Windsor Castle + Hampton Court Palace

City Sightseeing offers a thoroughly entertaining audio guide with fascinating facts and figures that even some of the locals won't know! Across the 15 stops of the route, you will have the opportunity to remain on the comfortable and convenient bus for the entire loop, listening to the informative audio commentary, or to hop on and off at each attraction. Join us as we start at Bus Stop 1, the famous Brighton Pier. Hop off if you would like to take a walk through a shingle and sand beach with funfairs, arcades, cafés, and shops. Take advantage of the privileged view from the open-top buses as we drive by King's Road, Grand Avenue, Palmeira Square, and Lansdowne Road. Hop off at Bus Stop 6 to take a stroll through St. Anns Well Gardens and visit a scented garden that allows the visitor to experience many different smells. Do your shopping at Bus Stop 8, Imperial Arcade, an enclosed shopping arcade in central Brighton, and hop back on to get to your next shopping destination: North Laine. City Sightseeing Brighton City Tour does not finish here. Get to enjoy a panoramic view of the shoreline from the comfortable busses as we go by the exclusive area of Brighton Marina, Royal Crescent, and Madeira Drive. Buy your ticket today and start planning your itinerary!

Shearwater is a classic Newport-style schooner yacht, only recently recognized as a national landmark in 2009.  The vessel was built by Rice Brother Corporation in East Boothbay, Maine, back in a time when yachting was a rare combination of elegance and adventure; Rice Bros. were well known for building luxury pleasure yachts and produced some 4,000 hulls over a period of 64 years. The keel was laid down on January 4, 1929 and a news clip from the Boothbay Register reflects alongside a photograph "Tyler Hodgon at the old Tide Mill is getting out timbers for the schooner to be built at Rice’s. Vessel to be built of native white oak." Traditionally built from hand-hewn native white oak, she was the last boat to be constructed at that yard - likely due to the ensuing Great Depression brought on by the Stock Market Crash that occurred later that autumn.  East Boothbay was a small coastal town with shipbuilding being its only industry. About 40 workmen were employed for the construction of SHEARWATER. Her designer Theodore Donald Wells was born in Hudson Falls, N Y on October 22, 1875. He was a naval architect and marine engineer, a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and also the Institute of Naval Architects London. His education included post-graduate work at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. He began his career as a member of the firm Herreshoff and Wells, N. Y. City in 1902. Working with Herreshoff no doubt had an influence on his designs, which bear similarities to many of the famous Herreshoff designed yachts of that time. From 1903 to 1907 he worked for Wintringham and Wells and then began practicing his profession under his own name. Mr. Wells joined the Navy Department in March 1917 and became Superintending Constructor of the Baltimore District U. S. N. Notable yachts designed and constructed under his supervision are "Viking" a 272 foot steel motor yacht built for George F. Baker in 1929 by Newport News and "Karina" a three masted schooner built for Robert E. Tod in 1932 by Staten Island Shipbuilding. Mr. Tod was a well-known offshore yachtsman as was his former yacht ‘Thistle", which competed in the Emperors Cup ocean race. SHEARWATER was launched on May 4, 1929 and photographs in the Boothbay Register reflect her graceful and elegant lines. Her first Captain, Leon Esterbrook of Edgarton, MA, arrived to take charge of the fitting out. Her owner Charles E Dunlap was a member of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht Club, Oyster Bay, NY and this became SHEARWATER’s first homeport after her completion in late September 1929. It was there in Oyster Bay that she first started to thrill those who sailed in luxury aboard her and those who were privileged to crew her on race day. Since her launching and documentation in Lloyd’s Register of American Yachts in 1929, she has had a colorful history and has been carefully maintained and restored to standards that few contemporary vessels are able to match and is truly a piece of American Maritime History. On November 7, 1942 SHEARWATER was requisitioned by the War Shipping Administration and became a member of The United States Coast Guard’s Coastal Picket Patrol during World War Two. She was painted gray and bore the numbers CG67004. Based at Little Creek, Virginia she patrolled the waters east of the Chesapeake Bay entrance and south towards Cape Hatteras. Her skipper during that period reflected on how they used their free time while out on submarine patrol to race against other yachts and in his own words "sailed in tandem with the schooner Lord Jim, racing in and out of port, up and down the east coast and winning." She was designed and built as a gaff rigged schooner but during this period was changed to a Marconi rig. She carries over 2,550 square feet while under full sail. A true veteran world cruiser, she first transited the Panama Canal in July 1946 and in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s completed a two and a half-year global circumnavigation. In December 1971 Mrs. John B. Thayer of Rosemont, wife of a former trustee and treasurer, donated SHEARWATER to the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute of Environmental Medicine. She was used by the university as a laboratory for research on physiological responses to the stresses of living and working underwater. Captained by James Shearson, she was fitted with compressors, generators, monitoring instruments and a small decompression chamber. She has participated in many Ancient Mariner and Classic yacht races in U S waters as well as racing in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand while on her circumnavigation in the early 1980’s. It is rumored she was once dismasted in the famous Newport to Bermuda race. She was last raced by the current owners in San Diego in May 1995 in the American Schooner Cup and finished second overall. She entered the yacht charter industry in 1966 whilst on the West Coast sailing to the Channel Islands and was again used to generate income to keep her shipshape while owned by the University of Pennsylvania. During the chartering industry’s infancy in the Caribbean, SHEARWATER was known as the " Queen of the Fleet". Today she continues this tradition offering the most unique sailing experience and has passed rigid Coast Guard inspections and can carry up to 49 passengers. We welcome you to join us for an excellent opportunity to experience the ambiance of a vintage sailing vessel while delighting in the splendors of The Manhattan sky-line, the Statue of Liberty or the beauty of the oceans beyond.

