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Canada By Rail from Toronto

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Nothing shows you Canada like the train. Travel from Toronto past shimmering lakes and towering forests, across the "big sky" prairies, through majestic mountains to Vancouver and the sparkling Pacific - Travel in the comfort of your private sitting room by day and bedroom by night. Enjoy delicious meals and outstanding service.

Your Toronto overnight ensures that you are at the station in plenty of time for your departure. With three nights aboard the train, you will experience the time honored care that makes rail travel so popular. Your Skyline Car provides an ideal vantage point for spectacular photographs. Your morning arrival brings you to Vancouver refreshed and ready to explore Vancouver. This package spends one night in Toronto and one in Vancouver, but you can spend additional nights in both Toronto and Vancouver should you choose to do so.

  • Guaranteed Departures
  • Airport Transfers
  • Two nights accommodations
  • Three nights aboard VIA Rail - Silver & Blue Class in a private bedroom from Toronto to Vancouver access to the domed viewing cars and all meals aboard the train
  • Meals aboard the train
  • Vancouver City Sightseeing Tour
  • Hotel taxes and GST on applicable items
  • Maps and destination information
Day 1 - Toronto
Welcome to Toronto, considered by many to be their favorite Canadian City. Your package provides a voucher for the airport shuttle bus. The bus will take you to your hotel. Our choice of the Fairmont Royal York puts you in the heart of Toronto. While in Toronto, don't miss taking a walk across the glass floor at the CN tower, the worlds tallest free-standing structure. Visit Casa Loma, Toronto's majestic castle.
Overnight - The Fairmont Royal York

Day 2, 3 & 4 - VIA Rail Toronto to Vancouver
This morning your rail journey begins. The Fairmont Royal York is across the street from the rail station. VIA Rail has a first class lounge for their "Silver & Blue Service" passengers. Nothing shows you Canada like a trip on the train. Your bedroom is VIA Rail's "top of the line" accommodation. Your sitting room by day converts to upper and lower berths at night. Once aboard the train, the staff will see you settled into your room. As a Silver and Blue Class passenger, your fare includes all meals, use of any of the lounges and access to the skyline car for spectacular viewing.

As you travel from Toronto to Vancouver, you will travel through five of Canada's Provinces. Your first day on the train will bring new respect for those early settlers and fur traders who found their way in this vast area. You also come to realize what a lifeline the train is for people who live where roads are few but lakes, rivers and waterways abound. Fishermen will surely see a few places they would like to come back to! As the train crosses into Manitoba, you enter a land of forest and lakes. Many of the 200 lakes were formed by meteor craters. This wealth of forest and water made Winnipeg, located at the junction of the Red, Assiniboine and Seine Rivers the capital of Canada's fur trade. Saskatchewan, shows you the unique beauty of these prairie lands and communities rich in heritage and humor. The tiny town of Biggar proudly proclaims that "New York is big but this is Biggar"! And who of us wouldn't like to boast that we tasted berry pie in Saskatoon. Alberta's prairie lands bring you to Edmonton, home to the famous West Edmonton Mall. Midway between Edmonton and Jasper, you have your first view of the Rockies and the promise of what is yet to come. Continue through the Rockies to Vancouver.
Overnight onboard VIA Rail

Day 5 - Arrive Vancouver
Welcome to Vancouver, Western Canada's glittering Pacific city. Your train is scheduled to arrive early morning. It is unlikely that your room will be available for check in this early in the day, so take a taxi to your hotel, leave your bags and use your "Hop On, Hop Off" tour to explore Vancouver.
Overnight- Marriott Pinnacle

Day 6 - Depart for home or extend your stay
Accommodations

Accommodations

Marriott Pinnacle Hotel Marriott Pinnacle Vancouver
Spa services, health club with lap pool. Central location with dining, shopping and sightseeing.
Berth at Night VIA Rail - Upper and Lower Berth
By day, the two berths transform into two double seats that face each other. By night, the double seats give way to two cosy, comfortable beds, each equipped with a reinforced privacy curtain.
The Fairmont Royal York Toronto The Fairmont Royal York Toronto
1365 rooms and suites. Close to theatres, shopping, entertainment, city attractions and across from the VIA Rail Station.

Choose any Monday, Wednesday or Friday between the following date ranges as your vacation start date.

May 2 – May 30 $1,929
June 2 - August 13 $2,209
August 15 - October 20 $2,639
October 22 - October 29 $1,869


Above dates are for Toronto Departures (Vancouver Dates Differ Slightly)
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