GrandLuxe Rail Journeys Antebellum South 2008

DAY 1
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Welcome aboard. Arrive early and explore D.C.’s monuments and museums on your own. Welcome Aboard Champagne Reception and Dinner • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (D)

DAY 2
MONTICELLO, WILLIAMSBURG, OR FREDERICKSBURG
Explore living history. Choose from the following: • Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in Charlottesville • Colonial Williamsburg, the nation’s largest living history museum • Civil War battlefields at Fredericksburg • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 3
CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
One of America’s most well-preserved cities. Choose from: • Horse-drawn carriage tour • Fort Sumter National Monument, where the first shot of the Civil War was fired • Magnolia Plantation and America’s Oldest Garden • U. S. S. Hunley, a restored Civil War-era submarine • Free time to shop • Overnight

GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 4
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
The Belle of the South. Historic Trolley tour of grand public squares and oaks draped with Spanish moss • Home and garden tour including home of Dr. Metts, the Savannah resident made infamous in the book “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil” • Fort Pulaski National Monument • Free time at River Street’s historic shopping district • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 5
SAVANNAH TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
Rail day. Full day of riding on the train • Entertaining lectures • Afternoon tea featuring pastries made onboard the train • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 6
VICKSBURG OR NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI
Civil War history or mansions & plantations. Choose from: • Vicksburg National Military Park and the U.S.S. Cairo, a preserved Union ironclad gunboat • Mansions and plantations of Natchez, one of Mississippi’s oldest cities • Lunch in a historic mansion • City tour • Overnight GrandLuxe Express (B,L,D)

DAY 7
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Your GrandLuxe rail journey comes to a close. If time allows, explore New Orleans on your own before departing for home. (B)

Type of accommodations	Retail Rate	Early Booking Rate (Must be booked 90+ Days Prior to Departure)
Vintage Pullman	$4,570	$4,320
Single Sleeper	$5,650	$5,400
Single Sleeper Grand Class	$5,950	$5,700
Triple Suite	$5,940	$5,690
Parlor Suite	$6,080	$5,830
Classic Presidential Suite	$6,410	$6,160
Grand Suite	$6,730	$6,480
Gold Suite	$7,030	$6,780

Vintage Pullman: Upper and lower beds, converted full-size couch, private sink and water closet.
Single Sleeper: Lower bed, converted single sofa seat, private sink, and water closet.
Single Sleeper Grand Class: Single bed, sink, toilet and shower
Triple Suite: Parlor Suite and single sleeper with adjoining door -- total of three beds
Parlor Suite: Two lower beds, hand-held shower, sink and toilet
Classic Presidential Suite: Double-size cabin with two lower beds, two converted single sofa seats or a converted couch, private sink, water closet and shower.
Grand Suite: New, larger cabin with two lower beds in an "L" configuration, converted full-size couch and converted single sofa seat, table, private sink, water closet and shower.
Gold Suite (NEW!): Two lower beds side by side, shower, two sinks and toilet.

Southbound (Washington DC to New Orleans):

March 30-April 5
April 13-19

Northbound (New Orleans to Washington DC):

March 23-29
April l6-12