Cruising The St. Lawrence
On A Replica Steamship 
9 Days/8 Nights

Quebec City to Kingston with overnights in Quebec City & Toronto 
 

Cruising aboard the MV Canadian Empress is an ideal way to experience the beauty of the St Lawrence River.  As soon as you board, you settle into an easy lifestyle created by an excellent staff.  As a small group, you quickly come to know your fellow travelers.  Every day offers excellent meals, wonderful sightseeing excursions, shipboard activities, nightly entertainment and the pleasures that come with meeting new people.  This combined with sightseeing in Kingston, first class rail travel and stays in two of Canada’s favourite cities, Quebec City and Toronto – a travel experience not to be missed.

Cartan Tour Highlights

• Air Canada Special Air Rates (Available upon request)

• Arrival Transfer

• 2 Nights Accommodations in Quebec City and Toronto

• 6 Nights aboard the MV Canadian Empress

  • Captain’s Welcome Reception

  • All Meals aboard the cruise

  • Shore Tours

  • Onboard Activities

  • Nightly entertainment

  • Your Ports of Call…

  • Quebec City Harbor Cruise

  • Trois Rivieres

  • Montreal Area

  • Upper Canada Village

  • Brockville

  • Rockport

• Your sightseeing highlights:

  • Notre Dame du Cap Shrine

  • Montreal Sightseeing

  • The International Seaway and locks

  • Upper Canada Village

  • Fort Wellington

  • Frederick Remington Museum

  • Boldt Castle & The 1,000 Islands

  • Sightseeing in Quebec City

  • Meet and assistance at the pier in Kingston

  • Kingston area sightseeing and transfer to the rail station

• Entrance fees to all included sightseeing features

• VIA Rail-VIA 1 First Class Service from Kingston to Toronto providing a delicious meal and beverage service aboard the train

• Hotel and cruise taxes, port charges and GST as applicable

• Departure Transfer

• Maps and destination information

May 22 - October 18, 2008
Departure dates as listed in the price charts
Rates are in US Dollars, per person, double occupancy

Departure dates shown below will determine the price per person based on double occupancy.

Starting in Quebec City as per our printed itinerary.
Season	Price
May 28	$2,499
Jun 29	$2,829
Jul 27, Aug 25, Sep 26	$2,859
Oct 18	$2,509
Starting in Toronto with cruise from Kingston doing the reverse itinerary on these dates.
Season	Price
May 22	$2,549
Jun 23	$2,829
Jul 21, Aug 19, Sep 20, Oct 12	$2,859

Day 1 - Arrive Quebec City

Welcome to Quebec City and the beautiful Fairmont Chateau Frontenac.  From the moment you arrive, you will see that life around the Frontenac is a cornucopia of this vibrant city. You may shop, explore and dine at your leisure.
Overnight – Fairmont Chateau Frontenac

Day 2 – Quebec City/Late Afternoon Boarding

Your Quebec City Tour visits the Plaines of Abraham, the Grand-Allee, the Parliament building, the old Military Drill Hall, The Place d’Armes, the Norte Dame de Quebec Basilica and Cathedral, City Hall, the fortifications, St. John Street and Place Royal.  Your afternoon is at leisure.  Your cruise boarding point is a short taxi ride from the Chateau Frontenac.  Boarding starts at 5:30PM.
Overnight – Canadian Empress

Day 3 – Day 8 - Calm Water Cruising 

Unlike modern cruise ships, your replica steamship has only 32 cabins.  Think of your steamship as a floating resort.  The crew is concerned with your every comfort.  Your daily activities have been designed to show you wonderful sights, yet allow time to relax and watch the world go by.
Overnights – Canadian Empress

Day 8 – Arrive Kingston

You are scheduled to arrive into Kingston mid afternoon, where you will be met an taken on a tour of Kingston before going to the rail station for your train to Toronto.
Overnight – Fairmont Royal York

Day 9 – Toronto/Home

Although people tend to think of Toronto as a commercial city, they are surprised to find that it loaded with “people pleasing” features.  A beautiful lake front, a castle, sightseeing attractions that are both fun and interesting.  As air service in and out of Toronto is excellent, try to spend as much time as possible enjoying this lovely city.  Your package includes a voucher for your transfer to the airport.

This itinerary is also available starting in Toronto as shown on our price chart.

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