Frank Lloyd Wright's Pennsylvania Houses Tour
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3-Day Trip
May 2-4, 2020 $69 deposit per person to reserve your seat. Deposit is non-refundable. Full payment due by Mar 19, 2020.
PriceAll prices are per person, in Canadian dollars. All taxes and tips are included!
Double $679
Single $829 Triple $639 Quad $619 To book over the phone
please call (866) 208-2950 This tour travels to the USA. Passports required!
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Inclusions
- Round trip transportation from Toronto on deluxe bus with restroom and WiFi.
- Admission & guided tour at Fallingwater House.
- Admission & extended guided tour at Kentuck Knob House.
- Admission & guided tour at Nationality Rooms, University of Pittsburgh.
- Two nights accommodation at Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Uniontown, PA.
- 4 Meals (2 breakfasts, 1 lunch and 1 group dinner at a fabulous restaurant in the Laurel Highlands)
- Stop at Duty Free on return to Canada.
- Complimentary bottled water and snacks throughout the tour.
- Escorted tour with ShortTrips.ca tour director available at during tour.
- All taxes and tips.
Pickup Locations
Approximate Return Times
- Grimsby 6:35 PM
- Appleby Line 7:40 PM
- Mississauga 8:15 PM
- York Mills 8:50 PM
- Vaughan 9:25 PM
Deposits, Payments, Cancellations & Refunds
- Deposit of $69 per person required to reserve your seat. Deposit is non-refundable once paid.
- Full payments due by Mar 19, 2020. Payment is non-refundable once paid.
- You can transfer your seat to anyone else you know up to the time of departure without penalty.
Travelling With Children
- Children 10 and older are welcome on this trip. Price for children is same as adults.
Single Supplement
- We do not charge single supplements or surcharges if you are willing to share your room with one other person. Are you travelling by yourself? We guarantee to find you a roommate of the same gender or we pay the surcharge!
- If you prefer to have a private room by yourself, that is not a problem, please select the Single Occupancy option and pay the single supplement.
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.
Emergency Medical Insurance
- Emergency medical and trip cancellation insurance is strongly recommended. Getting ill in the USA can be very expensive. If you are not covered by a workplace or other policy, we recommend that you purchase insurance for this trip.
- Both CAA and RBC Insurance sell such insurance online or you can call Marville Travel at (905) 891-0111 and one of the agents will be pleased to assist you.
Tour Highlights
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 532. Wright was recognized in 1991 by the American Institute of Architects as "the greatest American architect of all time".
Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and his work includes original and innovative examples of many building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums.
Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and his work includes original and innovative examples of many building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums.
Fallingwater
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Completed in 1937, Fallingwater is a 20th Century architectural milestone, celebrated worldwide and named "Best American Building of the Last 125 Years" by the Journal of the American Institute of Architects.
Fallingwater doesn't merely complement the landscape, it becomes one with it. Fully expressing Wright's concept of "organic architecture," the house looks as though it grew naturally out of Bear Run's rocks, trees and water. Basing the structure on three steel-reinforced concrete pads, falling-water-4Wright cantilevered the house over the waterfall. Without relying on any support pillars, Fallingwater projects outward above the shimmering cascade, its form simple, elegant, dramatic, seemingly suspended in mid-air... and yet perfectly integrated into its surroundings. Little wonder, then, that National Geographic Traveler magazine has named Fallingwater one of its "50 Places of a Lifetime," while Smithsonian Magazine has included it in its list of "28 Places You Should See in Your Lifetime." In the more than seven decades since its completion, it has been visited by millions of people-many of them luminaries. Albert Einstein spent time there, as did the artist Frida Kahlo. A tour of Fallingwater will expand your appreciation for more than just Wright's architectural genius. Indeed, Fallingwater transcends mere architecture, fully becoming a work of art. And when you visit, you'll note that it houses works of art by other 20th Century masters, including Pablo Picasso and Diego Rivera. |
Kentuck Knob
Not far from Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's mountain house, Kentuck Knob sits. Built on a bluff 2,000 feet above sea level, it stands just below the crest of the mountain with which it shares its name. Described as both "dramatic and serene," the exterior almost appears to be part of the mountain itself.
The design for Frank Lloyd Wright's Kentuck Knob banishes typical 90° corners from the home plan. His color palette and the texture of the materials he utilized for the house's interior evoke its Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania setting, bringing the home, its environment and its occupants into natural harmony.
Kentuck Knob is presently owned by Lord Peter Palumbo, chair of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1989 to 1994 and a member of the British House of Lords. As an additional delight for visitors, he and Lady Palumbo installed a sculpture garden featuring works by Claes Oldenburg, Andy Goldsworthy and others, as well as an actual section of the Berlin Wall. Follow the wooded path to the secluded garden and take your time enjoying this great collection.
The design for Frank Lloyd Wright's Kentuck Knob banishes typical 90° corners from the home plan. His color palette and the texture of the materials he utilized for the house's interior evoke its Laurel Highlands, Pennsylvania setting, bringing the home, its environment and its occupants into natural harmony.
Kentuck Knob is presently owned by Lord Peter Palumbo, chair of the Arts Council of Great Britain from 1989 to 1994 and a member of the British House of Lords. As an additional delight for visitors, he and Lady Palumbo installed a sculpture garden featuring works by Claes Oldenburg, Andy Goldsworthy and others, as well as an actual section of the Berlin Wall. Follow the wooded path to the secluded garden and take your time enjoying this great collection.
Nationality Rooms @ University of Pittsburgh
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The Nationality Rooms are located at the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning. The rooms were designed to represent the culture of various ethnic groups that immigrated to the USA and settled in the Pittsburgh area. A steady stream of visitors -- often families of three generations -- come to see the world-famous rooms, which evoke pride in their own heritage and warm appreciation of other cultures.
The emphasis on ethnic identity and the search for one's ancestral roots is reflected in the recent committees formed to create new rooms representing the cultures of Finland, Iran, and others. As these rooms take their places they will add new dimensions of pride and understanding to the unique totality of America's ethnic heritage.
