Filmmaker Ken Burns and the Connecticut-based,?luxury travel company, Tauck, are planning an 8-day New England tour package that will include an overnight stay and feature homes of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
When it officially begins operating next spring, Tauck?s ?Hidden Gems of New England? tour will mark the first time the 87-year-old company has hosted guests for an overnight stay in Connecticut.?? The tour will operate with departures from June through October, and Tauck president Jennifer Tombaugh said the company expects to bring several hundred travelers into the greater Hartford area in each of the coming years.
The redesigned Tauck tour will have the company?s guests arrive at Bradley International Airport and then begin their 8-day itinerary with an overnight at the Hartford Marriott Downtown.? During their first day in Hartford, Tauck guests will enjoy a catered dinner at the Mark Twain Museum and a private, after-hours tour of the Mark Twain House.? The following morning, guests will travel to the Harriet Beecher Stowe House for a guided visit.
For his part, filmmaker Burns was particularly pleased about the cultural implications of Tauck?s decision to include Hartford in its tour.? ?My mission in making films has always been to explore who we are as Americans,? said Burns.? ?Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe had a similar goal, at a time when the experience and definition of ?being an American? was entirely dictated by the color of one?s skin.? These two remarkable individuals asked difficult questions of their country, and we became a better place for it.? I?m thrilled that Tauck is helping to keep the legacies of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe alive.?
Besides showcasing some of the Hartford area?s top tourism sites, Tauck?s ?Hidden Gems of New England? also travels into Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont before concluding in Boston.? Along the way, Tauck guests visit other iconic New England locations such as Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, and they also gain special ?insider access? to places and experiences they?d either be unaware of or not have access to on their own.
For example, at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Tauck guests will gain perspectives on New England culture from Jere Daniell, who taught history at the college for 40 years.? In Boston, Tauck will provide its guests with an insider?s tour of famed Fenway Park.? And in tiny Walpole, New Hampshire, an exclusive visit to the studio of Ken Burns will provide insights into the filmmaker?s amazing career.? Tauck will operate departures of ?Hidden Gems of New England? from June into October, with prices for the all-inclusive journey priced from $2,990 per person, double occupancy, plus airfare.
About Tauck.? Tauck is a world leader in upscale guided travel, with nearly 100 land and cruise itineraries to some 70 countries and all seven continents.? The company has been named to Travel + Leisure magazine?s list of the ?World?s Best Tour Operators & Safari Outfitters? in each of the past 15 years, and it has also been named to the magazine?s list of the ?World?s Best River Cruise Lines? in each of the past four years.
About ?Ken Burns American Journeys.?? Through its ?Ken Burns American Journeys? partnership, Tauck is working with the award-winning filmmaker and his long-time collaborator Dayton Duncan to craft travel experiences that incorporate the themes of Burns?s films, including (among others) ?The National Parks: America?s Best Idea,? ?The Civil War,? ?Mark Twain? and ?Jazz.?
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