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This morning visit Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens and Conservatory with time to play! Explore more than 40 acres of gardens, including one of the largest perennial gardens on the East Coast.

Experience the Conservatory with replica of a beautiful English Cottage inside!.

Visit the "fabulous" garden shop and plan to spend time discovering the extensive collection and rare garden accents, containers, books, gifts, toys, jewelry and more!

Enjoy lunch in Lewis Ginter's lovely Garden Café in the E. Claiborne Robbins Center.

Self-service with indoor and outdoor seating, the Garden Café is a great place to have lunch while visiting the Gardens and features a salad bar and also serves soups, sandwiches, entrée specials and delicious deserts.

Following lunch, explore Maymont an oasis in the middle of the city and one of Richmond's jewels. Receive a guided tour of the Maymont House Museum, which reflects the lavish lifestyle of American millionaires of the 1890's. Learn about the Hollywood movie scenes filmed on the grounds.

Maymont is one of the most elaborate Victorian landscapes on the East Coast. Experience the ever-blooming Italian garden and the Japanese garden with its 45-foot waterfall, 20 specimens of native and exotic trees, the grotto, fountains, gazebos and much more!

In the carriage house see a variety of everyday and luxury horse-drawn vehicles. Weather permitting take a short carriage ride. Or, choose to visit the Outdoor Virginia wildlife exhibits with 700 animals in wildlife exhibits, including bears, bison, bobcats and eagles.

To end this lovely day, relax and step back in time onto a flat bottom restored covered 35-passenger canal boat for a 40-minute water journey. Established in 1785 with the support of George Washington, the James River Company began constructing the first towpath canal system in North America.

Your captain will regale you with tales of the city's waterways and dynamic history. The unique perspective of the canals provides unmatched views of Shockoe Bottom and the city's past.

DISCOUNTED VAN TOURING PACKAGE RATE: $132 per person for 4 to 5 passengers, $120 per person for

6 to 9 passengers. Includes: Brand new touring van, tour guide/driver, attraction fees and lunch.

SPECIAL LOW DISCOUNT RATE FOR BUS GROUPS, OR RECEPTIVE SERVICES: Please call for pricing.

Virginia Film Tours, LLC, 4932 Long Shadow Drive, Midlothian, Virginia 23112

Phone: (804)744-1718, e-mail: virginiafilmtours@comcast.net