Learn the art of living the good life as you brace yourself for crisp sea breezes and hearty Nova Scotian hospitality in Halifax, your launch pad to an exciting discovery of Canada’s Maritimes. Join your Travel Director and fellow travellers this evening for a welcome reception and dinner.

Hampton Inn by Hilton Halifax

Dinner

Join your local specialist for a morning Halifax sightseeing tour followed by a guided visit of the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. From small craft boatbuilding to World War convoys, the days of sail to the age of steam, the Titanic to the Halifax explosion, you’ll discover the stories, events and people that have come to define Nova Scotia and its relationship with the sea. Continue to the Citadel National Historic Site, built in the mid-18th Century to defend the town from various enemies. Spend the rest of the day at leisure.

Hampton Inn by Hilton Halifax

Breakfast

Explore the legends and traditions of the Mi’kmaq people during a visit to the Millbrook Cultural and Heritage Centre. Traverse the Canso Causeway to Cape Breton Island and arrive in the village of Baddeck. Later, get ready for a foot-stomping Ceilidh celebration this evening as you encounter first-hand the Celtic heritage of the region with an evening of traditional music and songs.

Silver Dart Lodge, Baddeck

Breakfast, dinner

Today, enjoy the dramatic coastal views and highland scenery offering an endless source of artistic inspiration as you wind through Cape Breton Highlands National Park. Unspoiled natural beauty and sweeping coastal vistas provide a mesmerising backdrop for our drive along the Cabot Trail. We keep an eye out for moose and bald eagle as we travel in search of whales in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. Return to Baddeck later for some time at leisure.

Silver Dart Lodge, Baddeck

Breakfast, lunch

This morning, we pay tribute to one of the world’s most famous inventors at the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, then cross the Northumberland Strait to Prince Edward Island. Pass pastoral landscapes and gabled farmhouses en route to Charlottetown. Your overnight stay is at the Rodd Hotel which was built in 1931 and reflects such luxurious features as barrel-vaulted ceilings and a grand lobby. Tonight, enjoy a regional dinner at the PEI Preserve Company.

Rodd Charlottetown

Breakfast, dinner

Join a local specialist for an exploration of Prince Edward Island, starting with Prince Edward Island National Park and a visit to the literary landmark of Green Gables. Enjoy lunch with a local family overlooking the beauty of Brackley Bay. You’ll learn about the property’s history from the current proprietor of the island’s oldest running tourist accommodation, run by the same family for four generations.

Rodd Charlottetown

Breakfast, lunch

Travel to New Brunswick, crossing the Northumberland Strait via the engineering feat that is Confederation Bridge. Head to the waters of Shediac Bay, where you’ll celebrate all things lobster with a local specialist. Get a closer look at Acadian culture, learning about old fishing techniques that helped shape the way of life of the region. Then, enjoy a delicious lunch of lobster served local style on board the boat (weather permitting). Journey south to the Bay of Fundy in search of the world’s highest tides. Join another local specialist to visit the magnificently eroded Hopewell Rocks and enjoy a rare opportunity to walk on the ocean floor (tide permitting). The overnight stop is in the port city of Saint John.

Hilton Saint John

Breakfast, lunch

Leave the cliffs and coves of Saint John behind this morning to board a ferry to cross the Bay of Fundy to Digby. In the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Lunenburg, join a tour with a local specialist walking past 18th century and Victorian architecture as your guide shares folklore and local facts. Then delve into Nova Scotia’s rich fishing heritage visiting the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic and see real Tall Ships. On any given day, you may see a launch of a model schooner or learn how to hook mats or spin wool. Continue on to Halifax to relive the highlights of your trip over a farewell dinner with your fellow travellers this evening.

Hampton Inn by Hilton Halifax

Breakfast, dinner

After breakfast in Peggy’s Cove, breathe in the fresh ocean air and share in the inspiration enjoyed by painters and photographers who visit Peggy’s Cove on St. Margaret’s Bay. Conclude your tour arriving back in Halifax at midday for your onward travel arrangements.

Breakfast