Gazing at the awesome power of Niagara Falls, as swathes of water flow over the edge.
Gliding through the beautiful Thousand Islands archipelago - each island differs in size and appearance.
Summary
Our 'Journey Through Eastern Canada' tour takes in four great cities - modern Toronto, capital city Ottawa, beautiful Québec City and vibrant Montréal. In each we’ll enjoy a tour and free time, to make the most of your stay, and we’ll take a side trip to thundering Niagara Falls for a reminder of the sheer power of nature. Plus, we’ll visit a renowned winery, enjoy lunch at Chez Dany Sugar Shack, a tasty high tea and a Thousand Islands cruise.
Your holiday includes:
8 excursions and visits
Orientation tour of Toronto and Ottawa
Half-day excursion to Niagara Falls
Tours of Québec City and Montréal
Tour and tasting at Prince Edward County Winery
Lunch at Chez Dany Sugar Shack
Visit to Uplands Cultural & Heritage Centre with high tea
Thousand Islands cruise
Plus:
9 nights in hotels and 1 in flight (accommodation as specified or similar)
International flights. Prices are based on return flights with Air Canada from London Heathrow. Supplements may apply from other airports
Titan’s VIP door-to-door travel service collects you from home for your flight to Toronto. On arrival, we’ll transfer to our hotel.
Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto (3-star)
Toronto - Niagara Falls - Toronto
This morning, a sightseeing tour introduces us to Toronto and its glistening skyscrapers and 19th-century architecture.
We’ll then make our way to the natural wonder that is Niagara Falls. We’ll arrive at lunchtime with time to appreciate the awesome power of the Horseshoe and American Falls, from the promenade. Or you could join an optional excursion to see the Falls by helicopter or boat. Early evening we return to Toronto.
Orientation tour of Toronto (morning)
Excursion to Niagara Falls (afternoon)
Courtyard by Marriott Downtown Toronto (3-star)
Perth - Ottawa
We depart Toronto for Prince Edward County and Perth, where we’ll stop at a local winery for a tour and sample the local wines. Later, we continue on our journey to the nation’s capital, Ottawa and transfer to our hotel.
Tour and tasting at Prince Edward County Winery (morning)
Lord Elgin, Ottawa (4-star)
Ottawa
This morning we’ll embark on a short orientation of Ottawa, with its fine parliament buildings, picturesque parks and canals ripe for wandering.
The afternoon is free to explore this capital city at your leisure. Parliament Hill is home to Canada’s national government and worthy of a visit, or there are museums and galleries aplenty. Or follow the Rideau Canal, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as it winds through downtown Ottawa until it reaches locks next to Parliament Hill, where it joins the Ottawa River.
Orientation tour of Ottawa (morning)
Lord Elgin, Ottawa (4-star)
Québec City
Today’s destination is Québec City. We journey there following the St Lawrence River, making a stop for lunch at Chez Dany Sugar Shack. The lunch menu offers local cuisine, accompanied by live traditional music. We arrive later in Québec City.
Lunch at Chez Dany Sugar Shack (afternoon)
Hotel Clarendon, Québec City (4-star)
Québec City
This morning we enjoy a guided tour of Québec City with its fort, gates and cannons, narrow cobbled streets and ancient greystone houses.
Later you’re free to further discover the old walled city and visit the many interesting shops, enjoy fine French cuisine and maybe take a walk along the promenade overlooking the St Lawrence River. Maybe take a horse-drawn carriage around the old city - a great way to become acquainted. Alternatively, take an optional excursion to Wendake, the Huron-Wendat Nation Reserve.
City tour of Québec City (morning)
Hotel Clarendon, Québec City (4-star)
Québec City
Today is at leisure. Alternatively join an optional excursion to Tadoussac - travel along the Charlevoix Coastline, stopping at Chute Montmorency Falls, before boarding a ship in Baie-Sainte-Catherine to enjoy a whale-watching cruise. Whales, including fin, minke and beluga whales may be seen.
Hotel Clarendon, Québec City (4-star)
Montréal
We have an early start today to make the most of the Beauce region, home to the greatest concentration of maple groves in Québec. Shortly after crossing the St Lawrence River we stop at the Chaudiere Falls, an impressive waterfall and suspension bridge, named ‘asticou’ (boiler) by the Abenaki Indians because of the kettle-shaped basin at the foot of the cascades. The river was the scene of a gold rush in 1846 when a nugget the size of a pigeon’s egg was found. By the beginning of the 20th century over $1 million worth of gold had been extracted.
We’ll visit the Uplands Cultural and Heritage Centre, a neo-Georgian residence built in 1862. Five rooms have been decorated with antiques from the Sherbrooke Historical Society’s collection and the Lennoville-Ascot museum’s collection. While here, we’ll sit down for high tea, savouring scones, pastries, cucumber sandwiches and tea.
We leave for Montréal this afternoon and on arrival, we’ll enjoy a guided tour.
Visit to Uplands Cultural & Heritage Centre with high tea (afternoon)
City tour of Montréal (afternoon)
Best Western Ville Marie (3.5-star) or Le Nouvel Hotel and Spa (3.5-star), Montréal
Kingston
We depart Montréal to Kingston, gateway to the Thousand Islands. Here we enjoy a relaxing cruise to discover this attractive archipelago varying from small outcroppings to much larger, inhabited islands.
The rest of the day is free in Kingston.
Thousand Islands cruise (morning)
Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston Water's Edge (4-star)
Day 10
Kingston - Toronto - In flight
We transfer to the airport for our return flight to the UK.
In flight
Day 11 UK
Upon arrival, your Titan vehicle will be waiting for the journey home.
Visa is not included, please call for details
Please note: The Residence Inn by Marriott Kingston Water's Edge (day 9) doesn’t have twin beds - twin bookings will receive a queen-size bed & a queen-size sofa bed)