Toronto, Ottawa, Montréal & Québec City

Drive to Ottawa through historic Kingston, the former capital. Onboard sightseeing (passing by): Kingston City Hall (Old Parliament House, 1844, National Historic Site); Queen's University; Royal Military College. Ottawa bus tour: Peace Tower, Centennial Flame, Rideau Canal; Parliament Hill (outside visit; 3 million+ visitors a year). Optional (surcharge): Canadian War Museum (founded 1880); Canadian Museum of History (established 1856, current site since 1968). Continue to Montreal's Old Town; free time at Chinatown and Notre-Dame Basilica (outside visit), the oldest parish church in North America.

Mount Royal and Mount Royal Park. St. Joseph's Oratory (optional surcharge) – Canada's largest church, capacity up to 10,000. Montreal Tower (outside visit) – Olympic Stadium's inclined tower with observatory. Botanical Garden (optional surcharge) – 190-acre complex founded 1931, National Historic Site. Montreal Biodome (optional surcharge) – former Olympic velodrome, four biomes of the Western Hemisphere. Lunch at a Maple Syrup Farm (optional) – tastings of ciders, ice cream, pastries, candies. Note: Sept 25 – mid-October (maple-leaf season) this is replaced by a maple experience in Mont Tremblant. Old Quebec City tour: UNESCO World Heritage historic district (roots to 1620, Saint-Louis Fort); Château Frontenac; Quebec Parliament Hill; free time. Dinner (optional meal plan): French dinner at a local French restaurant.

Breakfast, travel to Thousand Islands National Park (April–October). Thousand Islands cruise (optional surcharge) on the St. Lawrence – heart-shaped island and the shortest international bridge. Return to Toronto by dusk. Tour ends.