City Lights & Country Sights

DAY 1: Arrive Halifax
Arrive in Halifax and check in to your accommodations which are ideally located in the downtown core of this vibrant and cosmopolitan urban centre on the Atlantic Ocean.

DAY 2: Halifax Touring
The day is yours to experience Halifax at your leisure. Bursting with culture and rich history, Nova Scotia’s capital city has much to offer. (Continental Breakfast)

DAY 3: Halifax to Baddeck, NS
Depart Halifax on your included transfer to New Glasgow where you will meet your Tour Director or Driver/Guide and fellow travelers. Proceed to Cape Breton Island, the Scotland of North America, via the Canso Causeway, before checking into your accommodations on the Bras d’Or Lake where you will spend the next two nights (Continental Breakfast, Dinner)

DAY 4: Cabot Trail Touring
Experience one of the most stunningly picturesque drives in North America today as you tour the Cabot Trail which winds around the rocky splendor of Cape Breton’s northern shore, ascending to the incredible plateaus of Cape Breton Highlands National Park.  Look-offs offer unforgettable vistas of Cape Breton’s rugged coastline so be sure to have your camera on hand. Visit Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site in Baddeck to learn of the many accomplishments of this genius who made his home on the island. (Breakfast, Boxed Lunch, Dinner)

DAY 5: Baddeck to Halifax, NS
The Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site awaits today. This reconstruction of the original French town and fortifications, depicting one-fifth of the settlement of 1744 New France, is the largest of its kind in North America. Your tour continues along the shore of the Bras d’Or Lake to the mainland, and back to Halifax for one last night in the Maritimes. (Breakfast)

DAY 6: Depart Halifax
Atlantic Tours’ arrangements end this morning upon check out from the hotel. (Continental Breakfast)