Boston, Maine & Canada Cruise

Bar Harbor, located on beautiful Frenchman Bay, is a wealth of history and architecture.

In 1773, the only visitors arriving to Boston’s shores were the English Redcoats. Today, Bostonians welcome more than 10 million visitors each year from all over the world as they arrive in Boston to enjoy this exciting and interesting city. Tourism is one of Boston’s and New England’s largest industries, and as a result you will find a city willing to accommodate and entertain you as few other cities can.

Cobblestone streets and gleaming skyscrapers blend perfectly in this historic city.

Walk the one-and-a-half-mile Freedom Trail, a tour marked by a red line, leading you through some of the most interesting chapters in U.S. history or simply stroll along Newberry Street, lined with charming shops and coffeehouses.

Founded by the French, circa 1720, Charlottetown is the capital and largest city on the southern coast of Prince Edward Island, Canada.Live it up with live theatre, local pubs, festivals and outdoor cafés! Spice it up with fresh seafood, shopping and traditional song and dance! Or just take it easy with scenic waterfront strolls, gallery gazing or antique browsing.Charlottetown is Canada’s Birthplace. It was here that the founding fathers gathered in 1864 to discuss the union of all British North America into one country which eventually became Canada.

The largest city in Canada’s Maritime Province, Halifax has strong ties to its past. The star-shaped Citadel fortress, built by Cornwallis in 1749, overlooks the city and much of the area’s maritime history is displayed in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Quebec City, the provincial capital, is the most European city in North America and one of the most romantic in the world. Located on the St. Lawrence River the city is surrounded by mountains, cliffs and islands. Three centuries of history ring from Old Quebec’s streets and its world-class museums. It is a city steeped in history but also bound closely to nature.

Quebec City: intimate cobbled streets, turrets and towers, seaway and salt wind- its impossible to resist!

Québec City is the capital of the province of Quebec, home to the famous Winter Carnival and is a delightful blend of historic old world charm combined with all of the conveniences of a modern city. On a bluff, overlooking the St. Lawrence River, the Hotel Chateau Frontenac, with its impressive spires and turrets, sits adjacent to the Plains of Abraham, where important battles between the French and the British were fought. Visit the Old Fort, or take a horse drawn carriage ride down the cobbled streets of Old Quebec City with it’s quaint shops, corner bistros, and art vendors in the market squares.

On Cape Breton Island, it is not uncommon to find Gaelic spoken and to hear the plaintive call of bagpipes. For it is here that the Scots found a land that most resembled their own beautiful home. Follow the winding Cabot Trail around the coast of Cape Breton, one of the most dramatic drives in North America. On Bras d’Or lake, you may spot one of the 250 pairs of bald eagles nesting in the treetops. Visit the Alexander Graham Bell Museum, where the inventor spent his summers. Explore the star-shaped French fortress of Louisbourg, conquered by the British in 1760. Or sample the rugged life of the coal miner at the Miner’s Museum.