† Transportation by Deluxe Motor-coach † Accommodations as follows:
~ 2 nights: Aug 21-23, Montreal, Hotel Le Meridien
~ 3 nights: Aug 23-26. Quebec City, Hotel le Concorde † Breakfast daily † 4 Lunches † 3 Dinners including a glass of wine † Tour Escort † Entrances and Headsets for included sightseeing † Mass Daily † Luggage handling (1 piece per person) †Flight bag & portfolio of all travel documents
Day 1: Monday, August 21: Depart Newburyport toMontreal
- Depart by private motor-coach to Montreal
- Mass
- Dinner
- Overnight in Montreal - Hôtel Le Meridien
Day 2: Tuesday, August 22: Montreal
- Continental breakfast at your hotel.
- Drive to Mt. Royal and view the city of Montreal
- Mass at St. Josephs Oratory and guided tour
- Way of the Cross on the mountainside (if desired )
- Lunch
- Visit the Archdiocese of Montreal, the Basilica Marie-Reine-du-Monde
- Notre Dame de Bon Secours Chapel and Marquerite Bouygeoys Museum
- This evening relax with dinner on your own and through the city
- Overnight in Montreal - Hôtel Le Meridien
Day 3: Wednesday, August 23: Montreal - Our Lady of the Cape Shrine - Quebec City
- Continental Breakfast at your hotel
- Guided tour of Montreal
- Lunch
- Depart Montreal to the shore of the St. Lawrence River
- Visit of Our Lady of the Cape Shrine & it’s gardens overlooking the river.
- Continue to Quebec City
- Dinner
- Overnight Quebec City - Hôtel Le Concorde
Day 4: Thursday, August 24: Quebec City
- Continental breakfast
- City tour of Quebec city - the theme of "The Three Founders of Québec City" : Basilica Cathedral Notre-Dame de Québec with a visit to the crypt and the François de Laval Center; the Ursulines Monastery, which was started by a missionary group of Ursuline nuns in 1639 (the oldest institution of learning for women in America);followed by a visit of the Marie-de-l’Incarnation Center. Our journey will take us to the St. Augustine’s Monastery and the Catherine de Saint-Augustin Center - dedicated to the co-founder of the Canadian Church who also dedicated her life to caring for the sick and destitute.
- Lunch and Mass at the Basilica Notre Dame de Quebec during the tour.
- Balance of day at leisure, dinner on your own with many wonder restaurants to choose from.
- Overnight in Quebec City - Hôtel Le Concorde
Day 5: Friday, August 25: Quebec
- Continental Breakfast
- Drive a short distance National Shrine of Sainte-Anne-de
- Beaupre, which welcomes over a million visitors from all
over the world annually. Learn the fascinating history through artistic masterpieces such as beautiful mosaics, stained-glass windows stone and wood sculptures throughout many Chapels.
- Enjoy a visit to the St. Anne museum. Museum closed this year.
- There will be free time to explore the Shrine with its old stone Church, outdoor Way of the Cross, and Scala Santa.
- Mass at the Shrine
- Visit the Albert Gilles Copper Art & Museum nearby. View exclusive pieces and learn about the art of embossing copper, how it is extracted and used around the world.
- Continue to Montmorency Falls Park where the waterfalls are 272 feet tall, that is 100 feet higher than Niagara Falls! You may admire the view from the cable car, suspended bridge, lookout points, or climbing stairs up the side of the cliff.
- Return to Quebec city
- Dinner and overnight Quebec city - Hôtel Le Concorde
Day 6: Saturday, August 26: Depart Quebec City to Newburyport
- Continental breakfast
- Depart for your return ride home!
Museum of Art Albert Gilles Copper, Quebec
