Canadian Maritimes and Coastal Wonders featuring the Cabot Trail

What's Included

• Accommodation

  Stay at The Westin Nova Scotian in Halifax, the Inverary Resort on Cape Breton Island, and The Holman Grand Hotel in Charlottetown, with a two-night stay at the Hilton Saint John, offering comfort and convenience throughout your journey.

• Transportation

  Travel through the Canadian Maritimes with a mix of scenic drives, ferry rides, and guided tours, ensuring a seamless and picturesque journey across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.

• Meals

  Enjoy a variety of meals including a dinner of local flavors, a picnic lunch in Cape Breton Highlands National Park, and a farewell dinner in Halifax.

• Cultural Experiences

  Explore interesting inventions at the Alexander Graham Bell Museum and learn a few handy Gaelic phrases while joining in the fun of a 'milling frolic.'

• Culinary Experiences

  Savor tastes of traditional Maritimes foods and dine beside the Bay of Fundy. Crack into an essential Maritimes feast of fresh lobster and PEI mussels.

• Sightseeing

  Take a ferry ride to Prince Edward Island, explore the Cabot Trail, and journey along the shoreline to the amazing Hopewell Rocks.

What's Not Included

• Optional Tours

  Optional tours such as the Saint John Walking Tour and Tasting Experience are not included and require additional payment.
  
  

• Personal Expenses

  Personal expenses such as souvenirs, additional meals, and drinks are not included in the tour package.
  
  

• Transportation for Optional Activities

  Transportation for optional activities is not included in the tour package.
  
  

Experiences

Explore interesting inventions at the Alexander Graham Bell Museum.Learn a few handy Gaelic phrases and join in the fun of a "milling frolic."

Options

Saint John, NB: Saint John Walking Tour and Tasting Experience Join a guided walking tour of Saint John showcasing the history and local flavors of this city by the Bay of Fundy. Your journey begins with a visit to Saint John City Market, the oldest continuing farmer’s market in Canada and a National Historic Site. While most merchants will be closing up shop by the afternoon, take this chance to soak in the scene inside this grand market building – plus, sample local ciders and wines paired with market charcuterie. Leaving the market, make your way downhill into the heart of the city as your guide shares stories that bring Saint John’s history to life. Stop to taste the beers that made Canada famous and seafood chowder made with the day’s fresh catch. Finally, visit an ale house in Market Square to try fresh brews paired with delicious local smoked fish. Your walking tour ends at the lively boardwalk by your hotel. Duration approximately 2 hour(s). Transportation is not included A minimum of 8 passenger(s) is required to operate this option.

Please note, on certain public holidays, the market will be closed. In which case, the tour will still operate and will visit the market from the outside.
This tour will last approximately 2 hours and includes walking downhill for 8 city blocks. Tour concludes 3 blocks from the hotel.

Culinaries

Savor tastes of traditional Maritimes foods and dine beside the Bay of Fundy.Crack into an essential Maritimes feast of fresh lobster and PEI mussels.

Must See

Take a ferry ride to Prince Edward Island, the "Land Cradled on the Waves."Explore the Cabot Trail and fall in love with its rugged terrain.Journey along the shoreline to the amazing Hopewell Rocks.

Choice Highlights

Halifax Halifax is the kind of town that people flock to, not so much for the opportunities, but for the quality of life it has to offer. Sea breezes off the harbor keep the air clean, and parks and trees nestle between heritage buildings, cosmopolitan eateries and arty shops. Several universities ensure that the population is young and the bars and nightclubs full. Stroll the historic waterfront, catch some live music and enjoy the best of what the Maritimes have to offer. In summer, never-ending festivals ignite the party ambience that much more.

Peggy's Cove, NS Peggy's Cove is one of the most visited fishing towns in Canada and for good reason: the rolling granite cove highlighted by a perfect red-and-white lighthouse exudes a dreamy seaside calm. You'll find it surprisingly easy to chat with the friendly locals (there are only 45 of them) and settle into fishing-village pace.

