day 9, Sunday, March 7

We return home today and now we can really say, “Been There, Done That”, what a great time we’ve had! We arrive home at approximately 5:00 PM.
MEALS: Breakfast