Highlights of your day will include: Hollywood
       Hollywood Boulevard (TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Dolby Theater) (*Approximately 30 minutes)
       The Hollywood Sign
       The Hollywood Bowl
       Miracle Mile
       La Brea Tar Pits
       L.A. County Museum of Art (LACMA)
       Melrose Avenue
       Farmers Market/The Grove (*Approximately 1 hour)
       Paramount Studios
       CBS Television
Beverly Hills
       Rodeo Drive (*Approximately 15 minutes)
       City Hall
West Hollywood
       Sunset Strip
Downtown L.A.
       Olvera Street (*Approximately 15 minutes)
       Chinatown
       Staples Center
       Walt Disney Concert Hall
       Microsoft Theater
       Cathedral of Our Lady *Times and locations may vary depending on events or traffic conditions

A day to remember. This is a land that abounds in mysterious and remarkable formations of rich, red rock.  Bryce Canyon is an extraordinary sight, a highlight in the traveler's journey. T.C. Bailey once said, " There are deep caverns and rooms resembling ruins of prisons, Castles, Churches, with their guarded walls, battlements, spires and steeples, niches and recesses, presenting the wildest and the most wonderful scene that the eye of man ever beheld." The views are truly breathtaking. Enjoy a romantic picnic lunch at the rim. After a stunning visit we reluctantly we leave Bryce for the wonders of Zion.  Artists and photographers have been drawn to Zion for many years in an effort to capture its infinite variety of moods.  The pinnacles and extraordinary formations continue throughout the journey.  The incredible landscape of Zion is a magnificent display of beauty that is a perpetual source of inspiration and renewal for us all.  Once you experience Zion, you will long to return again and again. Includes:
Continental breakfast
lunch, unlimited bottled water and snacks
professional guides

Conozca la gran dama de la ciudad de Nueva York desde cerca y personalmente con el tour a la Estatua de la Libertad. El recorrido empieza con un poco de contexto, visitando sitios alrededor de Battery Park. Allí los monumentos conmemorativos rara vez reciben la atención que merecen, como los visitantes con prisa para subir al ferri. Las historias que tienen para contar merecen la pena, de manera que emplearemos menos tiempo en el Monumento Nacional del castillo Clinton, Pier A Harbor House, el memorial a los marineros comerciantes americanos, The Sphere y el memorial a los veteranos de guerra de Corea. A continuación, saldrá hacia la isla de la Libertad, con entrada exprés para el ferri, de tal manera que no deberá hacer colas y podrá conseguir los mejores asientos - y como que salimos tan temprano (normalmente en el primer ferri, dependiendo de la época del año), llegará a la estatua antes que las grandes multitudes. Una vez allí, podrá disfrutar de fabulosas vistas de la ciudad y de un recorrido guiado que le llevará al pedestal, permitiéndole acercarse a la gran dama más que en una visita normal. Allí su guía le hablará sobre este icono de la ciudad. Fue un regalo a América de parte de Francia y fue diseñado por arquitectos incluyendo Gustav Eiffel (cuya torre parisina le pueda ser familiar) aunque no fue acogida como se pensaba. Con un guía experto, aprenderá sobre la problemática y qué la hizo tan especial para la gente de Nueva York. A continuación, volverá al ferri y se dirigirá a la isla Ellis, donde podrá seguir los pasos de 12 millones de inmigrantes. Con su guía experto, aprenderá sobre el largo proceso que las personas pasaron, caminará por las Escaleras de la Separación para entender los 2 nombres tan diferentes de la isla  – ‘The Island of Hope’ (la isla de la esperanza) y ‘The Island of Tears’ (la isla de las lágrimas). Explorará la colección y las exposiciones interactivas de museo, con la oportunidad de hacer preguntas a su guía. El tour finaliza en la isla Ellis, así que podrá permanecer un rato más en la isla, o podrá volver en ferri con el guía. Con pequeños grupos de 20 personas o menos, y saliendo en uno de los primeros ferris de la mañana, le aseguramos un viaje tranquilo y relajado, eliminando el estrés y frustraciones de una visita normal. Incluye:
Tour guiado por la Estatua de la Libertad y el Museo de la isla Ellis.
Entradas para el pedestal
Billetes exprés para el ferri (para ahorrarse las colas)
Grupos de 20 personas o menos
Excluye:
Corona de la Estatua de la Libertad
Propinas
Recogida en su hotel
Comida y bebida
Lugares que se visitan:
Museo de la Estatua de la Libertad y Pedestal
Museo de la Isla Ellis
Monumento Nacional del Castillo Clinton
Pier A Harbor House (desde el exterior)
Memorial de los Marineros Comerciantes Americanos
The Sphere
Memorial a los Veteranos de la Guerra de Corea
Tenga en cuenta que esta excursión solo está disponible en inglés.

This Motown revue is electric from the first beat to the last breathtaking note and features all of your favorite hits from this ageless era of music.