Tauck Value Includes:
• A “Kitchen Party” at the Keltic Lodge, a Cape Breton tradition that includes a taste of local cuisine, lively Celtic music, and a wee taste of the spirits
• Cruise of Halifax Harbor to explore its unique features and dramatic history
• Visit Gaelic College for a look at Scottish influences on Cape Breton Island; learn a little Gaelic, and see a demonstration in the art of kilt making
• Wine tasting at a Nova Scotia winery in Bear River, and a Nova Scotian cooking demonstration on Cape Breton Island
• Scenic train journey from Nova Scotia to New Brunswick Whether the tide is in or out, the Hopewell Rocks is intriguing
best surviving examples of a planned British Colonial settlement in North America. This town once excelled at wooden shipbuilding, and its masterpiece was the Bluenose, a fishing schooner that was also a legendary racer – today the Bluenose II, a replica of the iconic tall ship, draws thousands of visitors each year. Journey across gorgeous patchwork farmlands to Digby Pines, set on a bluff overlooking the Annapolis River Basin. Meals BD
3. PORT ROYAL / FORT ANNE / BEAR RIVER In 1607, Samuel Champlain established a trading post at the Annapolis River Basin called Port Royal; today you’ll visit a recreation of the French settlement, complete with costumed interpreters. Experience the daily life and culture of early Acadians in hands-on activities; learn how they co-existed with the local Mi’kmaq of the First Nations and how they survived the hard winters. Port Royal eventually fell to the British, who renamed it Annapolis Royal, for Queen Anne; walk the grounds of Fort Anne, an 18th-century British garrison meticulously maintained as a museum. Lunch today is at The Garrison House Inn, a Victorian mansion that is circa 1854. You’ll experience culture through horticulture at Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, a 17-acre park where the gardening designs and methods of early French and British settlers are authentically, lavishly, and lovingly recreated. Then it’s on to discover some of Canada’s fruit of the vine at Bear River, where the climate and soil make it ideal for vineyards. Sample Nova Scotia vintages at this unique winery before returning to the Digby Pines for the evening. Meals BLD
4. DIGBY / TRAIN RIDE TO MONCTON Depart once again for Halifax, where you’ll board a train for a rail journey to New Brunswick that takes you across central Nova Scotia’s beautiful and diverse landscape. Arrive late afternoon in Moncton, “the crossroads of the Maritimes” on the Petitcodiac River. Your hotel is the Delta Beauséjour in the heart of historic downtown, close to the best entertainment and restaurants, where you’re free to explore and dine on your own. Meals BL
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• A visit to Port Royal, a “living museum” featuring costumed interpreters for an opportunity to authentically experience the life and culture of 17th-century Acadian settlers
• Guided visit to Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, where the gardening traditions of French and British settlers are preserved and lavishly recreated
• Airport transfers upon arrival and departure as noted
• 28 meals (11 breakfasts, 8 lunches, 9 dinners); service charges, admission fees, taxes and porterage
5. HOPEWELL ROCKS / PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND Torrential tides and surface water carve towering rock formations out of the cliffs at Hopewell Cape; at low tide, they stand on the beach like avant garde sculpture in a vast outdoor gallery. View first-hand this land of giants to feel the awesome power that shapes these stones, tunnels through them, and covers them at a depth of 50 feet or more when the tide comes in. Take lunch at The Marshlands Inn at Sackville, a gracious 19th-century mansion on a garden-filled
Old Town Lunenburg, protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site
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