Eastern Nova Scotia Heritage Tour

{Tour Code ENSH08}

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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS

World Famous Cabot Trail
Whale Watching
Fisherman’s Museum
Fortress Louisbourg
Lobster Boil
Museum of Industry
Lunenburg
Peggy’s Cove
Dinner Theatre
Seven Breakfasts, One Lunch, Seven Dinners

Day 1, Halifax - Today passengers will be arriving from all points. You will be met at the airport and transferred to your hotel. GL Travel Services welcomes you to Nova Scotia and Atlantic Canada. Translated Nova Scotia means “New Scotland” in Latin, our Gaelic welcome is “Ciad Mille Failte“meaning “One Hundred Thousand Welcomes” . We are blessed with sandy beaches, rugged shorelines, a colourful history and friendly people. Halifax, our capitol city founded in 1749, was the site of the first British town in Canada. Since then, the area has become home to a large multicultural melee of people. Charming fishing villages, farming communities and Atlantic Canada's largest city welcome you. This evening we will have a Welcome Dinner to meet your fellow passengers and ask any questions you may have. (Dinner) One Night
Day 2, Halifax - Liscombe Lodge - We drive along Marine Drive and visit Fisherman’s Museum, the house and gardens look just as they did a century ago, when the property was home to a fisherman, his wife and their 13 daughters. This afternoon we visit Sherbrooke Village, a place where time has stood still. Built on an economy of ship building, lumbering and gold mining, Sherbrooke Village reflects Nova Scotia as it was during its industrial boom in the late 1800s and early 1900s. This evening we stay at one of Nova Scotia’s Signature Resorts nestled among the evergreens in one of the most beautiful riverside settings in Atlantic Canada, be lulled to sleep by the whispering of the river and the mystical call of the loon and awaken to the sounds of early-morning songbirds.
(Breakfast, Dinner) One Night
Day 3, Mabou – Iona - Baddeck - On our way to the Cabot Trail we drive through the village of Mabou – home of the Rankins, one of Canada’s premiere musical families. Later we visit Iona, the only living history museum for Gaelic language and heritage in North America. Visit the look-off for a breathtaking view of the Bras D’Or Lakes which means ‘Arm of Gold’. We travel through the heart of Cape Breton along the beautiful Bras d'Or Lakes, an inland sea and a sailor's paradise; a world famous scenic drive noted for its spectacular vistas of rolling seaside terrain and breathtaking seascapes. 'Beinn Bhreagh', Alexander Graham Bell's summer home still sits majestically watching over Baddeck Bay. Bell once remarked, "I have traveled around the globe... and for simple beauty, Cape Breton outrivals them all." This evening we stay in Baddeck in the heart of Cape Breton on the beautiful Bras d'Or Lakes. This charming little town is the beginning and end of the Cabot Trail. (Breakfast, Dinner) Two Nights
Day 4, Cabot Trail - Whale Watching - Today is another highlight day as we travel around the Cabot Trail, a world famous scenic drive noted for its spectacular vistas of rolling seaside terrain and breathtaking seascapes! It is said that Norsemen landed on the shores of Cape Breton in the 10th century. John Cabot reputedly made his first landfall in the New World off the east coast of Cape Breton in 1497. Cape Breton Highlands National Park, the first national park in the Maritimes, situated in the northern section of Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island, preserves 950 square kilometres of wilderness. The best known feature of the park-the Cabot Trail, provides breathtaking views of the Gulf of St. Lawrence headlands and the curving Atlantic shores. 

We shall stop in the Acadian Village of Cheticamp and board a whale watching boat. As we travel around the Cabot Trail keep your eyes open for wildlife, maybe an eagle gracefully soaring in the clear blue skies or if we are lucky see a moose or two ambling down the highway. 

