Two Tours in Charleston for the 2025 USS Yosemite Reunion
This is the current tour information. Pricing will depend on the numbers. We will list the price for the Registration Form as if 25 people were going on the Tours.
USS Yosemite Reunion to Charleston. The following two tours are in our itinerary.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
8:45 AM CCGS Guide & Motor Coach to meet guests at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
9 AM HISTORIC CHARLESTON TOUR
Tour Charleston, SC, one of the south’s most beautiful and historic cities. Your tour will begin at your hotel, where you will board your motor coach for a privately guided drive through the city’s historic district. Throughout the tour, your licensed guide will recount over 300 years of Charleston’s long and colorful history from 1670 to the present day with a blend of knowledge, wit, and humor. Topics discussed will include Charleston’s role in Colonial America, the American Revolution, the Southern Antebellum Era, the Civil War, and its current day status as one of the top travel destinations in the World.
Some landmarks include the Battery, Rainbow Row, St. Michael Church, the College of Charleston, and South Carolina’s famed military academy, the Citadel. Your guide will also point out early-day houses in Mazyck-Wraggborough and Harleston Village, magnificent public buildings like The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon and the famous “Four Corners of Law” at the intersection of Meeting and Broad Street. We will also stop at the Battery for a brief walk through the park and some photo opportunities of Charleston’s scenic harbor. Your tour will end at the Old City Market, where you will have time for shopping, browsing, and lunch at one of Charleston’s many fine restaurants.
11:00 AM Free time in the City Market for lunch on your own, shopping & browsing
1:30 PM Depart for Crowne Plaza Hotel
2:00 PM End day at Crowne Plaza Hotel
Price: Minimum 25 Per Coach $75.00 Per Person Net
The preceding prices are inclusive, without gratuities for the guide and driver, which are left to the group’s discretion.
Friday, April 25, 2025
8:45 AM CCGS Guide & Motor Coach to meet guests at the Crowne Plaza Hotel
9:00 AM PATRIOTS POINT TOUR
Tour Patriots Point, one of the world’s largest naval and maritime museums. Visit the USS Yorktown, the famous fighting lady of World War II; the Destroyer Laffey, a participant in the World War II D-Day landings at Normandy; the Vietnam Era Naval Support Base with its Sea Cobra and Huey helicopters; and the newly renovated Congressional Medal of Honor museum.
9:30 AM Tour Patriots Point
12:30 PM Depart for Crowne Plaza Hotel
1:00 PM End day at Crowne Plaza Hotel
Price: Minimum 25 Per Coach $90.00 Per Person Net
The preceding prices are inclusive, without gratuities for the guide and driver, which are left to the group’s discretion.
Yosemite Sam is the traditional mascot of the US Navy ship that bears his name. In 1979, Warner Brother Studios gave permission to reproduce Yosemite Sam's likeness for the USS Yosemite use.
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