A giant replica of one of Christopher Columbus' ships is docking in Cincinnati.According to the Columbus Foundation, the Pinta will be docking in Newport and open as a floating museum for educational tours.The ship will be docked at 302 Riverboat Row for dockside tours through June 14. There will be self-guided tours daily from 9 to 5 p.m., with no reservation necessary. Tickets are purchased at the ship.Check the ship's schedule here. The Pinta was the first ship to sight land on the famous voyage of discovery on Oct. 12, 1492.Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors/military and $6 for children. Children 4 and under are free. The foundation says historians consider the ship the space shuttle of the 15th century and was used as early as the 13th century and into the 16th century.Also called the Caravel, it was mainly used as a typical trading vessel along the Mediterranean and African Coast before being used for transatlantic voyages to open up new trading routes all over the world.
A giant replica of one of Christopher Columbus' ships is docking in Cincinnati.
According to the Columbus Foundation, the Pinta will be docking in Newport and open as a floating museum for educational tours.
The ship will be docked at 302 Riverboat Row for dockside tours through June 14.
There will be self-guided tours daily from 9 to 5 p.m., with no reservation necessary. Tickets are purchased at the ship.
Check the ship's schedule here.
The Pinta was the first ship to sight land on the famous voyage of discovery on Oct. 12, 1492.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for seniors/military and $6 for children. Children 4 and under are free.
The foundation says historians consider the ship the space shuttle of the 15th century and was used as early as the 13th century and into the 16th century.
Also called the Caravel, it was mainly used as a typical trading vessel along the Mediterranean and African Coast before being used for transatlantic voyages to open up new trading routes all over the world.
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