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Brush Hill Transportation Company and Gray Line of Boston (www.brushhilltours.com) a family-owned independent transportation company specializing in charter and sightseeing transportation for the region celebrates the holiday season with its limited “Christmas in Newport” tour. This tour will only be offered four times: Sunday November 30; Sunday December 7; Sunday December 14; and Sunday December 21. All buses depart at 9:30 a.m.
This Gray Line tour of one of the top 10 most beautiful places during the holiday season will feature stops at The Breakers a 70-room mansion on 11 acres of oceanfront land and Marble House William K. Vanderbilt’s summer home comprised of 500000 cubic feet of white marble. Both houses are National Historic Landmarks and icons of the Gilded Age in America and will be filled with thousands of poinsettias fresh flowers and evergreens as well as several Christmas trees decorated to reflect individual room décor. Gingerbread replicas of many of Newport’s mansions will also be displayed in the kitchen of The Breakers; a working garden-scale model of the Vanderbilt family’s New York Central Railroad will be on display in the second floor loggia.
Time will also be allotted for individual lunch and shopping around the beautiful waterfront area. Before returning to Boston the coach will travel along the 10-mile-long Ocean Drive featuring spectacular views of additional mansions and coves.
“Newport is already a spectacular destination” said operations manager Richard Anzuoni Jr. “This special Christmas-themed Gray Line tour allows you to experience all the magic and beauty of the holidays as seen through the grandeur of the Gilded Age.”
Other Gray Line tours currently running throughout the holiday season include the Total Experience Tour (Boston Cambridge Lexington and Concord; watch a tour summary at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FcgkL3E3YY); the Battle Trail Tour (Cambridge Lexington and Concord route of Paul Revere old North Bridge); the Beantown Trolley Tour (“hop on and off” stops throughout Boston); and the Wrentham Village Tour (premium outlet shopping).
Complimentary pick up and return is available from most Boston hotels and in Braintree Randolph and Quincy. All tours are available for groups.
About Brush Hill Transportation Company
Brush Hill Transportation Company and Gray Line of Boston (www.brushhilltours.com or www.grayline.com/boston) is a premier charter and transportation service and greater Boston’s only Gray Line-affiliated touring company. Travelers look to Gray Line the global leader in sightseeing as a name they know and trust. The familiar blue and white diamond logo is a symbol of reliability shared by over 150 members in major cities throughout the world each independently owned and operated.
In 1981 Brush Hill obtained a sightseeing license in Boston which opened the door for new opportunities in the revived tourism and convention marketplace. In the early ‘90s the Gray Line Sightseeing Franchise or “diamond” was awarded to Brush Hill. A full schedule of one-day Boston and New England tours continues to be offered as well as the Beantown Trolley shuttle a San Francisco-style trackless trolley car with a fully narrated 105-minute tour of Boston and point-to-point shuttle service along the tour route.
As the local expert in transportation one of Brush Hill's specialties is in providing shuttle services. The company coordinates pick-ups for all sizes of groups and shuttles passengers to and from their destination point. Brush Hill’s charter services are used frequently for corporate academic or special events including weddings proms or reunions for organizations as varied as the Boston Red Sox John Hancock and many area high schools and colleges (for both academic and athletic purposes). In addition Brush Hill participates in the large shuttle movements for the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority (MCCA) and the Greater Boston Visitor and Convention Bureau (GBVCB). The company also runs a number of routes to Foxwoods and operates the Boston Beantown Trolley. Brush Hill Transportation Company is owned by the Anzuoni family who also own Plymouth & Brockton Street Railway Company.
The Anzuoni family has been at the forefront of the transportation business since 1920 when George A. Anzuoni Sr. founded Service Bus Lines. Service Bus was the first motorcoach company to use rubber tires on the eastern seaboard. Brush Hill Transportation Company was acquired in 1954. George A. Anzuoni Sr. delegated his son Larry to take control of the commuter line. It originally offered a mode of transportation to domestics employed by the large estates on Brush Hill Road in Milton Mass. The company also provided transit service on two commuter lines. Brush Hill’s charter business began to grow and soon had many prominent businesses schools senior recreation departments and individual clients on board.
Brush Hill Transportation is located at 435 High Street Randolph Massachusetts. For additional information please call 781-986-6100.
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