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Wonders of the Maritimes & Scenic Cape Breton with Ocean Train to Montreal 2026
12 Day Tour from Halifax to Montreal
Tour Description:
Hello, coastal Canada! This tour of the Canadian Maritimes and Cape Breton Island has cooked up plenty of unique experiences in this picturesque part of the world. Get your camera ready for Canada’s most photographed lighthouse in Peggy’s Cove, your windbreaker zipped for the highest and wildest tides at Hopewell Rocks, and your taste buds ready for a traditional Maritimes breakfast, sugar camp lunch, and fresh lobster dinner. Visit the world of a red-headed girl in a straw hat and braids to meet one of Canada’s most loved fictional characters, Anne of Green Gables. Throughout Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, tiny fishing villages, giant whales, and the grandest of scenery will be calling your name, as will Cape Breton’s historic Alexander Graham Bell Museum. Say goodnight to coastal Canada and good morning to French Canada as you board the overnight Ocean train in Halifax for Montréal. Aboard the oldest continuously operated named passenger train in North America, you’ll sleep in comfort before awakening to the dream sights of Québec’s largest city. An included hop-on/hop-off trolley tour will put a spring in your step on this extension to your tour of Eastern Canada. PLUS, your tour includes your choice of excursions in Halifax so you can plan your day your way.
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Dates & Pricing
Start Dates Listed Below are US departure dates, please verify specific dates with your Pavlus Travel Planner
| Thursday 11 Jun 26 — Monday 22 Jun 26 | Starting at $4,819 |  SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Thursday 25 Jun 26 — Monday 06 Jul 26
Small Group Discovery | Starting at $5,279 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Saturday 27 Jun 26 — Wednesday 08 Jul 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Thursday 09 Jul 26 — Monday 20 Jul 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Tuesday 28 Jul 26 — Saturday 08 Aug 26
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| Thursday 06 Aug 26 — Monday 17 Aug 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Thursday 13 Aug 26 — Monday 24 Aug 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Thursday 20 Aug 26 — Monday 31 Aug 26
Small Group Discovery | Starting at $5,289 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Tuesday 01 Sep 26 — Saturday 12 Sep 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Thursday 03 Sep 26 — Monday 14 Sep 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Tuesday 15 Sep 26 — Saturday 26 Sep 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Saturday 19 Sep 26 — Wednesday 30 Sep 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Tuesday 22 Sep 26 — Saturday 03 Oct 26 | Starting at $4,819 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Thursday 24 Sep 26 — Monday 05 Oct 26 | Starting at $4,779 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Saturday 26 Sep 26 — Wednesday 07 Oct 26 | Starting at $4,779 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Tuesday 29 Sep 26 — Saturday 10 Oct 26
Small Group Discovery | Starting at $5,289 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
| Thursday 01 Oct 26 — Monday 12 Oct 26 | Starting at $4,779 | SPECIAL | Get a Quote |
Disclaimer: Prices listed are per person, based on double occupancy, and in USD. All promotions are valid for new bookings only, capacity controlled and valid on select dates and departures. Individual Terms and Conditions will apply to all promotions. Any promotion can be withdrawn at any time without notice. Please speak with your Pavlus Travel Planner for complete vendor terms and conditions, including eligible tour and cruise dates.
