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  Boston is a popular departure site for a number of bus tours that travel to areas in Canada, New England and the rest of East Coast of the U.S. Travelers can choose simple one-day local trips to week-long adventures.
  
  

Tours to Canada

• There are a number of bus tours that depart from Boston and travel to Canada. One three-day tour takes travelers to Montreal, Toronto and Niagara Falls before returning home. This tour includes scenic drives past Lake Champlain and other landmarks and two nights in a hotel; the travelers will also see an IMAX movie of Niagara Falls, and spend time experiencing the culture and shopping of Montreal and Toronto. The tour also includes an optional boat cruise around the region's famous 1,000 Islands.
  
  

Tours in the U.S.

• Boston's location provides easy bus access to many East Coast tourist destinations. One trip involves a five-day excursion to visit some of the most famous locations along the eastern United States.
  
  Day one takes travelers on a tour of New York City, including Manhattan, Rockefeller Center and Times Square. Day two continues in New York with tours of Ground Zero (the former location of the World Trade Center Towers), Wall Street, Chinatown and the Empire State Building. The tour continues the next day in historic Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where travelers can see the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, where the Declaration was signed. Travelers then board the bus and head for Washington, DC, where they will see Capitol Hill, the National Air and Space Museum and the memorials to past presidents. The final two days involve a trip to Hershey, Pennsylvania, for the sweetest chocolate tour in the country, and then farther north to the Corning Glass Center in upstate New York and the U.S. side of Niagara Falls.
  
  

Combined Tours

• Because of Boston's close proximity to Canada, many bus tours will include a combination of Canadian and American stops along the way. One such tour is a three-day expedition that leads travelers to the scholarly campuses of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, two of America's most prestigious higher education facilities. The tour includes a number of other Boston historical hot spots, including the state house and Plymouth Rock. Travelers then proceed to the Corning Glass Center in upstate New York for centuries of historic art work, and then up to Niagara Falls for a night tour of the waterfall. The tour includes two nights in hotel and all transportation via bus.
  
  There are also a number of tours that combine other East Coast hot spots, such as New York City or Washington, D.C., with the beauty of Niagara Falls or Canadian cities such as Montreal.