Tuesday, 10/5/2010 - Tour participants will arrive in Niagara Falls, Ontario, via their own travel arrangements. Information will be provided later for those flying to Buffalo, New York and transferring by taxi or shuttle the 27 miles across the US/Canadian border to Niagara Falls, Ontario. On arrival in Niagara Falls you’ll check in at the Sheraton Fallsview Hotel for our first two-night stay. The hotel is located 200 yards from the edge of the falls near the 325-foot Minolta Konica Tower and numerous other attractions and restaurants. Tour members will be arriving individually throughout the day and evening.

Wednesday, 10/6/2010 - Enjoy a full buffet breakfast at the hotel before meeting our motorcoach and driver. We’ll also be met at the coach in front of the hotel by a local step-on guide for a morning tour of the Niagara Falls area. The tour will include a visit and information about the falls, The Niagara Gorge, The Niagara Power Plant and a short scenic drive to Niagara-On-The-Lake, located on the shores of Lake Ontario, and a stop to view the famous Floral Clock. The tour will conclude at lunchtime back at the hotel. The afternoon is free to enjoy the nearby attractions including the Minolta Konica Tower observation deck and restaurant, the Maid of the Mist boat ride to the foot of the falls and the Journey Behind The Falls, and so much more! Tonight we’ll head out for an entertaining evening at the "Oh Canada Eh?" Dinner Theater.

Thursday, 10/7/2010 - Following breakfast we’ll travel around the western tip of Lake Ontario to Toronto. After a break for lunch we’ll be joined by a local guide for a tour of this Canadian business metropolis. You’ll drive past City Hall, through the extensive Chinatown and along the Lake Ontario Waterfront. Our guided tour will end with a ride to the top of the 1,815-foot CN Tower, one of the world’s tallest free-standing structures. The 1,122-foot Glass Floor Level offers a spectacular view of the city from a completely different perspective. Toronto is one of the top centers for professional theatre, after London and New York. This evening you may want to catch a local performance of your favorite Broadway show. Our hotel, the Courtyard by Marriott-Toronto, is located near the Eaton Center Shopping Mall with numerous downtown restaurants for your evening dining pleasure.

Friday, 10/8/2010 - After breakfast at the hotel this morning we’ll head toward the beautiful “1000 Islands Region.” On arrival in Kingston we’ll step aboard the 1000 Island Cruise’s "Island Queen" for a 3-hour “Heart of the Islands” lunch cruise. Along the way, we'll cruise past small island cottages and grand estates as we make our way toward the St. Lawrence River. After the cruise we’ll continue to our hotel for tonight, the Courtyard by Marriott in downtown Ottawa. The hotel is located in downtown Ottawa’s historic Byward Market amidst over 130 restaurants, cafés, bistros and night clubs, all within a four-block radius.

Saturday, 10/9/2010 - Breakfast is included at the hotel before we check out and are joined by another local guide for a tour of Canada’s Capital city. Because of the weekend many of the city’s official buildings will be closed but our tour will include views of the Parliament Building, a drive along the Rideau Canal and numerous other prominent sites. Following our morning tour we’ll head for Quebec’s largest city, Montreal. Montreal is also the world’s second-largest French-speaking city, after Paris. On arrival in Montreal we’ll check in at the Novotel Montreal Center for another two-night stay. The hotel is located near the heart of downtown Montreal within walking distance for shopping and dining along “main street” Rue St. Catherine (with its metro station and under-city mall). It is very close to the restaurants along Rue de Cresant and near three Irish pubs!

Sunday, 10/10/2010 - After breakfast we’ll be joined by a local guide for a tour of this bilingual multicultural city with its throng of ethnic communities, Italian and Jewish being the most obvious. In 1535, French sailor Jacques Cartier set out in search of a shortcut to the Orient to obtain gold for the reigning King Francis I. His geography was off a tad and he landed on the edge of an island in the St. Lawrence River, which he called Mont Royal. Our guided tour will include stops at Mount Royal Park, Old Montreal and the Basilica of Notre-Dame, among the most magnificent of French-Canadian churches and one of the largest in North America. There will be time following the tour to visit favorite attractions on your own and dine again at one of the numerous restaurants for which the city is famous.

