Flagler Museum and the Breakers Hotel
Duration:
Approximately 6.5 hours from Miami Approximately 6 hours from Fort Lauderdale Start anytime between 6:00 am and 10:00 am Best time to start: 9:00 am (11:00 - 17:00 Sundays) Pick-up and Drop-off: Ideal for cruise ship passengers or visitors arriving at S. Florida airports We can pick you up and drop you off at any South Florida location, as arranged From Miami, cost for 1 - 4 guests: $ 806 From Fort Lauderdale, 1 - 4 guests: $ 695 For additional guests, please contact us for a quote |
Henry Morrison Flagler
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Description:
This tour explores the historic contribution made by Henry Morrison Flagler. He is credited with establishing tourism and agriculture as the foundation of Florida’s economy. Hear about his life, as we drive to the house he had built for his wife, Mary Lily Kenan-Flagler, which he called “Whitehall”. It has been proclaimed by the New York Herald as “more wonderful than any palace in Europe, grander and more magnificent than any other private dwelling in the world”. Today is known as the “Flagler Museum”. Choose the optional audio tour, and explore the estate, upstairs and downstairs, and stroll the beautiful grounds, and step inside Flagler’s personal railroad car.
Next, you will be guided through the famous Breakers Hotel. Originally the site of Flagler’s “Palm Beach Inn”, the overflow hotel was often requested where guests could watch “the breakers” of the ocean. After two major fires, the hotel was rebuilt and opened in 1926, with “fireproof concrete”.
While on the property, you may select to visit the oceanfront “Seafood Bar”, located inside the hotel. It has be refurbished to resemble the interior of a large super-yacht! The bartop is clear, to reveal the aquarium built within it, and the huge windows allow a spectacular view of the ocean, as gulls and pelicans patrol outside.
After your lunch, use what time is left for a stroll along Worth Avenue.
This tour explores the historic contribution made by Henry Morrison Flagler. He is credited with establishing tourism and agriculture as the foundation of Florida’s economy. Hear about his life, as we drive to the house he had built for his wife, Mary Lily Kenan-Flagler, which he called “Whitehall”. It has been proclaimed by the New York Herald as “more wonderful than any palace in Europe, grander and more magnificent than any other private dwelling in the world”. Today is known as the “Flagler Museum”. Choose the optional audio tour, and explore the estate, upstairs and downstairs, and stroll the beautiful grounds, and step inside Flagler’s personal railroad car.
Next, you will be guided through the famous Breakers Hotel. Originally the site of Flagler’s “Palm Beach Inn”, the overflow hotel was often requested where guests could watch “the breakers” of the ocean. After two major fires, the hotel was rebuilt and opened in 1926, with “fireproof concrete”.
While on the property, you may select to visit the oceanfront “Seafood Bar”, located inside the hotel. It has be refurbished to resemble the interior of a large super-yacht! The bartop is clear, to reveal the aquarium built within it, and the huge windows allow a spectacular view of the ocean, as gulls and pelicans patrol outside.
After your lunch, use what time is left for a stroll along Worth Avenue.
What's Included:
Your private transportation to Palm Beach, and back to your drop-off location. All transportation costs are included, such as fuel, parking, tolls, permits, insurance, and taxes.
What's Not Included:
No food or drinks are included, and no professional photos, gift items, or printed information is included. Guests should bring money for purchasing any optional food and drinks, photos, or gift items they may wish to buy. No museum tour tickets are included.
Your private transportation to Palm Beach, and back to your drop-off location. All transportation costs are included, such as fuel, parking, tolls, permits, insurance, and taxes.
What's Not Included:
No food or drinks are included, and no professional photos, gift items, or printed information is included. Guests should bring money for purchasing any optional food and drinks, photos, or gift items they may wish to buy. No museum tour tickets are included.
ADA (disabled) guests are welcome. All guests must be able to get inot and out of a car or van, and get into and out of the airboat. If you need assistance, bring an assistant with you. If you have a walker, wheelchair, or scooter, please indicate this when you book the tour.