Antebellum South

7 Days New Orleans to Washington D.C. (or reverse)

FROM $4,320 PER PERSON


New Orleans
Vicksburg or Natchez
Rail Day
Savannah
Charleston
Monticello, Williamsburg or Fredericksburg
Washington, D.C.

 

DAY 1
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Welcome aboard.Arrive early and explore D.C.’s monuments and museums on your own. Welcome Aboard Champagne Reception and Dinner • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (D)

DAY 2
MONTICELLO, WILLIAMSBURG, OR FREDERICKSBURG
Explore living history. Choose from the following: • Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Charlottesville • Colonial Williamsburg, the nation’s largest living history museum • Civil War battlefields at Fredericksburg • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 3
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
One of America’s most well-preserved cities. Choose from: • Horse-drawn carriage tour • Fort Sumter National Monument, where the first shot of the Civil War was fired • Magnolia Plantation and America’s Oldest Garden • U. S. S. Hunley, a restored Civil War-era submarine • Free time to shop • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 4
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
The Belle of the South. Historic Trolley tour of grand public squares and oaks draped with Spanish moss • Home and garden tour including home of Dr. Metts, the Savannah resident made infamous in the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” • Fort Pulaski National Monument • Free time at River Street’s historic shopping district • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 5
SAVANNAH TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Rail day. Full day of riding on the train • Entertaining lectures • Afternoon tea featuring pastries made onboard the train • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 6
VICKSBURG OR NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
Civil War history or mansions & plantations. Choose from: • Vicksburg National Military Park and the U.S.S. Cairo, a preserved Union ironclad gunboat • Mansions and plantations of Natchez, one of Mississippi’s oldest cities • Lunch in a historic mansion • City tour • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 7
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Your GrandLuxe rail journey comes to a close. If time allows, explore New Orleans on your own before departing for home. (B)

Meals included:
B=Breakfast • L=Lunch • D=Dinner