CLOISTERS & GRANT NATIONAL MEMORIAL

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012

     SEATS/TICKETS:     48 (TOTAL – PLEASE CALL FOR CURRENT AVAILABILITY)                     

DEPARTURE TIMES:                                                                     RETURN TIMES:

* SPARTA POLICE STATION:                  8:10AM                      SPARTA:                               4:50PM

ROCKAWAY MALL                                                                        ROCKAWAY MALL

LOT #36:                                                        8:30AM                      LOT #36:                                4:30PM

DOVER TERMINAL:                                  8:40AM                      DOVER TERMINAL:          4:20PM

ARLINGTON PLAZA PARK & RIDE:      9:00AM                      ARLINGTON PLAZA:         4:00PM

* Please note that we need a minimum of 10 passengers for a Sparta pick-up. When booking, if you are interested in picking up in Sparta, let our reservationist know. If we get 10 or more, we’ll contact you.           

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PRICE:  $89.00pp            

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TRIP ITINERARY:

10:00am          Arrive The Cloisters, Manhattan, NYC

The Cloisters, the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe.

Located on four acres overlooking the Hudson River in northern Manhattan's Fort Tryon Park, the building incorporates elements from five medieval French cloisters--quadrangles enclosed by a roofed or vaulted passageway, or arcade--and from other monastic sites in southern France. Three of the cloisters reconstructed at the branch museum feature gardens planted according to horticultural information found in medieval treatises and poetry, garden documents and herbals, and medieval works of art, such as tapestries, stained-glass windows, and column capitals. Approximately five thousand works of art from medieval Europe, dating from about A.D. 800 with particular emphasis on the twelfth through fifteenth century, are exhibited in this unique and sympathetic context.

12:15pm          Lunch (included) at Amsterdam Restaurant

Menu to consist of  Mediterranean Chicken (with roasted peppers, tomato, artichoke, onion,

olives, capers, herbs, feta and yellow rice), Amsterdam Fish & Chips (with classic remoulade) or

Penne Ala Vodka (pasta with herbs in a creamy vodka sauce, with or without chicken), sorbet

and a beverage.

2:00pm            Arrive General Grant National Memorial

Overlooking the Hudson River from the Morningside Heights section of Manhattan, General Grant National Memorial is the largest tomb in North America. Grant's Tomb (as it is commonly called) is not only the final resting place of the General, but a memorial to his life and accomplishments.

3:00pm            Depart Manhattan

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Please contact a tour representative for more information and/or reservations at (973) 366-0600 ext. 602.