Boat Tours Suspended at Bellingrath Gardens and Home to Help the Recovery Effort on Dauphin Island.


Theodore, Alabama - All sightseeing cruises at Bellingrath Gardens and Home have been cancelled for the remainder of the summer - effective Monday, June 21, 2010. Alabama Cruises, owner and operator of the Southern Belle, has been recruited by BP to help with the recovery effort on Dauphin Island, Alabama. The U.S. Coast Guard Certified vessel that can carry up to 150 passengers will be ferrying clean-up crews to and from the west end of the island.



Bellingrath hopes to resume river tours in mid to late September, 2010. The river tour is a 45 minute cruise that departs from Bellingrath Gardens between March and November and offers visitors a relaxing and educational tour along the Fowl River. Unique wildlife and birding habitats can be witnessed on the river, as well as a wonderful view of the Bellingrath Home.



At this time, all tours of the Gardens and the Bellingrath Museum Home are available for visitors. We will continue our normal hours of operation from 8AM to 5PM daily. Bellingrath will continue to work closely with the Mobile Bay Convention & Visitors Bureau, the Alabama Gulf Coast Convention & Visitors Bureau and other area attractions to disseminate timely information to tourists who plan to visit Bellingrath and the Gulf Coast.



To contact Alabama Cruises call 251.973.1244 or alacruises@bellsouth.net. For more information about Bellingrath, other tour options, to make reservations or groups with reservations, call 251.973.2217.




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Leslie C. Schraeder

Director of Marketing & Public Relations

Bellingrath Gardens and Home

12401 Bellingrath Gardens Road

Theodore, Alabama 36582

P: 251.973.2217 X 137

C: 251.689.5444

F: 251.973.0540

lschraeder@bellingrath.org





Operated by The Bellingrath Gardens and Home Foundation, a charitable, not-for-profit organization.



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