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| New York Spanish Student Field Trip Itinerary | |
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| Click here for a printable PDF of the New York 3-day Spanish Itinerary. | |
| Day 1 | |
| 7:00 AM | Depart school on a deluxe, climate-controlled and restroom-equipped motorcoach. |
| 12:00 PM | Arrive at Rockefeller Center "the Heart of New York", and meet your bilingual Winged Victory
guide at the corner of 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza. Your guide will take you on a short orientation tour that will begin at the world-famous lower plaza, where one of your classmates can take your picture in front of the gilded statue of Prometheus, and will end at an underground McDonald's where you'll be free for an inexpensive lunch at your own expense. |
| 1:15 PM | After lunch, you will walk into the lobby of the 70-story General Electric Building for an introduction to the magnificent murals of Spanish artist José María Sert, and your guide will tell you why the Rockefellers commissioned Sert, in 1932, to paint over the original mural painted by Mexican artist Diego Rivera. |
| 1:45 PM | Time-permitting, you will also walk with your guide through the Channel Gardens and across
Fifth Avenue, to the 150-year-old Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Though it is located at the center of midtown Manhattan, and is now dwarfed by nearby skyscrapers, it was thought by its parishioners, when construction began before the Civil War, to be too far out in the country. |
| 2:30 PM | Meet the bus in front of the Today Show studio and depart for the Hispanic Society of America. |
| 3:15 PM |  Arrive at the Hispanic Society of America, a museum and
research library founded in 1904 and dedicated to the study of
the art, history and literature of the Iberian Peninsula.Bienvenidos a España! Upon arrival, you'll begin your visit in the Spanish Renaissance-style Main Court, where you'll view a significant collection of 14th- to 19th-century Spanish Masters including Goya, Velázquez and El Greco. Before you leave the Hispanic Society, you'll visit the Sorolla Room where your guide will tell you about the costumes, events and activities of all the regions of Spain depicted in the unforgettable murals of Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida. |
| 4:15 PM | Transfer to the world famous Central Park, and enjoy some rest and relaxation time in the beautiful scenery, where true New Yorkers escape from the hustle and bustle of city life. |
| 5:15 PM | Meet the bus and depart for dinner! |
| 6:00 PM |  Enjoy a visit to Greenwich Village where you'll have dinner at
Gonzalez y Gonzalez, a popular Mexican Cantina that is well
known for its authentic food and its extensive collection of
traditional Mexican folk art.There, upon arrival you'll have a three-course Mexican dinner beginning with sopa de tortilla (corn and onion bisque baked with tortillas and cheese), a fajita platter and dessert. |
| 7:00 PM | Despues de la cena, depart for Times Square, the "Crossroads of The World". |
| 7:45 PM | Upon arrival, you will stop briefly for a group photograph. Afterwards, walk back to the 75,000 square foot Virgin Megastore, the largest record and entertainment store in the world. While you’re there, you will certainly want to visit the Latin Music section, with a vast selection of Spanish music. |
| 9:00 PM | Meet the bus on 45th Street, in front of the Planet Hollywood gift shop, say goodnight to your tour guide for the evening, and depart for your hotel, where you will check-in and get some well deserved rest. |
| 9:30 PM | Arrive at and check-in to your rooms at The Sheraton-Meadowlands, right across the river, in
New Jersey! The newly renovated, 21-story Sheraton Meadowlands Hotel and Conference Center is right by the Meadowlands Sports Complex - New Jersey's premier center for sports, entertainment and special events. The 427-room hotel has a large amount of meeting space, including a conference center and the largest ballroom in all of northern New Jersey. |
| 10:00 PM | Overnight Security begins. |
| Day 2 | |
| 7:30 AM | Board the bus and depart for a Cuban breakfast. You will pick up your guide en route on 178th Street (at the corner of Broadway). |
| 8:30 AM | Enjoy a typical Cuban breakfast of panqueques and fried plantain at La Floridita, a modern Cuban restaurant on Broadway. |
| 9:30 AM | Afterwards, meet your bus and depart for the Cloisters, a world-famous museum of medieval art, in Fort Tyron Park. |
| 10:00 AM |  Arrive at the Cloisters: a 12th century European monastery
built with stone from churches throughout France and Spain.
