You might think of this two-week trip offered by Trafalgar Tours as a total-immersion course in autumn colors. The itinerary that departs New York will cover parts of the Eastern U.S. and Canada; Washington, Boston, Philadelphia, Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto are on the route. Departure dates are Sept. 5, 12, 19 and 26 and Oct. 3. The $1,999 price tag includes lodging, daily breakfast, most dinners, motor coach and admissions. (800-854-0103) . . . See the leaves turn and get a Patriot’s Pass, good for a year’s admission to Virginia’s Colonial Williamsburg, when you stay a minimum of two nights, Sunday-Thursday, with the Autumn Splendor package. Participating hotels (and their per-person starting rates) are the Governor’s Inn ($46), Williamsburg Woodlands ($57), Williamsburg Lodge ($84), Colonial Houses ($89), Providence Hall Wing ($105) and the Williamsburg Inn ($115). The package is good Sept. 7-Nov. 24. Weekend rates also are available. (800-HISTORY)
ART OF TRAVEL
A retrospective of the paintings of Pierre Bonnard continues in New York at the Museum of Modern Art. New York Hilton and Towers has a package that combines exhibit admission with a hotel stay. Through Sept. 8, the Bonnard package includes a double room, two continental breakfasts, two VIP tickets to the exhibit and a souvenir poster for $229. From Sept. 9 through Oct. 13, the package costs $249. (800-HILTONS) . . . Starting Sept. 20, Le Meridien hotel will offer a package that includes the Monet exhibit in Boston. For $280, guests receive deluxe accommodations, breakfast, parking and tickets — all for two people — to “Monet in the 20th Century” at the Museum of Fine Arts. The offer is good any night of the week through Dec. 27. (800-791-7781) . . . Egypt comes to Seattle when the Seattle Art Museum exhibits “Gift of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture From the University of Pennsylvania Museum.” From Oct. 15 through Jan. 10, the Inn at Harbor Steps offers a package that includes one night in a room with fireplace, breakfast, afternoon tea, dinner at Wolfgang Puck’s and tickets to the exhibit, all for two people. Packages are $185 per couple per night Sunday-Thursday, $200 Friday-Saturday. (888-728-8910)
FREE STUFF
The Lucayan, the Emerald, the Ruby: These are not exotic bird species. They are golf courses, USGA rated, on Grand Bahama Island. Read up on them in the Golfer’s Bliss brochure. (800-448-3386) . . . The route that goes over the river and through the woods leads past some pretty interesting Vermont country inns and B&Bs. That’s why you’ll want the guide. (802-223-3443) . . . You never know when you might have to answer this cocktail-chatter quiz: “Before the Hungarian conquest, was meat tenderized beneath the saddle?” The only way to handle that is to attend the seminar by that name at a restaurant in Budapest. Details on that and other gastronomic events in Hungary are available in one of several cultural brochures. (212-355-0240)
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Tour prices generally are per person, based on double occupancy. Package prices are subject to availability and may have blackout dates.
