The Polish Cultural Center is right on Walnut Street and welcomes us before our final foray into Chinatown, where we will explore some representative Asian streets. A brief but lovely drive through America s largest city park brings us to colonial mansions that sheltered the early aristocrats from the difficult conditions of the city in summer. The houses demonstrate the vibrant furniture industry that today provides many of the finest American antiques. After tours of two of the mansions and a fun briefing on the fascinating pirates and patriots who inhabited them, we will visit the fabulous Philadelphia Museum of Art for a private tour of the 18th and 19th Century galleries, filled to bursting with exquisite examples of the artifacts that embellish still more of the fine furniture of our city and Europe. Our final stop on this grand day will be at the Rodin Museum, the largest collection of his work outside of Paris, set in an incredibly lovely jewel of a museum that has just completed a major renovation.
Guests can enjoy a stroll on the beach, hours of gambling, amusement rides, and even a cabaret act.
And, Monopoly fans will recognize the city s street names as they walk the 7.5-mile boardwalk. As an added bonus, Showcase will arrange a special premium at our host casino. The three-hour trip to Cape May will take you back 100 years to the delightful town many feel is the most typical Victorian town in America. On the historic district walking tour you will learn about finials, appliques, stick brackets, and belly porches as well as enchanting stories of a bygone era. As a perfect cap for the day, we will enjoy tea at the Twining Tea Room in the Emlen-Physick House, Cape May s Victorian showplace, before we depart for home.