A Day Away in Alex Bay: Two Castles & Two Nations
July 10, 2026
COST: $178 per Adult and includes motorcoach transportation, tour director service, narrated Two Nation Singer Castle Cruise along the 1000 Islands, one-hour guided tour of Singer Castle, admission and self-guided visit to Boldt Castle, and free time in Alexandria Bay.
Itinerary:
- 6:00 am - Depart from Terminal - Available pickups: Mansfield, Lawrenceville, Big Flats
PLEASE NOTE: The above pickups are available, but you must call to confirm. We do not stop at all pickup locations, unless people are designated to get on at the pickup locations.
- A fast food breakfast stop will be made en route.
- 11:30 am - Enjoy some FREE TIME for lunch and browsing before your cruise.
- 1:30 pm - Depart on your narrated TWO NATION SINGER CASTLE CRUISE. This trip covers an 11-mile section of the St. Lawrence River not offered in any of our other tours. The experienced tour guides provide a lively narrative during the downriver trip to the castle and the return trip back to Alexandria Bay, directing your attention to points of interest and sharing historic, environmental, and seaway facts.
- 2:30 pm - Arrive at SINGER CASTLE for a ONE-HOUR GUIDED TOUR.
Please Note: This Castle is NOT handicap-accessible, and there are a lot of steps and walking on this tour.
- 3:30 pm - Upon returning upriver to the Alexandria Bay area, your vessel will stop at HEART ISLAND, where you will disembark at BOLDT CASTLE to enjoy a SELF-GUIDED VISIT of the castle and its grounds. This 129-room replica of a Rhineland Castle was built over the course of four years at the turnof the 19th Century by entrepreneur George C. Boldt for his wife as a 'summer home.' Don't forget to see the Playhouse, Dove Cote, Gazebo, Power House, and all the lovely gardens.
- TBD - Return at your leisure on the SHUTTLE to Alexandria Bay. Last shuttle departs Heart Island at 6:15 pm to return to Alexandria Bay.
- Dinner on your own on Main Street, before departing to return home.
- 7:30 pm - Depart from Alexandria Bay, with a quick rest break en route
- Midnight - Approximate return
Passports are not required on this trip.
PLEASE NOTE: All trips and itineraries are subject to change, pending factors beyond our control.