THREE PINES TOUR INCLUDING KINGSTON WITH KINGSTON/THOUSAND ISLANDS CRUISE AND MONTREAL
SEPTEMBER 9-12, 2024
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Depart Windsor/Essex early am and arrive at Kingston’s Waterfront Holiday Inn, located close to the heritage precinct and vibrant downtown core late afternoon. The hotel offers panoramic vistas of Lake Ontario and distant Wolfe Island. Dinner is included at the hotel this evening.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
Breakfast on your own for those who would like something before our included brunch 1000 Island Cruise. We will check out of our hotel and at 10:00 a.m we board our brunch cruise for a relaxing cruise tour through the beautiful Thousand Islands of the St. Lawrence River. The cruise will end at 1:30 p.m and we will depart for Montreal. A late afternoon arrival at our accommodation in Montreal, the Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel. Located near the boardwalk, LeCentre Sheraton Montreal Hotel is in Downtown Montreal, a walkable area in Montreal with good shopping. A tour representative will assist our group with check-in and tell them how to get to the restaurants close by. Dinner is on your own this evening.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
A very early full buffet breakfast is included at the hotel. We will depart directly after breakfast for the Eastern Townships (approximately 1 ¼ hours from Montreal) for the Three Pines Tour! We will meet our Three Pines Tour Raconteur at the ‘Saint-Gilbert-Entre-Les-Loups Abbaye’, Inspiration for ‘A Beautiful Mystery’. Here we will do an independent audio tour including a visit to their boutique with their award-winning cheeses. We depart the Abbaye at 10:15 am and travel to Knowlton with a visit to the museum for a touch of ‘Still Life’, we will continue our tour and visit the bookstore; inspiration for “How the Light Gets In” where we will partake in a little quiz. Prizes to be won. Have your thinking caps on! Our tour will end at 1:00 pm. We will leave directly after the tour for Montreal. We will make a brief stop to pick up our included boxed lunch for the ride home. We will arrive back in Montreal to meet our step on guide at approximately 3:00 p.m at Dorchester Square for a 2 to 2.5 Hour City Tour of Montreal. You will see: St. Catharine Street, St. Helen Island, Mount Royal, St. Joseph’s Oratory, the Old Port, Place Jacques Cartier and much more. The tour will be a mix of on the bus touring and walking so please make sure to have good walking shoes and appropriate apparel for the day as we will not return back to the hotel until after the tour. We will arrive back at the hotel approximately 5:30 pm to freshen up for dinner. Included this evening is a farewell dinner where we will have a 3-course dinner at restaurant Vieux Port in Old Montreal.
PLEASE ADVISE IF THERE ARE GUESTS WITH MOBILITY ISSUES AS THERE ARE STAIRS; ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE MADE IN ADVANCE TO SEAT SOME PEOPLE ON THE GROUND LEVEL.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
7:00 a.m. A full buffet breakfast is included at the hotel.
8:30 a.m. Check out of the hotel and depart for home with a late afternoon arrival back in Windsor/Essex
Included in your tour:
1 Night’s Accommodation in Kingston Ontario
2 Night’s Accommodation in Montreal
Luggage Service – 1 bag per person round each hotel
Assistance with check in Kingston and Montreal
City Tour of Montreal, Three Pines Tour and boxed lunch
2 Full Dinners
2 Full Breakfasts
1 Brunch Cruise of the Thousands Island
Taxes, fees and gratuity included except for step on guide for the Three Pines Tour, driver and escort.
Cost per person single $2069.00, double $1619.00 CAD funds, please call for triple and quad rates.