Mahone Bay Experience the small fishing village of Mahone Bay. The town sits next to its namesake bay, and has grown from a tourist destination to a hub for new businesses and local entrepreneurs.

Lunenburg, NS The largest of the South Shore fishing villages is historic Lunenburg, the region's only UNESCO World Heritage site and the first British settlement outside Halifax. The town is at its most picturesque viewed from the sea around sunset, when the boxy, brightly painted old buildings literally glow behind the ship-filled port. Of note is the distinctive 'Lunenburg Bump,' a five-sided dormer window on the 2nd floor overhanging the 1st floor.

Walking Tour of Lunenburg or Fisheries of the Atlantic Museum In Lunenburg, you have the choice between 2 activities. You can delve into the local heritage at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, which uncovers what life is like in the fishing community past and present. Your other choice is to take a locally guided walking tour, highlighting the town’s unique architecture.



Walking Tour of Lunenburg

Activity Level 2: 90-minute walking tour



Fisheries of the Atlantic Museum

Activity Level 1: Self-guided visit of the museum

Cape Breton Island, NS Floating over the rest of Nova Scotia like an island halo, Cape Breton is a heavenly, forested realm of bald eagles, migrating whales, palpable history and foot-tapping music. Starting up the Ceilidh Trail along the western coastline, Celtic music vibrates through the pubs and community centers, eventually reaching the Cabot Trail where more-eclectic Acadian-style tunes ring out around Chéticamp.

Cabot Trail The 300km (186.4 miles) Cabot Trail continues around Cape Breton Highlands National Park. It winds and climbs around and over coastal mountains, with heart-stopping ocean views at every turn and moose on the roads (watch out!)

Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island (PEI) is as pretty as a storybook, and it just so happens that the island's depiction in a storybook – Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables – is what has made the place famous. And like Anne Shirley, the heroine of that book, the island is a red-head – from tip to tip, sienna-colored soil peeks out from under potato plants, and the shores are lined with rose and golden sand. Meanwhile the Green Gables-esque landscape is a pastoral green patchwork of rolling fields, tidy gabled farmhouses and seaside villages.

Anne of Green Gables Museum Cavendish is the home town of Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), author of Anne of Green Gables. Here she is simply known as Lucy Maud or LM. Owned by her grandfather's cousins, the now-famous House of Green Gables and its Victorian surrounds inspired the setting for her fictional tale. In 1937 the house became part of the national park and it's now administered as a national heritage site, celebrating Lucy Maud and Anne with exhibits and audio-visual displays.

Hopewell Rocks The Hopewell Rocks are located on the shores of the Bay of Fundy at Hopewell Cape. This attraction is one of the Marine Wonders of the World, and is the site of some of the World’s Highest Tides. Walk on the ocean floor in the shadows of the majestic flower-pot rocks, unique formations carved by erosion over thousands of years. Experience tides rising up to 4-stories high, making it possible to kayak, at high tide, over the same area you may have recently walked at low tide.

Fundy Trail The Fundy Trail opens up previously unreachable areas of the Bay of Fundy coastline and panoramic views. The 16 km (10 miles) trail begins just outside St. Martins, New Brunswick and is less than an hour’s drive from Saint John or Sussex on Route 111. Hugging cliff tops above the world’s highest tides, the Fundy Trail winds its way along one of the last remaining coastal wilderness areas between Florida and Labrador. The area is the breeding habitat for Right Whales and is one of he best places in the world for viewing marine and wildlife.

Grand-Pré National Historic Site Grand Pré (French for large meadow) is a park built to commemorate the important Acadian settlement that existed here during the 17th and 18th centuries and the deportation of many of its inhabitants by the British during the French and Indian War. Suspected of spying for the French, Acadians were sent around the world. Some went to the Caribbean while others ended up in England. Still others eventually ended up in Louisiana, where their descendents became integral to the development of the Cajun culture. Today, Grand Pre is designated a World Heritage Site and a National Historic Site of Canada.

Mode of Transport

Travel through the Canadian Maritimes with a mix of scenic drives, ferry rides, and guided tours, ensuring a seamless and picturesque journey across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and New Brunswick.