(The Cloisters' hilltop location, in a park overlooking the
Hudson River, is said to be the closest approximation of a
European setting anywhere in North America.)Your visit will begin in the Cuxa Cloister, a muchphotographed courtyard, reconstructed from a monastery in the north-eastern Pyrenees that had, at various times, been in both France and Spain as the border moved back and forth during periods of hostilities between the two countries. Among other things, you will visit the Fuentidueña Chapel, which had been painstakingly dismantled, stone by stone, in the Spanish village of Fuentidueña, and reconstructed at the Cloisters as a permanent loan from the government of Spain. Lastly, do not miss the magnificent Unicorn Tapestries. After your tour, you'll have a few minutes to browse in the museum's gift shop. |
| 11:15 AM | Meet the bus and transfer to the IBM Garden Plaza for lunch on your own. |
| 12:00 PM | Walk through the IBM Atrium and into the beautiful lobby of the Trump Tower. There, you can
have lunch at your own expense in the lower level, or you can easily walk to McDonald's on
57th Street. Afterwards, you will be free for 1/2 hour to explore 5th Avenue! |
| 1:30 PM | Depart for The Metropolitan Museum of Art. |
| 2:00 PM |  Arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where your visit will
begin with a brief orientation in the 16th-century Velez Blanco
Patio, then you will visit the permanent exhibit of the Spanish
Masters from the Met's collection of 3,000 European paintings.Following your viewing of the magnificent works of Goya, El Greco and Velázquez, your group will be free for an hour to view some of the icons in the American Wing, including George Washington Crossing the Delaware, and a number of other very familiar works by Grant Wood, Edward Hopper and Georgia O'Keeffe.In short, there will be something here to inspire every member of the group. |
| 4:00 PM | Meet the bus and return to the hotel to freshen up for your evening activity. |
| 6:15 PM | Reassemble in the lobby, then board your bus and depart for dinner. |
| 7:00 PM | Arrive at Medieval Times and check in for an evening of sorcery, pageantry and horsemanship
at Medieval Times. (your guide will help check you in, but will not be staying for the performance) |
| 7:30 PM |  Begin your visit at the Spanish castle of Count Don Raimundo
II, and take a journey back to 11th Century Spain, in the time
of El Cid, where chivalry and knights in shining armor still
exist.You will enjoy a dinner (no silverware!) of: garlic Bread, fresh Vegetable Soup, 1/2 Roasted Chicken, Spare Ribs, Herb- Basted Potato, and Pastries of the Castle for dessert. The evening will begin in the Grand Arena where your knight will compete on horseback with five other knights from the various regions of Spain in medieval games of skill and accuracy. |
| 9:30 PM | Afterwards, meet your bus and return to the hotel. |
| 10:00 PM | Overnight Security begins. EVENING OPTION #2: (price dependent upon show cost): Enjoy dinner at San Martin's, a fine Spanish restaurant on New York's fashionable Upper East Side. After dinner at San Martin's, transfer to your choice of Broadway shows. |
| Day 3 | |
| 7:00 AM | Full American Breakfast Buffet in the hotel, which will include: Scrambled eggs, bacon and sausage, home fried potatoes, french toast, bakery items, cereals, yogurts, fruits, juice, coffee, tea. |
| 8:00 AM | After breakfast, check out of your rooms, place your bags on the bus and depart for Manhattan. You will meet your guide en route, at the corner of 10th Avenue and 42nd Street. You will then begin a New York City sightseeing tour that will end in at your Latin Dance Lesson. |
| 10:00 AM | DanceSport is New York's liveliest and largest Ballroom and Latin dance studio! In midtown Manhattan, enjoy your one hour introduction to Latin dancing that will include professional instruction in the Cha Cha, and Salsa (Mambo). |
| 11:15 AM |  Arrive at the American Museum of Natural History, the biggest
and best natural history museum in the world.
Upon arrival, proceed to the museum's cafeteria, where you
will have lunch at your own expense.At 12:45pm, after your lunch, your guide will give you a brief museum orientation, beginning with the art and artifacts from the Central and South American Peoples' exhibits. Afterwards, you will have time to explore other exhibits, such as: the Haida war canoe, and the 55-foot-high Barosaurus (the world's most complete specimen). Don't miss the Hall of Minerals and Gems containing jewels valued at $50 million, including the Star of India (a star sapphire about the size of an egg), or the dinosaur, or meteor, or giant sequoia exhibits. |
| 3:00 PM | Meet the bus and depart for home. You’ll be back at school by evening, exhausted yet forever enriched. |
| Your trip also includes: | |
| A customized, keepsake DVD for each student and group leader, made from photographs taken with a camera that we will loan you for your trip. The images are downloaded, set to music, and then mailed back to you on a DVD to enjoy for years to come! A comprehensive Travel Protection Plan, underwritten by Stonebridge Casualty Insurance Company and administered by Trip Mate, Inc. is included in the price of the trip. This Plan provides benefits such as Pre-Departure Trip Cancellation, Medical Expense Emergency Assistance, Travel Delay, Baggage and Baggage Delay. A Travel Insurance Certificate will be provided to your child’s teacher for each child on the trip. Liability Insurance - WINGED VICTORY USA carries $2,000,000 in Professional Liability and Errors and Omissions insurance. |
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