Atlantic Canada: Rail to the Maritimes

Enjoy VIP lounge access before boarding your flight to Montréal. On arrival, travel independently to your downtown hotel and head out to explore. Canada's second-largest city is surprisingly easily to explore either by foot or metro. Take a walk down Rue Sherbrook to admire the elegant buildings or visit Plateau Mont-Royal for a variety of jazz bars and nightlife. This bustling city is also a hotspot for restaurants, boutiques and has extensive underground tunnels offering even more shopping options.

Today you'll enjoy a sightseeing tour of Québec City. You'll see the UNESCO World Heritage site, marvelling at the European architecture and history of the old town, a picturesque UNESCO World Heritage site. Your guide will see you to some of the highlights, including a visit to the Montmorency Falls, which is a full 30 metres higher than Niagara Falls. This evening, return to your Montréal hotel, perhaps dining at one of many contemporary restaurants or traditional taverns nearby.

You'll start today with a your choice of guided tours in Montréal, perhaps visiting Mont Royal and taking in panoramic views of the city, Old Montreal and the city's picturesque riverfront. Alternatively, join a walking Tour of Old Montreal to explore its winding cobblestone streets. Or, dive into the city's culinary scene as a local foodie guides you to their favourite eateries and watering holes, from artisan charcuteries to craft beers. You'll then, board VIA Rail to relax in the comfort of your Sleeper Plus private cabin as you glide past rural Québec. Enjoy warm Canadian hospitality, included hot drinks and snacks, and a three-course dinner in the dining car before retiring to your cabin for the night.

Stay: VIA Rail - Sleeper Plus Private bedroom and shower

Today, you'll awake in the privacy of your sleeper cabin to views of the Atlantic Ocean outside the train window. Enjoy breakfast as you pass rolling hills and charming coastal villages on your way to Moncton. On arrival, you'll transfer to Charlottetown via the Confederation Bridge, the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world. At 13km, it joins Prince Edward Island with New Brunswick in spectacular fashion. Come the afternoon, you'll check into your hotel in Charlottetown, capital of Prince Edward Island.

Stay: The Great George, Charlottetown (Superior & Deluxe)

Today's scenic route sees you through verdant farmland and past pretty villages along the North Shore and Green Gables Shore region. Pause along the way in quaint fishing harbours and picturesque lighthouses as well as Cavendish Beach national park. You'll also tour the Green Gables House, the farm that inspired the novel Anne of Green Gables in 1908, and stop at Prince Edward Island Preserve Company to shop for local jams and marmalades.

Stay: The Great George, Charlottetown (Superior & Deluxe)

This morning you'll explore Charlottetown with a choice of sightseeing tours. Perhaps you'll take a morning Lobster Cruise, catching a buoy, hauling a trap and banding a claw as you learn about the world of lobster fishing on Prince Edward Island. Otherwise, take in the local sights on a Charlottetown Highlights Tour, discovering the history and charm of Canada's Birthplace as you ride through its city streets. In the afternoon depart on a private transfer back over the Confederations Bridge to Halifax

Stay: Hotel Halifax, Halifax (Superior) / Sutton Place Hotel, Halifax (Deluxe)

In Halifax this morning a further choice of tours will introduce you to the city's myriad highlights. You might choose a coastal cruise, taking in the region's lighthouses before watching the crew pull a live lobster trap, showing how today's equipment is used. Alternatively, head to pretty Lunenburg & Mahone Bay to explore the South Shore filled with a history of fishing, boat building, pirates and rum running, set against a ruggedly beautiful coastline, or Peggy's Cove. Lastly, there's the Halifax Hop-On Hop-Off tour for the chance to visit the Titanic Cemetery, Citadel, Alexander Keith's Brewery, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, all at your own pace.

Stay: Hotel Halifax, Halifax (Superior) / Sutton Place Hotel, Halifax (Deluxe)

This morning, depart your hotel and head to the airport to return to the UK