Destination & Sightseeing
Destination & SightseeingSpecial features included in this tour:• Guided sightseeing in Lunenburg & Peggy’s Cove• Guided sightseeing in Halifax• Globus Choice excursion in Halifax – included in your tour with your choice of a guided visit to the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic or tall ship sailing harbor cruise• Visit Sugar Moon Farm sugar shack• Guided sightseeing at Hopewell Rocks • Visit Charlottetown and Prince Edward Island National Park • Guided tour of Green Gables Heritage Place• Visit Baddeck, Cape Breton and the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site• Travel along the Cabot Trail • Visit Cape Breton Highlands National Park• Train journey on VIA Rail’s Ocean train to Montreal• Trolley tour of Montreal• Fall Foliage departures: September 15-October 1 (Mother Nature permitting)
Notes:
• Enjoy spectacular fall colors on our Fall Foliage departures: September 15-October 1 (Mother Nature permitting).• Due to the frequent use of this railroad for other services, delays may occur during the journey.• Guests should be prepared for easy but sustained walking throughout the tour. Guests with mobility concerns may experience uneven surfaces specifically for ferry loading and unloading, and limited access to passenger amenities on board certain vessels.• We encourage all guests to prebook Globus Choice Excursions to ensure your preference is available. Globus Choice Excursions booked on-tour are subject to availability and vendor terms.
• Enjoy spectacular fall colors on our Fall Foliage departures: September 15-October 1 (Mother Nature permitting).• Due to the frequent use of this railroad for other services, delays may occur during the journey.• Guests should be prepared for easy but sustained walking throughout the tour. Guests with mobility concerns may experience uneven surfaces specifically for ferry loading and unloading, and limited access to passenger amenities on board certain vessels.• We encourage all guests to prebook Globus Choice Excursions to ensure your preference is available. Globus Choice Excursions booked on-tour are subject to availability and vendor terms.
ITINERARY
ITINERARYDay 1 ARRIVE IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
Welcome to Halifax! At 6 pm, meet your travel companions for a welcome drink
Day 2 HALIFAX. EXCURSION TO PEGGY’S COVE & LUNENBURG
Lighthouse Beams, Bites & Brews Visit Peggy’s Cove, one of Canada’s most charming fishing villages. Enjoy a traditional [LF] Nova Scotian Breakfast. We then venture to Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for a walking tour with a Local Guide. During your free time, explore the quaint downtown, shop for souvenirs, or spend time at the Fisheries Museum to learn more about this major fishing port. The rest of the day is at leisure. Maybe visit the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, which explains the area’s seafaring past, or perhaps tour Alexander Keith’s Brewery, which has been making the home-grown favorite since the early 1880s. (B)
LOCAL FAVORITE
LOCAL TASTES & TRADITIONS Discover the tastes and traditions in the charming fishing village of Peggy’s Cove to select from local specialties including fish cakes, a traditional Nova Scotian breakfast. You’ll find many magnificent views for taking photos of the famous lighthouse and panoramic sea views
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BreakfastDay 3 HALIFAX–SUGAR MOON FARM–MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK
Nova Scotia Treats & Treasures Take an orientation tour of Halifax, including the public gardens and harbor area. Before arriving in New Brunswick, we’ll stop at [LF] Sugar Moon Farm to enjoy a Maritime sugar camp lunch, along with a guided tour and traditional sugar camp treat. Spend the evening in Moncton, originally founded by a group of Acadians and then Pennsylvania Dutch immigrants from Philadelphia. Your Tour Director will have suggestions for the best way to spend your evening. (B,L)
LOCAL FAVORITE
LOCAL TASTES Indulge in the sweet tradition of Nova Scotian sugar shacks! Each year when maple syrup is produced, locals frequent “sugar shacks” for sweet treats and hearty meals that really stick to the ribs! Join a Maritime sugar camp lunch at Sugar Moon Farm in the woods of Nova Scotia and see why locals love it. True comfort food!
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BreakfastLunchDay 4 MONCTON–HOPEWELL ROCKS–CHARLOTTETOWN, PEI
Low Tides & Local Treats Travel to Hopewell Rocks for a guided tour and to explore the dramatic sculpted landscape on the sea. Then, drive across 8-mile-long Confederation Bridge, the longest of its kind. Cross onto Prince Edward Island, stopping for a local treat at Cow’s Ice Cream Factory before continuing to Charlottetown. Tonight, enjoy a [LF] lobster supper at a local restaurant this evening. (B,D)
LOCAL FAVORITE
SEA TREASURE For more than 150 years, Prince Edward Island lobster fishers have been waking up before the dawn to set their traps and haul in the sea’s bounty of delicious, red-shelled crustaceans to share with guests around the world. More than one thousand hearty island lobster fishers continue the tradition today out of more than 40 ports to share these sea treasures as they have for generations. Put on your lobster bib and get your butter ready to dive into a cracking good feast!
