Print Full Itinerary:  October 24 Teaneck & Ridgewood

Print Full Itinerary:  October 25 Morristown & Chatham

Itinerary: (Subject to change due to local conditions, unforeseen events, or more interesting, as-yet unplanned awesome experiences that become available)

Celebrate the Sleepy Hollow Bicentennial

                  Armour-Stiner Octagon House ~ Sunnyside                     Sleepy Hollow Cemetery 

One Day Tour ~ Saturday, October 24, 2020

or Sunday, October 25, 2020

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow turns 200!  We will keep the legend alive by visiting the towns of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown honoring Washing Irving’s immortal tale while also exploring the riverside villages of today.  Our first stop will be a tour of the magnificent Armour-Stiner Octagon House.  This unique fully domed octagonal mansion was built in 1872 to replicate Donato Bramante’s Tempietto in Rome.  Our guided tour will take us through three floors of this expressive home revealing elegant ornamentation and furnishings and the only Egyptian Revival Room in America.  This tour does require the ability to climb several sets of stairs.  Next, we will visit a charming, romantic Hudson River landscape in which there lies the picturesque estate of Sunnyside, Washington Irving’s much loved home.  Our tour will teach us of Irving’s storied past along with the legends of his infamous characters like the Headless Horseman and Rip Van Winkle.  After our tour, we’ll enjoy a delicious deli style lunch at Sunnyside that will fuel us for our next encounter with the “ghosts” at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.  Here, we will hear stories about the famous people laid to rest in this 170 year old cemetery while noting the amazing architecture and discovering the meaning of unusual symbols along the way.  Our day will end at the Old Dutch Church festival where you can tour the notorious church from the novel and meander through the burying ground where you may even come face to face with the Headless Horseman! A spectacular October day in Sleepy Hollow!

Saturday, October 24, 2020

Departs from Teaneck (corner of Teaneck Rd and Edgemont Place) at 9:30 AM and returns at approximately 5:45 PM.

Departs from Ridgewood’s Graydon Pool (corner of Lindwood Ave and Northern Parkway) at 9:45 AM and returns at approximately 5:30 PM.

Cars may be parked at either location for the duration of the tour at your own risk.

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Departs from Frelinghuysen Middle School, 10 Jane Way, Morristown at 8:45 AM and returns at approximately 6:30 PM.

Departs from Chatham Middle School, 480 Main Street at 9:15 AM and returns at approximately 6:00 PM.

Cars may be parked at either location for the duration of the tour at your own risk.

No reservations accepted without a payment of $190.00 per person. Make checks payable to “Group Tours & Travel” and mail to the address below. A full refund will be granted if cancelled prior to September 1, 2020.  No refund will be given on a cancellation after September 1, 2020. Group Tours is not responsible for any delays, cancellations, injuries or circumstances beyond its control and reserves the right to change this itinerary.  All trip components are subject to change in accordance with Government, State and Local guidelines and/or mandates.  This tour will run rain or shine.

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Methods of Payment: 

Pay by check: make payable to Group Tours & Travel, mail to 1710 E. Lancaster Ave. #319, Paoli, PA 19301

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