Culture · 14D | 13N
Vancouver, the Rockies & Québec
Fourteen days across Canada: First Nations collections in Vancouver, the Rockies by rail, Niagara and the capital, and four nights in walled Québec City.
- Best time
- June to September
- Route
- Vancouver · Banff · Toronto · Ottawa · Québec City
Day by day
14 days, planned in full
Fourteen days across Canada: First Nations collections in Vancouver, the Rockies by rail, Niagara and the capital, and four nights in walled Québec City.
Day 1
Arrive in Vancouver
In on the direct flight and to a hotel downtown, with an evening on the Coal Harbour seawall.
- Night
- Vancouver
- Meals
- Dinner
Day 2
First Nations Vancouver
The Museum of Anthropology's Great Hall of poles with a guide, then the Bill Reid gallery and a Squamish cultural centre.
- Night
- Vancouver
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 3
Victoria and the strait
The ferry through the Gulf Islands, the Royal BC Museum's Indigenous galleries, and the Empress for tea before the run back.
- Night
- Vancouver
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 4
Aboard the Rocky Mountaineer
The Fraser canyon and Hell's Gate under a glass dome, with the gold-rush history along the line, into Kamloops.
- Night
- Kamloops
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 5
Over the Divide
The second rail day through the Monashees, Craigellachie and the Rogers Pass into Banff.
- Night
- Banff
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 6
Banff and the Cave and Basin
The hot spring that started the national park system in 1885, the Whyte museum's mountain archive, and the Sulphur gondola.
- Night
- Banff
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 7
Lake Louise and Yoho
Moraine on the early shuttle, Louise and the Lake Agnes teahouse, then the Burgess Shale fossil beds' visitor centre at Field.
- Night
- Lake Louise
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 8
East to Toronto
The road to Calgary and the flight across four time zones, to a hotel in the old distillery district.
- Night
- Toronto
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 9
Niagara
The Canadian side, the Journey Behind the Falls tunnels, and a Niagara-on-the-Lake winery on the way back.
- Night
- Toronto
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 10
The Art Gallery and the lake
The Group of Seven collection at the AGO, the Royal Ontario Museum's First Peoples gallery, and the islands by ferry.
- Night
- Toronto
- Meals
- Breakfast
Day 11
Ottawa, and on to Québec
The train to the capital for Parliament Hill and the National Gallery, then the evening leg to Québec City.
- Night
- Québec City
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 12
The walled city
The only fortified city walls north of Mexico: the Citadelle, Place Royale, the Petit Champlain lanes and the Plains of Abraham.
- Night
- Québec City
- Meals
- Breakfast, lunch
Day 13
Montmorency and Île d'Orléans
A waterfall higher than Niagara, then the island's cider houses, sugar shacks and stone farmhouses from the 1600s.
- Night
- Québec City
- Meals
- Breakfast, dinner
Day 14
Fly home
A transfer to Québec or Montréal and the connection through Toronto or Frankfurt.
- Meals
- Breakfast
What's included
- 13 nights in 4-star heritage hotels and national park lodges
- Return economy airfare from Delhi, into Vancouver and out of Montréal
- Two-day Rocky Mountaineer SilverLeaf service with meals aboard
- Calgary–Toronto flight and the Toronto–Ottawa–Québec rail legs
- Private vehicle and a cultural guide on nine of the days
- All museum, gallery, Citadelle and Niagara attraction entries
- Victoria ferry, both national park passes and the Sulphur gondola
Not included
- Canadian visitor visa
- Meals not named in the itinerary
- Travel insurance
- Afternoon tea at the Empress, about ₹6,500 each
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