Region: Mid-Western Charms Type: Custom Groups Length: 5 Days Tap Rating: TAP Superior
This Milwaukee and Wisconsin Dells experience includes breweries, Harley Davidson Motorcycles, a scenic dinner cruise and neighborhood experiences. Exceptional dining features Bavarian-style food, fudge, cheese (of course!) and more. Don’t miss this exceptional Midwest Adventure!
Part of the Ignite Travel Collection.
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Arrive in Milwaukee this afternoon and start your tour! Firstly, a Historic Milwaukee guide will hop on your motorcoach for a Milwaukee Highlights tour. Explore several of Milwaukee’s diverse neighborhoods and view many architect-designed houses, including some by Frank Lloyd Wright. Next, check into your hotel, the Drury Plaza Hotel Milwaukee Downtown, a historic renovation of the 15-story First Financial Centre. Later, take an evening brewery tour at Lakefront Brewery and Beer Hall, with dinner included at family-style tables. On Fridays, you get a live polka band with your fish fry!
Drury Plaza Hotel Milwaukee Downtown
Breakfast is included at your hotel. First, we visit Milwaukee’s Original Cheesehead Factory, featuring 40 foam cheese products and the opportunity to make your own cheesy souvenir. After that, we explore the world’s only Harley Davidson Museum on a guided behind-the-scenes tour of this homegrown American Icon. Lunch is on your own at the Milwaukee Public Market, your one-stop shop for prepared food, grocery and gifts. Later, "bobble" over to the world’s only National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum, featuring the largest bobblehead collection. Return to your hotel to take 90 minutes to relax before our included dinner this evening at America’s most famous German restaurant, Mader’s Restaurant, a local landmark. Following your Bavarian meal, hop aboard the Milwaukee Boat Line for a Gothic Great Lakes Tour, where you discover the restless spirits that still linger on Milwaukee’s well-traveled waterways. Upon disembarking, return to the hotel.
Drury Plaza Hotel Milwaukee Downtown
After an included breakfast, we checkout and load luggage, traveling from Milwaukee to the Wisconsin Dells. Before we leave Brew Town, however, we tour the Basilica of St. Josaphat, which began as a Polish-American church built by immigrants in 1901. Next, visit the award-winning Wollersheim Winery for a tasting, then lunch follows at the VUE Waterfront Dining and Bar, overlooking the river. Afterward, we visit the Carr Cheese Factory, a fourth-generation cheese company with over 100 varieties! For your next tour experience, you can choose which location your group will visit: Swiss Maid Fudge, the Original Wisconsin Dells Fudge, or the Hand- Blown Glass Studio. Prior to dinner, we'll make a visit to the HH Bennett Studio and Museum, an original photography studio from 1875, displaying the landscape photos that made the Dells famous. This evening, board the Dells Scenic Boat Tours for their Sunset Dinner Cruise, including dinner, magnificent scenery and music. Following the cruise, check into the Fairfield Inn Wisconsin Dells.
( Breakfast Dinner )Enjoy breakfast at the hotel, then depart for a day of touring to Baraboo and the International Crane Foundation, the only place on Earth where you can view all 15 of the world’s crane species. After that, we visit the Circus World Museum, offering acres of exhibits documenting the American Circus and the Ringling Brothers Circus. Lunch is included today at Driftless Glen Restaurant on the banks of the Baraboo River, and then it’s All Aboard for the Mid-Continent Railway Museum for a ride along the Baraboo Bluffs! Once we disembark the historic train cars, we’ll make a stop at the Wisconsin Dells Antique and Craft Mall with over 250 dealers. Return to the hotel with your treasures and to rest, before departing for the Palace Theater featuring Dinner and a Show. Show TBD. Fairfield Inn Wisconsin Dells.
( Breakfast Lunch Dinner )Following breakfast and check out, but before you depart for home, we head to Lost Canyon Tours for horse-drawn carriage rides through the longest and deepest land canyon in Wisconsin. Your touring will end at 11:30 am for your return home.
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Arrival Instructions
Arrive to Milwaukee, WI by 12:00 pm via MKE
Departure Instructions
Depart from Milwaukee, WI after 12:00 pm via MKE
Payment Policy
Deposit: $ per person due at time of booking - final payment due days prior to departure
Cancellation Policy
Tour Includes:
- Milwaukee Highlights Tour - Guided tour of Milwaukee Neighborhoods
- Lakefront Brewery & Beer Hall Tour and Dinner - Tour and Family-Style Dinner
- Original Cheesehead Factory Visit - Shop and Make your own Cheesy Souvenir
- Harley Davidson Museum - Take a photo on a Harley
- Milwaukee Public Market - Lunch on own
- National Bobblehead Hall of Fame & Museum
- Mader's Restaurant Dinner - Bavarian Favorites!
- Gothic Great Lakes Tour - Maritime Disasters and Haunted History of the River
- Basilica of St Josaphat - Polish-American Church dating to 1901
- Wollersheim Winery - Award-Winning Wine
- The Vue Waterfront Dining Lunch - Featuring Wisconsin River Views
- Carr Valley Cheese Factory - 100 Varieties of Award-Winning Cheese
- Swiss Maid Fudge, Original Wisconsin Dells Fudge, or Hand Blown Glass Studio - Choose one for your entire group
- HH Bennett Studio & Museum - Famous Landscape Photographer that put the Dells on the Map
- Dells Boat Tours Sunset Dinner Cruise - Dinner, scenery and live music
- International Crane Foundation - View these amazing birds
- Circus World Museum - National Historic Landmark featuring the Ringling Brothers Circus Winter Headquarters
- Driftless Glen Restaurant Lunch - On the Banks of the Baraboo River
- Mid-Continent Railway Museum - Outdoor Living Museum and Operating Railroad
- Wisconsin Dells Antique & Craft Mall - See what treasures you can find with 250 vendors
- Palace Theater Dinner and Show - State of the Art Theater, show TBD
- Lost Canyon Carriage Tour - Horse-drawn carriage ride
- 4 Nights' Hotel Accommodations - Luggage Handling Available
- 4 Breakfasts - Served at the hotels each morning
- Optional Deluxe Motorcoach Transportation - Provided by Tri-State Travel
- Tour Director
Tour Highlights:
- Lakefront Brewery & Beer Hall Tour & Dinner
- Original Cheesehead Factory Tour
- Harley Davidson Museum
- Dinner at Mader's Restaurant
- Wisconsin Dells Sunset Dinner Cruise
- Circus World Museum
- Palace Theater Dinner and Show