Sample itineraries

Sample routings.

These are typical routings and ports. Ships, dates, and fares change.

A blank notebook, brass dividers, and binoculars on a table by the sea

Canada & New England Cruises

Destination page
A white lighthouse and autumn trees on a rocky New England point

Departing from Boston or New York gives Northeast travelers the ultimate convenience of skipping a flight.

More on Canada & New England, including excursions
A gravel carriage road through peak autumn color near a rocky coast

Optional excursions

These can be arranged in the port or the city, as an add-on to enrich the trip. They are not in the cruise fare unless the line includes them.

  • Lighthouse and a leaf walk

    A stop in Maine or Nova Scotia. Half day.

  • Halifax or the Québec ramparts

    Halifax waterfront, or Québec if the ship goes upriver. Half day on foot.

  • Bar Harbor without the outlet mall

    Acadia’s carriage roads or the town shore path. 3 to 4 hours.

Fall foliage

7 nights · Late September–October

Canada & New England loop

From Boston or New York

  • Bar Harbor or Portland
  • Halifax
  • Sydney, Nova Scotia, on the cruises that reach it
  • A day at sea
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A long weekend from Boston

3–5 nights · May–October

Boston round trip

A short Boston sailing

  • Cape Cod
  • Portland or a similar harbor
  • Then back to Boston before the work week
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Farther up the St. Lawrence

10–11 nights · Fall

New York or Boston

Celebrity, Princess, or a comparable line, priced against one another

  • Halifax
  • Quebec City when the ship goes upriver
  • Charlottetown or Sydney, Nova Scotia
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