Springtime in Gettysburg - May 13-15, 2025

SPRINGTIME IN GETTYSBURG 

INCLUDING HERSHEY, PA

TUESDAY, MAY 13 - THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE: Gettysburg Museum & Visitor Center • Cyclorama Painting • "A New Birth of Freedom" Film • Historic Gettysburg Battlefields Tour • Eisenhower Farm • Hershey Chocolate Visitor Center • Trolley Tour of Hershey 

EXCURSION INCLUDES: Luxury Motorcoach transportation • 2 Nights lodging • 4 Meals (2 Breakfasts & 2 Dinners) • Scenic Excursions Tour Host/Hostess • Luggage Handling upon availability  • All Taxes & Meal Gratuities 

PRICE PER PERSON: 

$979.00 - Double 

$959.00 - Triple 

$1,259.00 - Single

There is no refund 60 days prior to this trip. Scenic Excursions suggests you protect you and your travel investment. Visit NTA AON Travel Protection following the steps below. If you require assistance see your Scenic Excursions travel specialist to assist you.

Trip protection available through AON Affinity. 

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Must use Tour Operator Location Number: 326296 - this is needed to link protection to the tour package purchased. Complete basic information, review and choose what plan is best for you. After reviewing, you can choose to reserve or not. 

Basic Plan can be purchased at any time. Enhanced Plan covers pre-exisiting conditions and must be purchased within 14 days of deposit of your tour. Pricing subject to change based on insurance company premiums/costs.

TENTATIVE ITINERARY:

Day One - Tuesday, May 13, 2025: Depart from your hometown and travel to GETTYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, stopping for rest and lunch on your own.  Upon arrival, visit the GETTYSBURG MUSEUM AND VISITOR CENTER.  SEE THE FILM “A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM,” narrated by Morgan Freeman. View the sound-and-light show on the largest oil painting in North America—the BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG CYCLORAMA.  Longer than a football field and as tall as a four-story building, this stunning oil painting in-the-round of Pickett’s Charge was created in the late 1880s. INTERACTIVE EXHIBITS ARE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THIS 12-GALLERY, CIVIL WAR MUSEUM.  After your visit, depart for your lodging in the area.  DINNER TONIGHT IS AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT, followed by a restful night.

Day Two - Wednesday, May 14, 2025: After BREAKFAST at the hotel, depart for a day in Gettysburg.  A LICENSED BATTLEFIELD GUIDE will board your bus and take you on a NARRATED TOUR, OUTLINING THE HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS BATTLE as you wind your way through the battlefield.  THERE ARE 1,328 MONUMENTS, MEMORIALS, MARKERS, AND PLAQUES ON THE BATTLEFIELD THAT COMMEMORATE AND MEMORIALIZE THE MEN WHO FOUGHT AND DIED DURING THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.  Lunch is on your own in the area, then board the shuttle which transports you to the EISENHOWER NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – the 230-acre farm which was the only home ever owned by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie.  After returning to the park via shuttle, board your bus and depart for DINNER at one of the popular local restaurants. 

Day Three - Thursday, May 15, 2025: Enjoy BREAKFAST at the hotel, then check out and depart for HERSHEY, PENNSYLVANIA … the “SWEETEST PLACE ON EARTH.”  Arrive at the CHOCOLATE WORLD VISITOR CENTER to ride the Hershey’s CHOCOLATE TOUR RIDE through a simulated chocolate factory, grab lunch on your own in the food court and pick up some delicious Hershey candy before meeting your TOUR GUIDE FOR A TROLLEY TOUR OF HERSHEY.  Hershey began with Milton S. Hershey who envisioned a complete new community around his chocolate factory.  He built a model town for his employees that included comfortable homes, an inexpensive public transportation system, a quality public school system and extensive recreational and cultural opportunities.  Many of the town’s impressive structures (Hotel Hershey, community center, sports arena and stadium) were built during the Great Depression as part of Milton Hershey’s “Great Building Campaign” to provide jobs.  This in turn transformed the town into a major tourist attraction.  After the tour, continue home with fond memories of Historic Gettysburg & Sweet Hershey.