HOLIDAY ITINERARY

Hotel check-in

Take a private home tour of the Empress of Little Rock. Owners host an authentic British High Tea and teach British etiquette. During the tour, homeowners showcase every room, including some “secret hiding places.”

Chris H. Olsen is a nationally-known home and garden author, TV personality, entrepreneur, columnist, public speaker, and man-about-town. His uncanny ability to transform ordinary objects into works of beauty has made Chris a rising star.

Return to hotel

Arrive at Little Rock Zoo for breakfast with the penguins or feed breakfast to the birds. Be sure to take a ride on the beautifully restored, one-of-a-kind “Over the Jumps” 1920’s-style carousel.

Free time downtown

Enjoy lunch at The Villa Marre. Spend the holidays at this premier Little Rock destination. This late 19th-century home is one of our most prominent landmarks. It rose to fame as the o�ces of the Sugarbaker Design Firm in the 80’s hit television show “Designing Women.”

Free time - Take in downtown Little Rock’s Big Jingle Jubilee Holiday Parade. Make time for some eggnog and view the Capital Hotel’s Christmas Tree – included in “10 Luxury Hotels’ Dazzling Holiday Trees” article in Forbes Travel Guide in December, 2013.

3:30 PM 5:30 PM

7:00 PM

9:30 PM

8:30 AM

10:00 AM 11:30 AM

1:00 PM

DAY 3Tour and shop at Chris Olsen’s Botanica Gardens. This store is constantly changing, and has a variety of products for making your home’s interior and exterior spaces more beautiful, and features many items that are unique to this market. At Strippaggio, sample more than 50 varieties of award-winning 100% extra virgin olive oils and balsamic vinegars from select artisans around the world. Oils are imported seasonally from Italy, Greece, Spain, Chile, Morocco and California to name a few. Make your own special blend for purchase and take it home!

Lunch Taste the Spirits of Arkansas at Rock Town Distillery, Arkansas’s first “legal” distillery since Prohibition. Help bottle their award-winning gin, rum, whiskeys, vodkas and moonshine o�erings and take home a free bottle. Leave Little Rock

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:45 AM 1:45 PM

3:00 PM

An hour away in Hot Springs, Arkansas, walk the grounds of Garvan Woodland Gardens and enjoy the four million twinkling Christmas lights. Leave Hot Springs Arrive at Marlsgate Plantation for dinner and a tour. Originally the Dortch family farm, this stately Greek Revival structure sits on the shores of Bearskin Lake and is open for group tours and special events. Return to hotel

3:00 PM

6:30 PM

7:45 PM

10:00 PM

DAY 2

DAY 1

Hotel check-in

Take a private home tour of the Empress of Little Rock. Owners host an authentic British High Tea and teach British etiquette. During the tour, homeowners showcase every room, including some “secret hiding places.”

Chris H. Olsen is a nationally-known home and garden author, TV personality, entrepreneur, columnist, public speaker, and man-about-town. His uncanny ability to transform ordinary objects into works of beauty has made Chris a rising star.

Return to hotel

Arrive at Little Rock Zoo for breakfast with the penguins or feed breakfast to the birds. Be sure to take a ride on the beautifully restored, one-of-a-kind “Over the Jumps” 1920’s-style carousel.

Free time downtown

Enjoy lunch at The Villa Marre. Spend the holidays at this premier Little Rock destination. This late 19th-century home is one of our most prominent landmarks. It rose to fame as the o�ces of the Sugarbaker Design Firm in the 80’s hit television show “Designing Women.”

Free time - Take in downtown Little Rock’s Big Jingle Jubilee Holiday Parade. Make time for some eggnog and view the Capital Hotel’s Christmas Tree – included in “10 Luxury Hotels’ Dazzling Holiday Trees” article in Forbes Travel Guide in December, 2013.

3:30 PM 5:30 PM

7:00 PM

9:30 PM

8:30 AM

10:00 AM 11:30 AM

1:00 PM

DAY 3Tour and shop at Chris Olsen’s Botanica Gardens. This store is constantly changing, and has a variety of products for making your home’s interior and exterior spaces more beautiful, and features many items that are unique to this market. At Strippaggio, sample more than 50 varieties of award-winning 100% extra virgin olive oils and balsamic vinegars from select artisans around the world. Oils are imported seasonally from Italy, Greece, Spain, Chile, Morocco and California to name a few. Make your own special blend for purchase and take it home!

Lunch Taste the Spirits of Arkansas at Rock Town Distillery, Arkansas’s first “legal” distillery since Prohibition. Help bottle their award-winning gin, rum, whiskeys, vodkas and moonshine o�erings and take home a free bottle. Leave Little Rock

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:45 AM 1:45 PM

3:00 PM

An hour away in Hot Springs, Arkansas, walk the grounds of Garvan Woodland Gardens and enjoy the four million twinkling Christmas lights. Leave Hot Springs Arrive at Marlsgate Plantation for dinner and a tour. Originally the Dortch family farm, this stately Greek Revival structure sits on the shores of Bearskin Lake and is open for group tours and special events. Return to hotel

3:00 PM

6:30 PM

7:45 PM

10:00 PM

DAY 2

DAY 1

HOLIDAY ITINERARY