Atlantic Canada + Toronto and Niagara Falls / 11 days

Atlantic Canada + Toronto and Niagara Falls / 11 days.

Day 1, Halifax. 9:00 Meeting with a Russian-speaking guide in the hotel lobby. A tour of Halifax.

The historic part of town. Fort George is now a British military museum.

Three military companies at Fort George.

Botanical Park. Halifax Center. We will walk with you through the cozy streets of the city. You will find out what the first Anglican Church in Canada is famous for. We will walk along the city promenade and visit the memorials to the lost Canadian ships.

Here you will learn the history of the most monstrous tragedy of Halifax and get acquainted with its actors.

Monuments to the founders of the city and its first settlers. Halifax as the main gateway to migration to North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Next, on our way to the Memorial to the Victims of the Titanic Shipwreck, here you will learn many amazing details about the dead and saved passengers in this cruel tragedy of the early 20th century.

12:00 Departure from Halifax, continuation of the tour. Experience the historic cities of Nova Scotia. Moving to Cape Peggy. Old fishing village and famous lighthouse. The granite cape marks the boundary of the collision between the two anciently colliding continents of Meguna and Avalon.

You will see magnificent landscapes and find out who scattered colossal fragments of granite rocks along the banks of clean rivers and transparent lakes.

Lunch (option) in a restaurant with ocean views. The restaurant always has fresh lobsters and other seafood.

Next, our way lies on the famous “Treasure Island”. Here you will learn the history of piracy in New England, we will tell about the famous thugs of that cruel era: Blackbeard, Kiche and Saladin, we will introduce you to the intriguing history of the mysterious island, which for 300 years continues the search for the most expensive treasure in history.

You will also learn about the first black millionaire of Nova Scotia planter Bow, about where the young lawyer and future US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt buried his money back in 1909. And that connects the unfortunate French King Louis 16th with the Canadian Oak Island.

We will also talk about the geological features of the island, who are its true secret owners and why its value has reached an astronomical value of half a billion dollars.

And, of course, we will introduce you to the latest news about the summer season of excavations on the island last year.

Night at the OakResort.

Day 2. Arrival in Mahony Bay and Lunenburg, founded in the first half of the 18th century.

You will learn the uniqueness of Lunenburg, an architectural monument under the protection of UNESCO, and why this city, which was for many years at the epicenter of the Anglo-French wars, was never destroyed or conquered.

A short tour of Lunenburg. St. John's Church, 1750.

Memorial to the founders of the city and the preserved old blockhouse. Homes of the first settlers and their history.

You will learn why and how a fragment of the Berlin Wall, which was destroyed in 1991, came to Lunenburg.

Walk along the waterfront.

Departure from Lunenburg, then our way lies in the distant 1605 to the ancient Royal Fort - the place of foundation of the first European colony on the North American continent.

In 1499, the Venetian merchant Giovanni Cabotti opened the lands of modern Canada to the British.

As Jacques Cartier searched for a short route to the country of Kitan, and found in 1534 Newfoundland and Labrador. As a simple French sailor, Samuel Champlain became a personal royal geographer and in 1604 discovered New Brunswick, and then the Gulf of France and the peninsula he called New France, and also the island he named Saint John.

Then we will visit the ancient Fort Charles and Fort Anna, where, in fact, began a series of more than 150 years of wars between Britain and France for colonies in North America.

Moving to Halifax. Night in Halifax.

Day 3.

Departure to the picturesque island-garden PrinceEdward and the province of Atlantic Canada. The Confederate Bridge is the longest bridge in America (14 km). On the island we will visit Cavendish National Park, a historic fishing village, the house-museum of the most famous Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery, who wrote the world-famous women's novel Anne from Green Gables.

You will learn a lot about the fantastic rise of Lucy Montgomery’s popularity and her tragic fate.

We will visit the virgin seaside protected dunes and the magnificent ocean beaches of the island.

Return to the mainland in New Brunswick. Moving to the world capital of lobsters (omars).

Dinner with fresh lobster and other seafood (optional).

Overnight in Shediak, HotelShediac.

Day 4. After breakfast, meet with a guide and go to HopewellRocks National Park, located in the Bay of Fundy. It is here that the world’s largest tides are observed. During low tide you can walk on the bottom of the ocean. Photographing picturesque grottoes and “walking rocks”. Moving through the picturesque Fundy National Park with a stop at Wolf Lake.

If the weather is favorable, we will visit one of the most beautiful places in New Brunswick - Dead Heads Beach. Picturesque landscapes of the rocky shores of the Bay of Fundy. On the coastal rocks of the coast are found imprints of prehistoric life up to 500 million years old.

Then we go to the historic city of St. Andrews.

Accommodation at the historic Algonquin Hotel.

2 nights at the hotel.

Day 5. Tour of the town of St. Andrews.

History of the Algonquin Hotel. Pensey Paich Castle.

St. Andrews and the construction of the Trans-Canadian Pacific Railway.

Why are St Andrews guns aimed at Calais? The amazing secret of the old blockhouse.

Saint Croix Island is the first attempt by Commander Pierre Duguis and explorer Samuel Champlain to gain a foothold in Algonquin land. The tragic winter of 1603-1604. The death of the first French land expedition.

The unique Bar Road, which only 4 hours a day opens the drive to the island to the estate of the most famous Canadian figure of the engineer and businessman of the late 19th century, Sir William Cornelius Van Horne. Visiting his summer residence. Mr. Minister's Island and his private farm.

Day 6. Transfer from Saint Andrews to Quebec (670 km). Stops in historical and picturesque places - on waterfalls and in the station palace abandoned in the taiga.

Accommodation at Chateau LaurierQuebec

Day 7. Quebec. Walk with a tour of the historical part of the city. Quebec is considered the most beautiful city in Canada. Moving to Montreal with a visit to the 83-meter Montmorency Falls.

Accommodation at the OmniMontreal Hotel.

Day 8. Montreal, sightseeing tour of the city.

Old town. St. Joseph's oratorio. View of the city from the King's Mount.

In the evening, visit the Aura light and music show in the Basilica of Notre Dame, the most beautiful Catholic cathedral in North America.

Day 9. Moving to Ottawa (210 km). Walking tour through the central part of the city. Transfer to the station and transfer by train to Toronto.

Ottawa-Toronto train, departure at 16:51, arrival at 21:16.

Accommodation at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.

Day 10. 9:00 Tour to Niagara with a cruise to the foot of the waterfall, a visit to Niagara on the lake and tasting the famous Niagara ice wines. The tour duration is 8 - 9 hours.

As an additional option, an extreme wet Jet Cruise along the Niagara River. Guaranteed soaking to the thread. There is also a "dry" version of the tour. Back to Toronto.

Visit the CNTowers TV Tower and dinner in a high-rise revolving restaurant (optional).

Day 11.09:00 Meeting with the guide. Toronto tour. Hall of Fame. Chinese City, Royal Museum and Royal Pier, Financial Center, Old Town, City Hall, Parliament, University, Yorkville District.

Transfer to the airport, flight home.

Approximate cost of the program 1⁄2 DBL with a group of 2 persons = from 2,980 CAD (cost depends on travel dates)

Included:

transport

- guides

Accommodation in hotels 4-5 * without food

Entrance tickets

Train ticket from Ottawa to Toronto

Not included:

nutrition

personal expenses

- insurance

- External flights

visas