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
NATURAL WONDERS Discover the ever-changing seascape on the beaches of Hopewell Rocks. Learn about the highest and wildest tides in the world, which rise and fall up to 52 feet each day. Time and tide have carved from the cliffs and coves distinctive sandstone formations topped with trees
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DinnerDay 5 CHARLOTTETOWN
Folk Songs & Sand Dunes A tour of the island includes a drive to the fishing port of North Rustico Harbour to learn about lobster fishing, the sand dunes and lovely beaches of Prince Edward Island National Park and a visit to the Green Gables Heritage Place with a Local Guide. Later, enjoy lunch and local music at Prince Edward Island Preserve Company. The rest of the day is at leisure to explore on your own, do some shopping, or relax in one of Charlottetown’s fine restaurants. (B,L)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
LEGENDS & LORE Visit the world of a red-headed girl in a straw hat and braids to meet one of Canada’s most loved fictional characters, Anne of Green Gables. Relive her mischievous escapades and mishaps within the nostalgic rooms of her home at Green Gables – where local author Lucy Maud Montgomery drew inspiration from the idyllic woodland farmstead
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BreakfastLunchDay 6 CHARLOTTETOWN–BADDECK, NOVA SCOTIA
Inventions of New Scotland This morning, board a ferry that whisks you across the Northumberland Strait, from Prince Edward Island to Nova Scotia. Arrive in Caribou and continue to Pictou, known as the “Birthplace of New Scotland,” where the first ship of Scottish Highlanders landed in Nova Scotia in 1773. Visit the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site to learn about the famous inventor. (B)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
LEGENDARY LIVES Explore the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site, where fascinating exhibits trace the life and achievements of the iconic inventor of the telephone who spent his last years on Cape Breton Island
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BreakfastDay 7 BADDECK. EXCURSION TO CAPE BRETON HIGHLANDS NATIONAL PARK
Legendary Landscapes Travel along the Cabot Trail, considered one of the most scenic drives in the world. Proceed along the coast, savoring magnificent vistas of the rocky shoreline and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Enter Cape Breton Highlands National Park, a landscape that strikingly resembles Scottish coastal regions. (B,L,D)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
NATURAL WONDERS Discover one of Canada’s most enchanting natural landscapes by the sea, where the mountains meet the ocean in Cape Breton Highlands National Park. As you hug the world-famous Cabot Trail coastline you'll wind through Cape Breton Highlands National Park, where lush, forested river canyons carve into the ancient plateau, edged by rust-hued cliffs. Keep an eye out for wonderful wildlife that lives here, including moose, bald eagles, minks, or even pilot whales breaking the surface of the Gulf of St. Lawrence!
