Atlantic Highway Tours expands

     Downeast Maine-based Atlantic Highway Tours is expanding service to Aroostook County. The local tour service offers the best value in motorcoach tours for residents of Maine and the Maritimes with trips to North America’s top destinations.
    Atlantic Highway Tours has built a great reputation in Washington County, Maine, and Charlotte County, New Brunswick, as well as along the Mid-Coast from Ellsworth to Portland. They have done so by offering trips at unbeatable prices that include three- and four-star hotels, deluxe 55-passenger motorcoaches, most meals, all sightseeing, admissions to all included sites and the services of a professional tour director to make sure the trip is hassle- and worry-free, start to finish. They work exclusively with Diamond Tours as their supplier to ensure passengers are getting the very best in group travel.
     “Expanding our service to include Aroostook County is in keeping with our mission to offer Maine residents affordable motorcoach vacations to top destinations with unbeatable value,” said Managing Director Amanda Gardner. We are excited about being able offer tours to the 73,000 residents of Aroostook County and 35,000 residents of Madawaska County, with local pick-up and departure points in Madawaska, Caribou, Presque Isle and Houlton. No more having to drive all the way to Southern Maine to catch a motorcoach tour departing from there.” 
    Atlantic Highway Tours’ inaugural trip for Aroostook County residents will be a three-night, four-day trip Labor Day weekend to historic Boston, Salem, Lexington and Concord.
    Passengers will discover  America’s patriotic heritage on this exciting Labor Day weekend adventure that departs from Aroostook County on Friday, Sept. 3, and returns on Monday, Sept. 6.
    Boston is a center of patriotic history and a world-class cosmopolitan city. Participants will honor our country’s roots at the “Birthplace of the American Revolution” at Lexington and Concord. They will step back in time to remember the Salem witch trials of 1692.
    Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall are host to Boston’s unique and world-famous outdoor market. Uniquely American symbols of history are found throughout this famous city, from Harvard Square, to the JFK Presidential Library and Museum, to the U.S.S. Constitution and much more.
    The price of $399 per person, double occupancy, includes: round-trip deluxe motorcoach transportation from Aroostook County; three nights of four-star lodging at the Marriott Billerica-Boston Hotel that is centrally located to Boston, Salem, Lexington and Concord; six meals — three breakfasts and three dinners; a guided tour of the historical city of Boston; a visit to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum; a guided tour of Lexington and Concord; and a guided tour of Salem. All admissions and sightseeing are included as well.
    “We have really packed a great deal of adventure, discovery and history into this trip,” said Gardner. “It is one of my personal favorites because so many people from Maine discover a connection to the places we visit and the things we see. On the way home we also stop at the outlet stores in Kittery for a bit of shopping and everyone enjoys that.”
    Residents can watch their local Aroostook County papers for advertisements for the upcoming trips or call Atlantic Highway Tours at 800-691-8182 for information.