NOVA SCOTIA, WORLD'S AWAY

July 16-23

Price per person:

$1849 Double ~ $2399 Single ~ $1698 Triple ~ $1609 Quad ~ $1219 Child

7 Breakfasts - 7 Dinners

Day 1

• Travel through Pennsylvania and New England to Maine
• Overnight: Portland
• Dinner (included) at hotel where you meet your Tour Director

Day 2

• Breakfast (included) at hotel
• With its spectacular scenery, stops at Mount Desert Island , Acadia National Park and Cadillac Mountain
• Free time in quaint Bar Harbor
• Overnight: Bar Harbor, Maine
• Traditional Lobsterbake Dinner (included)

Day 3

• Breakfast (included) at hotel
• Visit Campobello, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s summer home and retreat
• On to Saint John for a stop at the Reversing Falls where the Bay of Fundy meets and overpowers the Saint John River
• Overnight: Saint John, New Brunswick
• Dinner (included)

Day 4

• Breakfast (included) at hotel
• Travel to Fundy National Park for a visit to the impressive Hopewell Rocks, sandstone structures carved out by relentless tides
• Enter Nova Scotia via the North Fork where the timeless towns and villages have harvested the bounty of land and sea
• Overnight for next two nights: Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Dinner (included) at local eatery

Day 5

• Breakfast (included) at hotel
• Local Guide shares fascinating facts about Halifax including The Citadel, the stone fortress; Halifax Public Gardens; and the Cemetery where the Titanic victims were buried
• Free time to explore the provincial capital
• Dinner (included) at local favorite eatery

Day 6

• Breakfast (included) at hotel
• Visit picturesque Peggy’s Cove, a uniquely rugged fishing village
• Tour along the picturesque Evangeline Trail
• See the sights at Grand Pre National Historic Site, where a large number of Acadians settled during the 1800s
• Overnight: Evangeline Trail
• Dinner (included) at the Inn

Day 7

• Breakfast (included) at hotel
• Continue on the Evangeline Trail through Acadian Country with stops at:
• Church Point, site of the oldest wooden church in North America
• Fort Anne and Port Royal, the oldest settlements
• An afternoon sailing aboard the high-speed CAT ferry to Nova Scotia
• Dinner (included) on board the CAT Ferry
• Overnight: Portland, Maine

Day 8

• Breakfast (included) at hotel
• Departure for Franconia with an early evening return

IMPORTANT: A valid Passport is required for all tours to Canada.

Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland”. It was given this name by the Scots, who were the first British settlers to go there. In summer it has the warmest ocean water north of the Carolinas. It is the most populous of the Maritime provinces, and is mainly covered with forests and lakes with most larger towns along the seacoast.

Because the harbor extends inland sixteen miles, Halifax was one of the first English settlements in Canada. Founded in 1749, Edward Cornwallis recognized the harbor as one of the world’s great natural harbors. It was here actually that the maiden voyage of the Titanic ended. Many of the unclaimed victims are buried with black granite headstones in the city’s cemeteries.

Peggy’s Cove is a unique, rugged fishing community clustered around a narrow ocean inlet. The lighthouse is perched high up on a huge, sea-washed boulder and now serves as the only Post Office in a lighthouse in Canada .

At the Grand Pre' National Historic Site, a stone church stands as a memorial to the Acadians and houses an exhibit on the deportation of these peoples, who were banished by the English. They eventually settled along the seacoast as far south as New Orleans , where they became known as Cajuns.

Campobello is one of the only internationally managed parks. It combines the United States and Canada in a unique alliance. This island was one of three awarded to Canada in the Aroostook War as a settlement of a border dispute.

Mount Desert Island is a glacier-formed island off the coast of Maine. A large part of the island is Acadia National Park , 40,000 acres of granite-domed mountains, woodlands, lakes and ponds. It is a haven for wildlife and plants.

The CAT ferry crosses the Gulf of Maine from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth twice daily. It travels at the highway speed of 55 mph allowing a crossing time of only three hours. It holds 900 passengers, has a Café and Bar, a casino, duty-free shop and a TV-Movie Lounge.

Visit a web site about NOVA SCOTIA.

Visit a web site about HALIFAX.

Visit a web site about CAT FERRY.

Visit a web site about FREEPORT ME.

Visit a web site about HOPEWELL ROCKS.


NOVA SCOTIA, WORLD'S AWAY - July 16-23, 2009 $1,849.00 [Request Reservation]