Buffalo Art & Architecture Tour
Albright Knox Art Gallery + Hamlin House. Lunch included.

Around the beginning of the 20th century Buffalo was prospering and was the 8th largest city in America. The prosperity enabled businesses & wealthy individuals to hire the nation’s most prominent architects and use the finest materials to build their corporate headquarters and residences. While some of the structures have since been demolished, this tour will explore those masterpieces that still stand today. Even our lunch, included as part of this tour, will be in an 1865 Italianate style residence of Cicero Hamlin, one of the wealthiest men in Buffalo at that time. 

Additionally this tour will also visit the Albright-Knox Art Gallery to allow you to see some of their impressive collection that includes works by Warhol, Picasso, Renoir & Monet among many others.  
1-Day Trip
Sat June 16, 2018
$129 + HST
Note: This tour travels to the USA. Passport required!

Inclusions

  • ​Round trip transportation on deluxe bus with a washroom and WiFi.
  • Admission to Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
  • 2-hour bus/walking architecture themed tour of Buffalo.
  • Lunch at Hamlin House. 
  • Complimentary bottled water and snacks on the bus included. 
  • Escorted tour with ShortTrips.ca tour director available during the tour. 
  • All tips. 

Pickup Locations

Approximate Return Times:
  • Grimsby 6:05 PM
  • Mississauga 7:20 PM
  • York Mills 7:50 PM
  • Vaughan 8:20 PM

Tour Date

Sat June 16, 2018

Price

$129 + HST per person
To book over the phone
please call (866) 208-2950

Travelling With Children

  • Children 10+ are welcome on this tour. Price is the same as adults. 

Cancellations & Refunds

  • 100% full refund if you cancel at least 14 days before the trip departure date. 
  • Sorry but no refunds if cancellation is received less then 14 days before trip departure date. 
  • Your seat is fully transferable to anyone else up to the time of departure without penalty. 

​Travel Documents

  • US Immigration requires that all travellers MUST have a passport (or Nexus or EDL cards).  If you do not have a Canadian or USA passport, please make sure that you have the appropriate permissions or documentation to travel to the USA. 
  • If you are denied entry to the US, sadly we will have to leave you at the border. 
  • Sorry but no refunds if you are denied entry.

Tour Highlights

Buffalo

Our local guide will take us through Buffalo to explore and learn about some of America’s greatest architects and show us some of their master pieces!

Around the start of the 20th century, Buffalo was a fast growing city with a prosperous economy and it became the eighth largest city in America. The wealth of the city and its growth enabled the city’s businesses, organizations, and citizens to hire some of the nation’s most prominent architects and use the finest materials available.

Visit some of these amazing structures that resulted from this economic boom that are still present. 

Albright-Knox Art Gallery

For more than 150 years, the Albright-Knox has collected, conserved, and exhibited the art of its time, possessing one of the world’s most extraordinary collections of modern and contemporary art.

Their collections include exceptional works by Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Pierre-Auguste Renoir & Claude Monet just to name a few. Their art collection won't be the only thing for you to marvel at, the Greek Revival design of the building that houses this art collection will be something to marvel at equally! 

Hamlin House

We will enjoy a delicious lunch in the Hamlin House, located in the circa 1865 Italianate style building at 432 Franklin Street.

This classic master piece was one of the many properties owned by Cicero J. Hamlin, the wealthiest man in Buffalo at the time. It has been owned and occupied by various owners since and is now used as a restaurant & banquet facility as well as an active VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars) Post.

The Hamlin House today is considered one of Allentown’s best kept secrets!