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BreakfastLunch DinnerDay 8 BADDECK–HALIFAX
Strongholds & Celebrations Cross over the Canso Causeway and continue across Nova Scotia to Halifax and visit the Citadel Hill National Historic Site. Tonight, join your Tour Director and new friends at a farewell dinner—the perfect finale to your Maritimes vacation. (B,D)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
HISTORIC SPOT Visit the Citadel National Historic Site in Halifax with its early 19th-century, star shaped fort, majestically commanding an expansive hill overlooking the city. A series of forts highlight an evolution of defensive designs that protected Halifax Harbour from 1749 to 1906 - and never once attacked! Get a fascinating look into the region’s colonial past where the 78th Highlanders keep watch in their period uniforms of the day. The call of the bagpipes and rhythm of the drums harken back to a spirited Scottish tradition
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Breakfast DinnerDay 9 HALIFAX–VIA RAIL’S THE OCEAN
All Aboard in Halifax! This afternoon, wave goodbye to your Tour Director and board VIA Rail’s Ocean train. Travel while sleeping in comfort and awaken in a different region of Canada! Ride across New Brunswick to Québec’s largest city, Montréal with the comfort of a private Sleeper Plus car. (B,L,D)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
TRAIN SPOTLIGHT VIA Rail’s The Ocean Train is ideal for visiting Québec and Atlantic Canada. Guests will experience the mighty St. Lawrence River, the Matapedia Valley and Bay de Chaleur as well as the landscape of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Travel in superior comfort in Sleeper Plus class. Large windows let you admire passing landscapes. The Dining Car will charm you with its maritime ambiance, elegant table settings, and refined service for breakfast and a 3-course dinner (offered seasonally). Passengers aboard The Ocean train enjoy complimentary Wi-Fi service in the cars adjacent to the dining car
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BreakfastLunch DinnerDay 10 VIA RAIL’S THE OCEAN–MONTRÉAL
Fit for a Queen Morning arrival into Montréal for a 2-night stay in the historic world-renowned Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Enjoy a hop-on/hop-off trolley tour of the city. During leisure time, discover excellent dining, lively nightspots, and charming boutiques and galleries. Visit Notre Dame Basilica, stroll the historic streets of Old Montréal, or try your luck at the Casino de Montréal. (B)
TOUR HIGHLIGHT
ACCOMMODATION SPOTLIGHT Enjoy a 2-night stay in the luxurious ambiance of Montréal’s Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel. Located near Montréal’s legendary Sainte-Catherine Street, galleries, and shopping venues, you’ll find extraordinary comfort and first-class service in this historic hotel on the cobblestone avenues of Montréal
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BreakfastDay 11 MONTRÉAL
Magical Montréal Full free day to explore Montreal on your own.
ENHANCED FREE TIME
EXPLORE MORE in Montréal with a free day to discover the tastes and traditions of this French-Canadian city. Explore the cultural capital of Canada where the traditional Québécois style is celebrated along its cobblestone streets and grand buildings in European flair. See the Basilique Notre-Dame with its stunning stained glass, and the Plateau Mont-Royal with spectacular views of Vieux-Montréal. Your Tour Director has suggestions for the best ways to make the most of your day. And your GlobusGO mobile app puts the maps and tips you need right in your hands
Day 12 MONTRÉAL
Au revoir and safe travels until we meet again! Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)
Accommodations
Accommodations| Halifax | Moncton | Charlottetown | Baddeck | Montreal |
Westin Nova Scotian
Superior First-Class
1181 Hollis Street Halifax NS Canada
This deluxe hotel is equipped with full service fitness center, on site spa, business center, as well as a restaurant and lounge. Nourish your soul in the Halifax Restaurant Elements, featuring locally inspired Nova Scotia Cuisine and wines, and awarded with a Wine Spectator Award. In the summer enjoy outdoor patio seating in the lounge. A local shuttle is available complimentary to guests at select times of the day.
Superior First-Class
1181 Hollis Street Halifax NS Canada
This deluxe hotel is equipped with full service fitness center, on site spa, business center, as well as a restaurant and lounge. Nourish your soul in the Halifax Restaurant Elements, featuring locally inspired Nova Scotia Cuisine and wines, and awarded with a Wine Spectator Award. In the summer enjoy outdoor patio seating in the lounge. A local shuttle is available complimentary to guests at select times of the day.
Disclaimer: Prices listed are per person, based on double occupancy, and in USD. All promotions are valid for new bookings only, capacity controlled and valid on select dates and departures. Individual Terms and Conditions will apply to all promotions. Any promotion can be withdrawn at any time without notice. Please speak with your Pavlus Travel Planner for complete vendor terms and conditions, including eligible tour and cruise dates.
