North America’s northeast coast has it all. Spectacular and varied scenery. Loads of history. Great museums. Fun festivals. Fabulous food. And the icing on the holiday cake is the fall foliage. A great way to see it all is by combining a cruise with a few days added on in a city or touring the countryside. Specialist tour operators can tailor-make packages to suit your needs, from hotels and itineraries to transfers.
Montreal & New York City: Silversea
It is 50 years since John and Yoko staged their Bed-in for Peace at the Fairmont Queen Elizabeth in Montreal in 1969. Follow their lead – without the photographers – and spend two nights in this luxury hotel before boarding Silver Whisper for a 10-day cruise down the St Lawrence and Atlantic Coast. Finish with three nights on the razzle in New York City, where a helicopter tour is included as part of Trailfinder’s 15-night 'New York, New England & the Maritimes' package.
Fly to Montreal, October 20, 2019, from £4,999pp (until March 31), including flights, cruise, hotels (020 7368 1300;trailfinders.com).
Quebec City: Cunard Famous from tourism posters, the 125-year-old Fairmont Le Château Frontenac boasts a Who’s Who of guests in Quebec City. A four-night stay here allows time to see the Old City, the Museum of Fine Arts, the Citadel, the Plains of Abraham and more. And it makes a grand finale to this 11-night package that starts in New York. Depart on Cunard’s Queen Mary 2 for a relaxing week-long voyage, which stops in small ports, such as Bar Harbor, Corner Brook and Sept-Iles, and ends in Quebec’s provincial capital.
Have you seen Niagara Falls? Done Toronto and Montreal? Glamorous Newport and historic Plymouth, where the Pilgrim Fathers settled nearly four centuries ago? On Titan’s 15-day escorted 'Canada and New England Voyage', you can do them all – and also enjoy a Holland America cruise that takes in the St Lawrence River and the Atlantic coast down to Boston.
Fly to Toronto, September 17, 2019, from £3,699pp, including flights, cruise, door-to-door travel service, six nights in hotels (0800 988 5823; titantravel.co.uk).To visit click here
