Arizona Desert Getaway

Arizona Desert Getaway
featuring Four Nights in Tucson
2017 Departure Dates: February 25; March 5
12 Days • 18 Meals
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Free home or local pickup and return
18 Meals (6 dinners, 1 lunch and 11 breakfasts)
Dinner at the Big Texan Steakhouse
See the gypsum dunes of White Sands National Monument
Spend 2 nights in Las Cruces, the crossroads of Hispanic,
Indian and American cultures
Visit the New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum
Included lunch and time for shopping in historic Old Mesilla
Visit Tombstone, home to OK Corral and Boot Hill Cemetery
Spend 4 nights in Tucson and take a narrated tour with a
local guide
Visit Saguaro National Park and Old Tucson Studios
Tour the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Take a narrated tram ride through Sabino Canyon
Visit the Pima Air & Space Museum
See a show at Gaslight Theatre, Tucson’s authentic footstomping musical comedy melodrama
Visit Tubac Artisan Village and the Mission San Xavier del
Bac, “the Dove of the Desert”
See the St. Joseph Apache Mission
$60 in Mayflower Money
DAYS ONE AND TWO – Travel to Amarillo
Our journey west begins with dinner and overnight in Missouri before coming to the Lone Star state of Texas. Dinner is at the Big
Overnights
1 En Route Overnights
Visit
Tour Route
NEW MEXICO
Mescalero
ARIZONA
Tucson
Tubac
Village
4
Tombstone
Roswell
2
1
White Sands
National Monument
2 Las Cruces
2
Old Mesilla
Texan Steakhouse, home of the 72oz steak challenge.
(2 Dinners and breakfast)
DAY THREE – White Sands National Monument
Some of the most diverse landscape of New Mexico lies before us.
The Rio Grande cuts a wide green path of tall trees and fertile fields
through the Mesilla Valley and leads us to White Sands National
Monument. This awesome expanse of snow-white gypsum sand
dunes covers 275 square miles. We travel the 16-mile Dunes Drive
before coming to the picturesque town of Las Cruces. (Breakfast)
DAY FOUR – Explore Las Cruces
Set against the majestic spires of the Organ Mountains, Las Cruces
is a crossroads of Hispanic, Indian and American cultures. At the
New Mexico Farm and Ranch Heritage Museum, we climb aboard
evening, the Casino del Sol’s remarkable architecture transports us
to a Mediterranean Resort with an included dinner.
(Breakfast and dinner)
Visit Tombstone and Boot Hill Cemetery
specially designed trams and learn the history of New Mexico’s
farming and ranching through both indoor and outdoor exhibits,
live animals and demonstrations. Our included lunch is in Old
Mesilla where you can explore the beautiful plaza and see over 400
years of its past come to life through traditional architecture.
(Breakfast and lunch)
DAY FIVE – Tombstone and Boot Hill Cemetery
In the boardwalk-laden, wild-west mining town of Tombstone, we
hear how the town has survived booms, busts and some of the territory’s most notorious gunslingers and was the site of the real gunfight at the OK Corral. Take a stroll through Boot Hill Cemetery.
Later, we arrive in Tucson, our home for the next four nights.
Tonight, dinner is served at Pinnacle Peak Steakhouse and Saloon,
known for their mesquite-grilled cowboy steaks. (Breakfast and dinner)
DAY SIX – Saguaro National Park
and Sabino Canyon Tram
A local guide shows us Tucson, whose downtown Presidio District
includes a colorful mix of Moorish, Spanish and Southwestern architecture as well as the historic Hotel Congress, where John
Dillinger’s fate was sealed. Then take a leisurely drive through
Saguaro National Park to see these amazing giants of the cactus
world. In Sabina Canyon a narrated tram ride takes us to see where
mammoths once roamed and Hohokam Indians found swimming
holes. (Breakfast)
DAY SEVEN – Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
and Old Tucson Studios
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is a mix of zoo, natural history museum and botanical garden with a range of local flora and
wildlife. Nearby is Old Tucson Studios, an old west town made famous as a location for more than 300 movies and TV shows. In the
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DAY EIGHT – Pima Air & Space Museum and Tubac
This morning we tour the Pima Air & Space Museum, featuring
over 300 historical aircrafts from a Wright Flyer to a 787 Dreamliner. At the lovely village of Tubac, first established by the Spanish
in 1752, we stroll the meandering streets filled with numerous galleries, studios and gift shops. Later, we visit Mission San Xavier del
Bac, the 17th-centruy Spanish mission known as “The White Dove
of the Desert,” with its imposing dome, lofty towers and graceful
spires. In the evening, “cheer” the hero and “boo” the villain at
Tucson’s authentic musical comedy melodrama, the Gaslight Theatre. (Breakfast)
DAY NINE – St. Joseph Apache Mission
We make a stop at the St. Joseph Apache Mission. This inspiring
Romanesque church stands as a tribute to the faith, patriotism and
is dedicated to the memory of veterans from WWI and WWII.
(Breakfast and dinner)
DAYS TEN THROUGH TWELVE – Oklahoma City and Home
A panoramic tour of Oklahoma City shows us the Stockyards and
Capitol Building followed by a final overnight and farewell dinner
in Missouri. (3 Breakfasts and dinner)
Arizona Desert Getaway
2017 DEPARTURES
PER PERSON
TWIN ROOM
SINGLE
ROOM
$2,059
$2,059
add $729
add $729
February 25
March 5
HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
Day One – La Quinta Inn, Springfield, MO
Day Two – Country Inn, Amarillo, TX
Days Three and Four – La Quinta Inn, Las Cruces, NM
Days Five through Eight – Country Inn, Tucson, AZ
Day Nine – Best Western Sally Port Inn, Roswell, NM
Day Ten – Ramada Limited, Oklahoma City, OK
Day Eleven – Pear Tree Inn, Rolla, MO
TOUR ACTIVITY LEVEL
Cancellation Fee Waiver (CFW) - $100
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cancellations are made more than 30 days prior to departure. If you purchase the optional Cancellation Fee Waiver (CFW), you will be refunded all payments, less the $100 for the CFW. While on tour, if a
passenger must leave early due to a personal illness, illness or death of a member of the immediate family
or a traveling companion, the purchase of the Cancellation Fee Waiver guarantees full refund for any unused services. Should you choose not to purchase our Cancellation Fee Waiver, the following per person
cancellation charges will be assessed:
31 days or more
Deposit Amount
30 to 7 days prior
$300 per person
6 to 1 day prior
$400 per person
Day of departure
100% of the tour cost
Early departure from tour
100% of the tour cost
No refund on unused portions of the tour
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act of God, natural or man-made disaster, fire, government action, civil disorder, war, hostilities between
nations, or unavailability of transportation through no fault of Mayflower Tours.
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