Monday, 10/11/2010 - Today we'll enjoy breakfast and then board the motorcoach for the morning drive to the romantic French-Canadian city of Quebec, the only walled city in North America. In the afternoon we’ll enjoy a guided walking tour of the “Old Capital.” The original city was located at an overlook where the St. Lawrence River narrows and was first a fur trading post and then a military fort in New France. When the British later defeated the French at a battle on the nearby Plains of Abraham, the control of the colony and the future of the nation of Canada passed to the British. Most of the historic section of Old Quebec is located within the walls of Upper Town. Famous sites include Artillary Park National Historic Site of Canada, The Citadel, Dufferin Terrace with its spectacular view of Old Lower Town and the St. Lawrence River, Le Chateau Frontenac and Our Lady Of Quebec Basilica-Cathedral. The three miles of well preserved walls of Old Quebec are either original or were reconstructed by he British during the 1820’s to protect the city from invasion by the United States. Following our tour we’ll check in at our hotel for the next two nights, the beautiful 4-star Manior Victoria located in the heart of Old Quebec. The evening is yours to enjoy at your leisure in this romantic and beautiful city.

Tuesday, 10/12/2010 - Today is completely at your leisure! Meals are intentionally omitted so you can enjoy the variety of fare available throughout Upper and Lower Quebec. Get up at your leisure. Return to the room when you wish and just enjoy immersing yourself in the sites of this unique city.

Wednesday, 10/13/2010 - Today we’ll head back toward the United States border and the Green Mountain state of Vermont. We’ll stop just inside the Vermont border at the community of Newport on the shores of Lake Memphremagog, whose name is derived from an Abenaki Indian word meaning “beautiful waters.” Following lunch we’ll tour our way south along spectacular Route 100 through the small mountain villages situated among the Green Mountains to Morrisville and our hotel for tonight, the Sunset Motor Inn.

Thursday, 10/14/2010 - Enjoy breakfast before heading out to enjoy more of Vermont’s incredible and awe-inspiring beauty. We’ll travel south along Route 100 at the edge of the Green Mountains toward Rutland with a short stop in Stowe Village. This historic, picture-perfect New England village, complete with white-steepled church, is nestled beside 4,393-foot Mt. Mansfield, the highest mountain in Vermont. The Von Trapps of “Sound of Music” fame located in Stowe in the 1940’s and the family still operates a ski lodge on the face of Mt. Mansfield. We’ll also stop in at the Cold Hollow Cider Mill and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Factory in Waterbury for a taste of Vermont! From Rutland we’ll take Route 7, the Ethan Allen Highway, south through the center of the Green Mountains to Bennington, Vermont. We’ll stop off at the Bennington Battle Monument, the tallest battle monument in the world when it was completed in 1889 and still the tallest in Vermont. Our hotel for tonight is the Hampton Inn-Bennington,

Friday, 10/15/2010 - Following the popular Hampton Inn buffet breakfast we’ll head east to Brattleboro, Vermont, and then south and east toward Boston. Our hotel for tonight is the Westin Waltham-Boston in Waltham. We’ll stop off at the hotel and drop the luggage before heading on in to Boston for our afternoon guided tour. Boston has been dubbed “The Cradle of Modern America,” “Athens of America” and even “Hub of the Universe” by proud promoters and today we’ll see as many of the landmarks and historic locations as possible. We’ll end the tour at Faneuil Hall Marketplace where you’ll find more than 60 Boston shops, boutiques and restaurants. Faneuil Hall was first constructed in 1742. The historic Union Oyster House and Durgan Park Restaurant are both located near the Marketplace if you’d like to try traditional Boston fare which has been served at this location since 1826. Following dinner we’ll return to our hotel in Waltham for the final night of our tour.

Saturday, 10/16/2010 - The Westin buffet breakfast is included this morning prior to checkout. Most non-stop flights to the west coast depart in the late afternoon so we may be able to do a bit more sightseeing en route to the airport today. The motorcoach will transfer you to Logan International Airport for your flight home.