SARASOTA SCHOOL FOR ARTS & SCIENCE

TALLAHASSEE TOUR

NOV 23, 2015

(updated 8/31)

Sample Agenda

DAY 1(MON-NOV 23)

5am departure from school aboard deluxe motorcoach. Restroom break in route. Arrive in

Tallahassee. Meet tour escorts at the New Capitol Building. Guided tour of the New Capitol

Building, including stops at the House and Senate chambers and ending on the 23rd floor observation

deck. Meet with your Legislator

(if avlb). Tour the Historic Old Capitol Building. Refurbished to it’s

1902 splendor when it housed the House & Senate Chambers, the Supreme Court, and the Governor’s

Office (William S. Jennings). Chic-Fil-A box lunch. Tour the Museum Of Florida History. The

museum is dedicated to Florida History and also features temporary exhibits from around the world.

Tour the Governor’s Mansion

(if avlb). The mansion was built in 1957 and is patterned after “The

Hermitage”, home of Andrew Jackson. Dinner at the FSU student dining hall. See the 3-D IMAX

Movie

“tba” at the Challenger Learning Center. Hotel check in at the Wyndham Gardens Hotel

(850/877-3171)

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DAY 2(TUE-NOV 24)

Check out of the hotel. Breakfast in the hotel. Buses will split up for tours. Travel to Wakulla

Springs. Enjoy a narrated boat cruise on the beautiful, unspoiled Wakulla River and learn about the

fragile environment of this wetland area. Box lunch from Honey Baked Ham. Tour the Gulf

Specimen Marine Laboratory. Students will be given a 2- hour guided tour conducted by marine

biologists including the aquarium and touch tanks explaining the animals and their habitats. Then

they will go down to the floating docks where students may observe barnacles feeding, grass shrimp

and nudibranchs foraging in the hydroids. Depart by 2:30pm. Fast food dinner stop in route. Return

to your school by 8:30pm.

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TOUR INCLUDES

:

Round trip transportation via deluxe motorcoach (air-conditioned, DVD, &

restroom); overnight lodging with night security; meals as noted; all tours and admissions; a 1:10

ratio of chaperones to students; group accidental injury insurance; background information package

for trip sponsor; student study guide; tour escort from our company to handle all trip details.

TOUR PRICE:

$200 per student (quad occupancy)

(based on a minimum of 35 paying students per bus)