The Cabot Trail winds north from Baddeck, goes through the Acadian Village of Cheticamp and climbs French Mountain, moving along the Gulf of St. Lawrence coast to Pleasant Bay and then across the interior to Ingonish at the north-eastern entrance to the park. There are many places one can walk through a variety of habitats typical of this natural region of lush hardwood, boreal forests, bogs, barrens and muskeg. Along the Gulf shoreline, the carefully monitored schools of Atlantic salmon begin their return upriver on their spawning runs. Cape Breton Highlands is one of only four national parks in the world protecting breeding habitat of this internationally threatened species. (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner)
Day 5, Fortress Louisbourg - Today we visit Fortress Louisbourg, the crown jewel of the Canadian Park Service and the largest historical reconstruction in Canada. You can lunch here and taste the meals of the 18th century. Fortress Louisbourg was built to protect France's interests in the new world and serve as the centre of its enormous seasonal fishing industry. Its location near the eastern tip of Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia made it possible to not only serve as the capital of the new colony of Ile Royale but also to act as the first line of security for France in its struggle against Great Britain for colonial supremacy in North America in the 18th century.


The Fortress offers a unique window into our past and our 18th century colonial history. Dozens of costumed animators become the town's residents of the summer of 1744. Surrounded by ramparts, the King's Bastion is a fort within a fortress. The King's Bastion Barracks is the largest building on site and in its day was one of the largest buildings in North America. Visit Chapelle St. Louis, Louisbourg's garrison Chapel. Talk to a soldier, baker or bar maid of the 18th century. You'll find them happy to tell you about living conditions, security, food and life in general. 

After lunch at the Fort we motor to our destination for the evening where we will enjoy our very own lobster boil dinner. Walk around outside in the evening and watch the waves lap at the shore maybe even enjoy an old fashioned sing song with your travel companions. (Breakfast, Dinner) One Night
Day 6, Return to Halifax, - We leave today for Halifax; on our way we stop in Antigonish for a break where you can view St. Francis Xavier University, one of the oldest in Canada. Tour the Museum of Industry in Stellarton, Atlantic Canada's largest museum housing more then 37,000 artifacts. If the times are right at Salmon River in Truro we can catch a glimpse of a rare natural phenomenon; ‘The Tidal Bore’. The surge of the incoming Fundy tide temporarily reverses the flow of the river and appears as a crest of water travelling upriver. We get back into Halifax in time to rest up or you may choose to walk around town on your own before we go to a delightful dinner at one of Halifax’s Famous Dinner theaters. (Breakfast, Dinner) Two Nights
Day 7, Peggy’s Cove, Lunenburg - Farewell Dinner Today you discover the mysterious charm of Peggy’s Cove and visit the Town of Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage site where you have the option of a walking tour of this historic community or visit the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic.This evening we share a farewell feast together to reminisce about our trip, tell tall tales to each other and say farewell to new friends. (Breakfast, Dinner)
Day 8, Farewell to Nova Scotia Today you will depart for your homes wherever they may be; or join our 6 day tour of Western Nova Scotia for even more fun. We hope you enjoyed your tour and will speak fondly of us and our home. We have arranged for transportation to the airport.  (Breakfast included)



LAND ONLY TRIP PRICES (plus government fees and taxes)
 DEPARTURE DATES DOUBLE OCCUPANCY SINGLE OCCUPANCY
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June 22 $1798.00 $768.00
August 17 $1798.00 $768.00
September 14 $1798.00 $768.00


Inclusions

  • 4 or 5 - star hotel accommodation or local best in some remote areas
  • All road and cruise transportation from arrival until end of the tour as specified in the itinerary
  • Meals, sightseeing and entrance fees as specified in the itinerary
  • Activities and events as specified in the itinerary
  • 15 Meals including 7 Breakfasts, 1 Lunch, 7 Dinners
  • Tipping for Hotel Porters, Housekeeping and included meals
  • Private transportation from the airport to the hotel and the hotel to the airport

Exclusions

  • Airfares
  • Airline fuel surcharges
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Tour extension
  • Passports
  • Taxes
  • Personal expenses

 

 

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Please note: Hotel ratings are based on Hotel and Travel Index Standard classifications. Hotels not rated by the Hotel and Travel Index have been evaluated by GL Travel Services tour designers as meeting our standards for cleanliness, quality, comfort, and value. Itinerary is subject to change.

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