Insight Vacations motor coach tour of New England and the Canadian Maritimes offers an eight-night excursion. An experienced tour guide provides information to a small group of 40 travelers, with accommodations in four- and five-star hotels. Beginning in Boston, the overnight stay includes an orientation of the Boston Freedom Trail and a welcome drink at the hotel. From Boston, the motor coach travels to Bar Harbor for a dinner of Maine lobster. The stay gives travelers a chance to visit Acadia National Park, before moving on to Saint John and crossing into Nova Scotia, for a stay in Halifax, with stops at Ignoish Beach, and historic Charlottetown. A highlight is Prince Edward Island, home to the legendary Anne of Green Gables. The tour stops in Kennebunkport, and then goes through Salem, Massachusetts, home of the Salem Witch Trials, before completing the return to Boston International Airport.
Insight Vacations, Inc. Coastal
801 Katella Avenue
Anaheim, CA 92805
800-582-8380
http://www.insightvacations.com/us/index.php
The Norwegian Cruise Line offers many ways to see and experience coastal New England and the Canadian Maritimes. There are seven-day round-trip cruises from New York on the Norwegian Dawn or Norwegian Jewel, as well as one-way trips from Boston to Quebec (or vice versa) on the Norwegian Spirit. The Norwegian Jewel also embarks for nine- and ten-day trips from New York. Most of the cruises stop in famous towns and cities, such as Sydney, Halifax, Saint John, and Portland. For 14-day fall cruises, round-trip passengers begin from Boston or Quebec on the Norwegian Spirit. The Boston stop includes shore excursions to Harvard University and the American Revolutionary battlefields of Lexington and Concord. Then the ship travels to coastal destinations such as Halifax, Quebec City, Charlottetown, and Portland.
Norwegian Cruise Lines
7665 Corporate Center Dr.
Miami, FL 33126
866-234-7350
http://www.ncl.com/nclweb/home.html
Easy Rider Tours specializes in three separate bicycle trips through New England and the Canadian Maritimes. After a day of cycling, there are double-occupancy accommodations in county inns and a resort on the ocean. The price includes daily breakfast, dinners most evenings, and some lunches. The tour is accompanied by two guides and a support van for guest luggage, snacks, and rests. The tour company provides the bicycles for the trips, along with souvenir Easy Rider T-shirts and water bottles. One trip, which follows the coastal areas of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, begins in Newburyport, Massachusetts and ends in Maine with a return by rail. The tour includes stops in the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge and New Hampshire's Strawbery Banke history museum, with plenty of opportunities to sample local seafood. There are two bike tours of the Canadian Maritimes, each lasting seven days. The Prince Edward Island tour follows roads traveling through the country or along the beaches. A special aspect is the Blue Heron Drive, offering views of the ocean. The Nova Scotia tour covers the north and south beaches, including the Evangeline Trail, with plenty of opportunity to see lighthouses, Victorian homes, and Maritime history museums. The Bay of Fundy gives a view of the highest tides in the world. The trip wraps up with a schooner cruise in Lunenberg Bay.
Easy Rider Tours
P.O. Box 228
Newburyport, MA 01950
800-488-8332
978-463-6955
http://www.easyridertours.com/
