| DAY
1: Arrive Halifax |
| Arrive
in Halifax and check in at the Citadel Halifax Hotel for a two-night
stay. Your vacation begins at a hotel that is ideally located
in the downtown core. |
| DAY
2: Halifax
Touring |
| Enjoy a
Gray Line Deluxe Historic Halifax City Tour this morning. The
afternoon is free to further explore this delightful seaside
city. |
|
DAY 3: Halifax
- Digby |
Discover the rustic charm of the
famous fishing village of Peggy’s Cove. It’s then on
to Grand Pre and the lush Annapolis Valley where fact and fiction
blend to reveal the romance of the Land of Evangeline. This afternoon
you visit Champlain’s Habitation, Canada’s oldest permanent
settlement. In Digby you will overnight at The Pines Resort over
looking the Bay of Fundy - home of the world’s highest tides.
(Breakfast, Dinner)
(Tour of July 7th will stay at the Old
Orchard Inn.) |
| DAY
4: Digby -
Saint John |
| The morning is at leisure to enjoy
the resort. Board the “Princess of Acadia” to sail
across the Bay of Fundy to New Brunswick. Arrive in Canada’s
fascinating “Loyalist City”, Saint John, to visit Reversing
Falls Rapids and see a few sights before checking in to the Delta
Brunswick Hotel, downtown. (Breakfast) |
| DAY
5: Saint
John – Charlottetown |
| Your guided
tour continues through Fundy National Park to Hopewell Rocks
where you can walk on the ocean floor at low tide. After lunch,
cross to Prince Edward Island on Confederation Bridge, the world’s
longest continuous multi-span bridge, and enjoy a delicious lobster
supper (meat alternative available) before checking in to the
Rodd Charlottetown Hotel for the next two nights. (Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner) |
| DAY
6: Prince
Edward Island Touring |
Enjoy a free morning in Charlottetown.
(If you prefer not to join us on this afternoon tour, enjoy
a free day at leisure or perhaps play a local golf course.) Your included
afternoon tour begins with a tour of Charlottetown, Canada’s
Birthplace, then visiting the red sandstone cliffs, white beaches,
gently sloping sand dunes and green fields of Prince Edward Island
National Park. Lucy Maud Montgomery describes the scenery in her “Anne
of Green Gables” books. Visit the home of “Green Gables”,
a Mecca for people from around the globe. (Breakfast)
*Arrivals in June, July, August and September (where schedule
permits) enjoy a bonus…this evening attend the musical “Anne” at
the Charlottetown Festival (Included). Otherwise, enjoy local entertainment
and dinner at the Mariner’s Feast (Included). |
| DAY
7: Charlottetown - Baddeck |
| Take the
ferry to Nova Scotia, and then proceed to Cape Breton Island
- “the Scotland of North America.” Visit the Alexander
Graham Bell National Historic Site in Baddeck to marvel at the
many accomplishments of this genius. Spend two nights at the
charming Inverary Resort. The resort offers a short Eagle Watching
Boat Tour (weather permitting). (Breakfast, Dinner) |
| DAY
8: Cabot Trail touring |
| (If
you prefer not to join us on this day-tour, enjoy a free day
at leisure
or perhaps play a local golf course.) You’re off to experience
one of the prettiest drives in North America, the Cabot Trail.
Cape Breton Highlands National Park is next, as you wind along
this ribbon of highway, where the mountains meet the sea. The
vistas abound as you travel over the flat-topped mountains. In
Pleasant Bay, enjoy a whale watching boat tour (weather permitting).
Tonight there is a “Farewell” dinner. (Breakfast,
Picnic Lunch, Dinner) |
| DAY
9: Baddeck – Halifax |
| The Fortress
of Louisbourg National Historic Site awaits you. This reconstruction
recreates one-fifth of the town of 1744 - words will not do justice
to the scope of this tribute to New France. Roam the streets
talking with some of the costumed guides who remain in character,
or sample the sustenance of the era. Your tour continues along
the shores of Bras d’Or to the mainland. The last night
is at the Citadel Halifax Hotel. (Breakfast) |
| DAY
10: Depart Halifax |
| Prince Edward Tours’ arrangements
end on check - out from the hotel. |
