USA and Canada holidays
North America is both a versatile and thrilling destination that offers a vast array of holiday choices.
You'll find a tempting range of holidays that span the North American Continent, offering a choice of exciting cities, beautiful beaches, flexible fly drives, coach tours, and multi-centre holidays galore.
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* Canada
* United States
Canada holidays
A country of diverse landscapes and cultures, mesmerising scenery, wide open spaces and sophisticated cities, Canada is a truly inspiring holiday destination. From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Coast, Canada covers 3.5 million square miles, nearly the same size as the whole of Europe. From east to west you can enjoy a coffee and a croissant at a sidewalk café, peer down the world’s tallest freestanding structure, or over majestic waterfalls. You can drive along amazing mountainous landscapes, explore national parks and spy moose and bears in the deep forests or seals and whales in the ocean.
From the rolling mountains of Québec to the towering peaks of the Canadian Rockies, Canada features some of the best skiing and boarding terrain in the world set amid awe-inspiring scenery. Winter activities including dog-sledding and snowmobiling take visitors deep into the heart of the unspoilt landscape and from the small resorts to the large mountain towns, genuinely friendly locals offer a warm welcome. With plentiful snowfalls, expertly groomed pistes and outstanding back country Canada quite simply has it all! The ski fields in Alberta and British Columbia are renowned for receiving huge amounts of snow that in the interior falls as soft, light and fluffy powder. All resorts offers immaculately groomed runs that are perfect for beginners and intermediates alike as well as wide superb off-piste opportunities in their back bowls, trees and glades. The resorts also features excellent terrain parks that are very much part of the winter sports scene. The spectacular scenery also sets Canada apart; majestic peaks of the coastal mountains of B.C, the awe-inspiring Rockies, the rolling wooded Laurentians of Québec and the mighty St. Lawrence River offer a dramatic backdrop for a wide variety of snow activities including cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, winter walks, ice-climbing, and snowmobiling. Heliskiing and boarding offer amazing opportunities to experience the freshest, virgin powder and can be experienced in British Columbia and Alberta.
Canada holiday highlights
* A holiday to Canada is incomplete without a visit to Niagara Falls. Be amazed at the million of gallons of water roaring over the falls into the Niagara River. It has to be seen to be believed!
* The Canadian Rockies are legendary for their towering mountain ranges, majestic glaciers, raging rivers and turquoise lakes.
* Canada also has many appealing cities and in Toronto, Montreal and Quebec you will find many interesting museums, art galleries, theatres and nightlife.
* Experience the greatest rodeo in the world! The Calgary Stampede is held annually in Calgary in July where cowboys from all over the world come together for a festival of daring showmanship and pure fun!
* Coast to coast Canada has 40 National Parks and 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. From the red cliffs capped in emerald green on Prince Edward Island to the towering peaks and glaciers of Jasper National Park, it’s simply breathtaking.
* Canada is one of the most adventurous countries in the world, and you can choose from horse riding through the Rockies, white water rafting along the mighty Fraser and Thompson Rivers in British Columbia and much more.
Canada train journey holidays
Canada offers some of the most spectacular rail journeys in the world. The most famous journey of all is ‘The Rocky Mountaineer’, which travels through the mesmerising Rocky Mountains between Calgary and Vancouver.
Ski holidays in Canda
With an average snowfall of up to 900 centimetres a year, Canada offers superb ski and snowboard holidays, with large amounts of powder off piste. You will find in most resorts, a selection of mountain hosts who greet you at the lifts and assist you in planning your skiing or boarding programme for the day. The grooming of the slopes is a continual process, so on many occasions you feel like you are skiing on a plush carpet.
United States holidays
Whatever your travel interest, there is a holiday to America perfect for you. Whether you are looking for family fun or romantic seclusion, sun or snow, urban chic or untamed wilderness, simplicity or luxury, this magical, diverse country is the place to go.
United States holiday highlights
* The great cities, each with its own excitement and charm. New York is brash, iconic and fun; Boston, leafy and historic; Washington, stately and monumental; San Francisco, stylish and European; Las Vegas, crazy and mesmerising.
* The captivating colours of New England are particularly lovely in the Autumn.
* The Deep South for iconic centres of music, a contagiously laid-back attitude to life and mouthwatering Cajun and Creole cuisine.
* The awe-inspiring scenery of the national parks - vast Yellowstone, incomparably beautiful Yosemite, forbidding Death Valley and the magnificent Grand Canyon.
* Remote Alaska, a gloriously attractive landscape of roaring rivers, mighty glaciers, sparkling lakes and abundant wildlife.
* The amazing theme parks, elegant resorts and natural wonders of Florida.
* Hawaii, a unique blend of beautiful land and seascapes, cultural diversity and the wonderful Polynesian 'aloha' spirit of kindness.
* The Rocky Mountains offer some of the best skiing in the world. High altitude resorts such as Aspen, Beaver Creek and Vail offer exceptional snow conditions, varied terrain and lively apres ski.
New York … New York
Whether you are visiting for a weekend city-break, for a week’s holiday or as part of a multi-centre holiday, New York is one of the world’s most exciting holiday destinations.