8 Days, Citadels & Cottages

The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest ocean in the world. It lies between North and South America in the west and Europe and Africa in the east.

Bar Harbor, located on beautiful Frenchman Bay, is a wealth of history and architecture.

In 1773, the only visitors arriving to Boston’s shores were the English Redcoats. Today, Bostonians welcome more than 10 million visitors each year from all over the world as they arrive in Boston to enjoy this exciting and interesting city. Tourism is one of Boston’s and New England’s largest industries, and as a result you will find a city willing to accommodate and entertain you as few other cities can.

Cobblestone streets and gleaming skyscrapers blend perfectly in this historic city.

Walk the one-and-a-half-mile Freedom Trail, a tour marked by a red line, leading you through some of the most interesting chapters in U.S. history or simply stroll along Newberry Street, lined with charming shops and coffeehouses.

The largest city in Canada’s Maritime Province, Halifax has strong ties to its past. The star-shaped Citadel fortress, built by Cornwallis in 1749, overlooks the city and much of the area’s maritime history is displayed in the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.

Québec City is the capital of the province of Quebec, home to the famous Winter Carnival and is a delightful blend of historic old world charm combined with all of the conveniences of a modern city. On a bluff, overlooking the St. Lawrence River, the Hotel Chateau Frontenac, with its impressive spires and turrets, sits adjacent to the Plains of Abraham, where important battles between the French and the British were fought. Visit the Old Fort, or take a horse drawn carriage ride down the cobbled streets of Old Quebec City with it’s quaint shops, corner bistros, and art vendors in the market squares.