Boston Social Tours
Due to circumstances beyond our control, several of the
tour options originally offered are no longer available. However, the three
offered here are confirmed and will take place as scheduled. Please purchase
your tickets as soon as possible as space is limited. If space remains during
the week of the conference, tickets will be available on site for an additional
$3 fee per tour.
The 2008 IEEE IGARSS Tour Program is being conducted by NXTevent, Inc.
Please note:
- There is no weather contingency or cancellation on tours, so they will operate rain or shine.
- All tours will depart from the Hynes Convention Center, Boylston Street Entrance.
- If you sign up for a tour and cancel before the cancellation date of June 14, 2008, there will be a $25.00 cancellation fee per tour assessed by NXTevent. There will be no refunds by NXTevent after June 14, 2008.
- If you sign up for a tour on site, NXTevent will charge an additional fee of $3.00 per tour.
To see the schedule and register for one of these tours, please go to: http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=629071
Tour Descriptions
Call of the Whales
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Photo courtesy of Seven Seas Whale Watch
Relax and enjoy a 3-hour whale watch cruise on a high-speed catamaran. The
cruise will visit the east coast’s most famous whale watching destination,
Stellwagen Bank.
Here, guests are able to view a variety of whales including the humpback,
finback and minke, while the whales frolic in their natural habitat. The whale
watch is narrated by a naturalist from the noted Whale Center of New England
and includes a narration of the Boston Harbor Islands.
Activity Level: Low
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| Depart: | Hynes Convention Center, Sunday, July 6, 09:30 |
| Return: | Hynes Convention Center, approx. 14:00 |
| Cost: | $96/person |
On the Trail Through Cambridge
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Take a ride to Cambridge and be escorted onto charming river boats for a
fascinating one hour sightseeing tour. Your guide will point out various points
of interest and historical markers along the riverside. Post cruise, guests can
enjoy lunch at the popular Cheesecake Factory, which has a menu with something
for everyone, and delicious cheesecake desserts that are a musthave!
After lunch, head to Harvard Square, where your guide will accompany you
through the historical back roads of Cambridge. Take a walk down Tory Row past
George Washington's former home, the Old Blacksmith's Shop; and Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow former home. Next up, your guide will take you on a stroll to the
Harvard University campus, one of the greatest academic and research facilities
in the world. The group will be lead through Civil War Memorial Hall and
Sander's Theater, as well as various other points of interest. In addition to
architectural and historical perspectives, you will also be treated to a series
of long-lived campus stories, popular since the Institution's founding in 1636.
Guests may visit the University's Natural History Botanical Museum, home of
3000 glass model flowers created by naturalists and consummate glass artisans
Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka. The life-size models include 847 species with
remarkably accurate anatomical sections and enlarged flower parts.
Activity Level: Moderate
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| Depart: | Hynes Convention Center, Monday, July 7, 12:30 |
| Return: | Hynes Convention Center, approx. 17:00 |
| Cost: | $61/person |
Oh, the Elegance and Charm of Newport (lunch included)
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Photo courtesy of Patrick O'Connor
Rising early to head south, travel along the coast to the beguiling town of
Newport, Rhode Island. Discover this legendary seaside resort and summer
playground for this country’s first millionaires and home of America’s first
castles. Travel along the shoreline via the spectacular “10 mile drive”,
admiring regal mansions against the backdrop of the magnificent Atlantic.
Guests may revel in the luxury of the Vanderbilt’s “summer cottage” - the
Breakers – a sprawling mansion with 70 rooms illustrating the Vanderbilt’s role
in the Gilded Age. Other mansions may include Rosecliff, Issac Bell House,
Marble House, the Elms and Chateau-sur-Mer.
Guests will enjoy lunch in the private dining room at the Astor’s Beechwood
Mansion. After their meal, the group can explore this beautiful oceanfront
property. Astor’s Beechwood is the former home of the Queen of American
Society, Caroline Astor, the creator of the first American social register,
“the 400”, and the mother of John Jacob Astor IV, who died on the Titanic. As
an option to dining at Astor’s Beechwood, the group may head into America’s Cup
territory where the New York Yacht Club hosted the international sailing race
for over 100 years. Lunch will be held at La Forge Casino, a charming
restaurant overlooking the tennis courts of the International Tennis Hall of
Fame. If time allows, the group will have the opportunity to shop at many of
the boutiques and niche shop fronts located in the area.
Activity Level: Moderate
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| Depart: | Hynes Convention Center, Tuesday, July 8, 08:00 |
| Return: | Hynes Convention Center, approx. 17:00 |
| Cost: | $102/person (lunch included) |
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