Day 1 Arrive Halifax
Arrive in Halifax and check in to your accommodation in the downtown core of this vibrant and cosmopolitan urban centre on the Atlantic Ocean for a two-night stay. Meet your Tour Director and fellow travelers this evening at a Meet & Greet.
Day 2 South Shore Touring
Discover the rustic charm of the renowned fishing village of Peggy’s Cove, where you will enjoy breakfast overlooking one of the most photographed lighthouses in the world. Travel the South Shore and on to the UNESCO World Heritage Town of Lunenburg, renowned for her fleets of Grand Banks’ fishing schooners. Take a walking tour to fully experience one of the most remarkably preserved colonial settlements in the New World and visit the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic to learn about the town’s famous seafaring heritage.
(Breakfast is included today)
Day 3 Halifax to Charlottetown
Learn about the Mi'kmaq people at Millbrook Cultural & Heritage Centre before crossing Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island. Check into your Charlottetown accommodation for a two-night stay. Experience true Maritime hospitality this evening at a traditional hall-style lobster supper.
(Continental breakfast & dinner are included today)
Day 4 Prince Edward Island Touring
Enjoy a free morning in Charlottetown, known as the Birthplace of Confederation, or join a complimentary walking tour of the city. This afternoon, tour the scenic North Shore of the island. Drive by red cliffs, white beaches, gently sloping sand dunes and green fields of Prince Edward Island National Park and visit Anne of Green Gables Heritage Place, the alluring inspiration of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s classic books. Enjoy a theatre performance by local entertainers at the Confederation Centre of the Arts (a substitution may be necessary due to the theatre schedule).
(Breakfast is included today)
Day 5 Charlottetown to Baddeck
Ferry over the Northumberland Strait back to Nova Scotia and proceed to Cape Breton Island, the Scotland of North America, via the Canso Causeway. Visit Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site to learn of the many accomplishments of this genius who made his home on the island. Spend the next two nights in the charming village of Baddeck.
(Breakfast & dinner are included today)
Day 6 Cabot Trail Touring
See the beautiful Bras d’Or Lake from the water as you board a unique sightseeing boat tour. Next, experience one of the most stunningly picturesque drives in North America today as you tour the Cabot Trail, which winds around the rocky splendor of Cape Breton’s northern shore, ascending to the incredible plateaus of Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Look-offs offer unforgettable vistas of Cape Breton’s rugged coastline, so be sure to have your camera on hand.
(Breakfast, lunch & dinner are included today)
Day 7 Baddeck to Halifax
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site awaits today, and words cannot do justice to this reconstruction depicting one-fifth of the settlement of 1744 New France. Proceed along the shore of Bras d’Or Lake to the mainland, and back to Halifax for one last night in the Maritimes.
(Breakfast is included today)
Option: You may wish to continue your Atlantic Canada vacation and join us today on our Circle Newfoundland & Labrador tour.
Day 8 Depart Halifax
Arrangements end upon check-out from your hotel.
(Continental breakfast is included today)