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SAGES Tours

Tour 1: Picture Perfect Countryside

Date: Thursday April 10,2008
Approx. Time: 9:00 AM
Length: 7 hours
Fee: $95.00

Includes: Transportation via luxury motor coach, Entrance Fees, Lunch at Longwood Gardens Terrace Café or local restaurant.Picture Perfect Countryside is a full-day tour through the rolling hills of Philadelphia’s spectacular countryside. Less than an hour’s drive from Philadelphia lays the beautiful Brandywine Valley, immortalized on canvas by many artists, including the Wyeth family.

First we will visit the world-renowned Longwood Gardens. America’s premier horticultural center captivates with 1,050 acres of majestic gardens, natural woodlands and colorful meadows for an hour-long private tour. After the tour we’ll have additional time to wander at-our-own-pace the twenty spectacular outdoor gardens and four acres of indoor heated greenhouses. We’ll have lunch at either the Terrace Café or local restaurant. En route back to Philadelphia, if time allows, we’ll visit the Wyeth museum.

Significant walking; wear comfortable shoes and bring sun screen. All-weather tour.

Tour 2: Treasures of the Barnes & PHILADELPHIA Art

Date: Friday April 11,2008
Approx. Time: 9:45 AM
Length: 6-6.5 hours
Fee: $90.00

Includes: Transportation via luxury motor coach, Museum Entrance Fee. Late, lite lunch. Before we journey to the Barnes for our later morning reserved tour, we will take a brief tour of the fabulous Philadelphia murals and stop by the exquisite Rodin Museum. Then we are off to the world-renowned Barnes Foundation. Established in 1922 and located in a twelve-acre arboretum, the Foundation is home to one of the world’s largest collections of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and early Modern paintings, with extensive holdings by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, Renoir and Modigliani.

The Barnes Foundation collection is unsurpassed in breadth, quality, and depth. It is enhanced by Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiquities, Chinese painting, African sculpture, retablos from New Mexico, Native American pottery, and American decorative arts.

After our visit we’ll experience the artistry of fine Philadelphia gourmet cooking with a delicious lite lunch at a well-known Center City restaurant.

Note: Because our Barnes reservations are for late morning through early afternoon, please eat a full breakfast before we start. Lunch will be around 2:00PM