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The Ocean: Rail journey to the Maritimes

The Ocean: Rail journey to the Maritimes, a rail journey with Wexas Travel

Follow in the footsteps of Michael Portillo on this charming journey through historic Canada to the Maritime provinces.

Day by day

  1. Day 1overnight: Hotel Le Germain Montréal (Superior) or Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montréal (Superior)

    UK to Montréal

    Enjoy VIP lounge access before boarding your flight to Montréal. On arrival, travel independently to your downtown hotel and head out to explore. Canada's second-largest city is surprisingly easy to explore either by foot or metro.

  2. Day 2overnight: Hotel Le Germain Montréal (Superior) or Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth, Montréal (Superior)

    Québec City & Montmorency Falls

    Today you'll enjoy a sightseeing tour of Québec City, a UNESCO World Heritage site, marvelling at the European architecture and history of the old town. Your guide will see you to some of the highlights, including a visit to the Montmorency Falls, which is a full 30 metres higher than Niagara Falls. This evening, return to your Montréal hotel.

  3. Day 3railovernight: VIA Rail - Sleeper Plus Private bedroom and shower

    Montréal & The Ocean

    You'll start today with a choice of guided tours in Montréal. You'll then board The Ocean, a VIA Rail train service which will see you into the heart of Canada's Maritime provinces. Relax in the comfort of your Sleeper Plus private cabin as you glide through rural Québec, with hot drinks, snacks, and a three-course dinner in the dining car before retiring to your cabin for the night.

  4. Day 4railovernight: The Great George, Charlottetown (Superior & Deluxe)

    Moncton & Charlottetown

    Today, you'll awake to views of the Atlantic Ocean outside the train window. Enjoy breakfast as you pass rolling hills and charming coastal villages on your way to Moncton, near the Bay of Fundy, home to the world's highest tides. From Moncton, you'll transfer to Charlottetown via the 13km Confederation Bridge. Come the afternoon, check into your hotel in Charlottetown.

  5. Day 5overnight: The Great George, Charlottetown (Superior & Deluxe)

    Island Drives & Anne of Green Gables Tour

    Today's scenic route sees you through verdant farmland and past pretty villages along the North Shore and Green Gables Shore region. Pause at quaint fishing harbours, picturesque lighthouses and Cavendish Beach national park. Tour the Green Gables House, the farm that inspired Anne of Green Gables in 1908, and stop at Prince Edward Island Preserve Company.

  6. Day 6overnight: Hotel Halifax, Halifax (Superior) / Sutton Place Hotel, Halifax (Deluxe)

    Charlottetown to Halifax

    This morning you'll explore Charlottetown with a choice of sightseeing tours - perhaps a Lobster Cruise or a Charlottetown Highlights Tour. In the afternoon depart on a private transfer back over the Confederation Bridge to Halifax.

  7. Day 7overnight: Hotel Halifax, Halifax (Superior) / Sutton Place Hotel, Halifax (Deluxe)

    Halifax

    In Halifax this morning a further choice of tours will introduce you to the city's highlights: a coastal cruise taking in lighthouses, pretty Lunenburg & Mahone Bay or Peggy's Cove, or the Halifax Hop-On Hop-Off tour taking in the Titanic Cemetery, Citadel, Alexander Keith's Brewery, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21.

  8. Day 8

    Return to the UK

    This morning, depart your hotel and head to the airport to return to the UK.

Included

  • Complimentary UK airport departure lounge access
  • Return flights between UK and Montréal and returning from Halifax
  • 7 nights hotel accommodation
  • Quebec City & Montmorency Falls sightseeing tour
  • VIA Rail onboard accommodation for 1 night between Montréal and Moncton
  • Montréal Freedom of Choice - Choose 1 of 3 Excursions - Montréal Half Day Sightseeing Tour, Walking Tour of Old Montréal or Beyond the Market Food Walking Tour
  • Private transfers between Moncton and Charlottetown
  • Island Drive & Anne of Green Gables Tour
  • Charlottetown Freedom of Choice - Choose 1 of 2 Excursions - Lobster Cruise, Charlottetown Highlights Tour
  • Private transfer between Charlottetown and Halifax
  • Halifax Freedom of Choice - Choose 1 of 4 Excursions - Coastal Cruise Lighthouses & Lobster Traps / Peggy's Cove Tour / Lunenburg & Mahone Bay / Halifax Hop-On Hop-Off Tour
  • Meals as per itinerary
  • National Park entry fees

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