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77TH ANNUAL PELLA TULIP FESTIVAL
 DAY
1
Quad Cities,
John Deere.
Included home pickups bring
you to our motorcoach to begin our spring excursion.
We travel across
western Illinois to the Quad Cities for a great
lunch at Johnny’s Italian Steakhouse.
Adjacent to Johnny’s
in Moline we visit the John Deere Pavilion.
After crossing the
mighty Mississippi River we continue across Iowa to
the state capital, Des Moines.
Our lodging for the
next two nights at the Northwoods-themed Stoney
Creek Inn. Dinner is at the Iowa Machine Shed
Restaurant amid its antique farm tools collection.
(L,D)
DAY 2
Pella Tulip Festival.
Breakfast is
included at the hotel this morning. Today we see the
thousands of brightly colored flowers at the 77th
annual Tulip Festival in the Dutch community of
Pella.
We tour the town
seeing magnificent tulip lanes and the sunken
garden. Visit the Scholte House, home of Pella’s
founder, with its amazing gardens featuring over
2,500 tulips and annuals! We also stop at the
Historical Village, a restoration of early Pella,
including a Dutch bakery, craft demonstrations, and
the boyhood home of Wyatt Earp. Your reserved
bleacher seat awaits for this afternoon’s colorful
stage and street performances. Enjoy the traditional
street scrubbing, Dutch dancers and costume parade!
Dinner is included at Pella’s Tulip Time Tea Room
before returning to our hotel in Des Moines.(B,D)
DAY 3
Amana
Colonies, Ox Yoke Inn.
This morning,
breakfast is included at the hotel. Surrounded by the
fertile Iowa fields, the Amana Colonies is our next
stop. Established in the 1850’s as a religious commune,
the Colonies are now a national historic landmark. Our
guided tour usually includes stops at a furniture shop,
meat market or winery. A delicious luncheon is served
this afternoon at the historic Ox Yoke Inn. This
130-year-old building was once a community kitchen where
workers from the Amana Colonies would gather for freshly
prepared, family-style meals. We return to your transfer
home later today after a fun-filled tour to Iowa.(B,L)
PHOTOS
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Ox Yoke Inn - Amana Colonies
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John Deere Pavilion |
Pella Tulips |
Call with questions about this tour:
800-323-8383
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