Nothing shows you Canada like the train. Travel from Toronto past shimmering lakes and towering forests, across the "big sky" prairies for three nights. A stop for two nights in Jasper, nestled in the Canadian Rockies is a delightful experience you will remember forever. Continue your journey with one more overnight rail travel through majestic mountains to Vancouver and the sparkling Pacific Ocean.

Travel in the comfort of you 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 while still having the opportunity to see the highlights of this cosmopolitan city. With 4 total 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 spectaculars photographs. Your morning arrival into Vancouver has you refreshed and ready to explore Vancouver.

This package spends one night in Toronto and Vancouver, however, should you choose to stay additional days in either city the necessary arrangements can be made for you.

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Winter Rail to Jasper vacation.

• Transfer from Toronto Airport to the Fairmont Royal York
• Toronto CityPass
• 1 Night Fairmont Royal York
• Four nights aboard VIA Rail's Canadian in Sleeper Plus in a private single, double, or triple room with access to the dome cars and lounges
• 2 Nights Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge
• Transfer from VIA Rail station to Vancouver hotel
• 1 Night Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver
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1 Night - Fairmont Royal York

2 Night - Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge

1 Nights - Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver

4 Nights - VIA Rail

Day 1 - Arrive Toronto
Welcome to Toronto, the starting point for your rail journey across Canada. Your package includes a transfer from the airport to your hotel. Our choice of the Fairmont Royal York puts you into one of Toronto's most popular historic hotels. Built by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, the Royal York opened in 1929, introducing visitors to the largest hotel in Canada and the tallest in the British Empire! The hotel has so many pleasing features, that you can amuse yourself without ever leaving the hotel. Enjoy the elegance of their gracious lobby, their beautiful pool and spa, delicious dining, and unique shops. However, do plan to go outside and explore the many famous sights and attractions only minutes from the hotel.
Overnight - Fairmont Royal York

Day 2 - Toronto Sightseeing/VIA Rail Toronto to Jasper (D)
With the new schedule VIA Rail has adopted, you have all day to enjoy this cosmopolitan city. Using your Toronto CityPass, visit the city's most popular attarctions including CN Tower, the Royal Ontario Museum, Casa Loma, the Ontario Science Centre and the Toronto Zoo. This evening dine at one of Toronto's more than 7,000 restaurants that reflect tastes, cultures and ingredients from around the world. From upscale to down home, you'll find dining experiences and culinary adventures to satisfy every taste. The train is scheduled to depart at 10:00pm.

Plan to be at the rail station one hour prior to boarding. The rail station is just across the street from the Fairmont Royal York. If you need assistance with your luggage, let the bell desk know that you will be departing on VIA Rail's Canadian in Sleeper Plus class. VIA Rail has a special check in area for Sleeper Plus passengers. Here you can present your tickets to the VIA staff and check the luggage that you want to travel in the baggage compartment.

Nothing shows you Canada like a trip on the train. Your bedroom is VIA Rail's "top of the line" accommodations. Your sitting room by day converts to upper and lower berths at night. Once aboard the train, the staff will see that you are settled into your room. As a Sleeper Plus passenger, your fare includes all meals, use of any of the lounges and access to the domed skyline care for spectacular viewing. The VIA Rail staff will brief you on the dining schedule. Seating in the domed skyline cars is on a first come, first served basis. Hot tea and coffee is available in the lounge area throughout the day and evening.
Overnight - VIA Rail Sleeper Car

Day 3, 4 - VIA Enroute to Jasper
As you travel east to west, you will travel through five of Canada's Provinces. Starting in Canada's largest city, Toronto, the train heads north through the Canadian Shield. This region of billion-year-old rock lies between the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay. Here, ancient glaciers scoured thousands of lakes, clean-bottomed and filled them with remarkably clear water. On their rocky shores, outcroppings of granite, pink, grey, and black for rounded boulders that breathtakingly tower over the tracks. As you pass through this area of forests, lakes, and streams it is not unusual to see bear or moose. As the train crosses into Manitoba, you enter a land of forests and lakes. Many of the 200 lakes were formed by meteor craters. This wealth of trees and water made Winnipeg, located at the junction of the Red, Assiniboine, and Seine Rivers the capitol of Canada's fur trade. Saskatchewan shows you the unique beauty of the prairie lands.
Overnights - VIA Rail

Day 5 - Arrive Jasper
Cross into Alberta heading towards Edmonton, home of the world 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. The staff of the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge will meet you at the train station and transfer you to the Lodge. The Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge is wilderness luxury at its finest.
Overnight - Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge

Day 6 - Jasper
You are at leisure to enjoy the Fairmont Park Lodge, or venture out and skate on Lac Beauvert, cross country ski, go dog sledding, or see rivers frozen in time should you choose a guided tour of Maligne Canyon. One of the most awe-inspiring sights of winter is the frozen beauty of waterfalls such as Angel Falls and Queen of Maligne Canyon; winter turns their cascades into delicate sculptures beyond any human artisan's skill.
Overnight - Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge

Day 7 - Jasper to Vancouver
You have the morning to relax and enjoy the beauty of Jasper. Your train departs this afternoon and the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge to take you to the station. Your VIA Rail attendant will see that you are settled into your room for your continuation of your trip overnight by train to Vancouver. This is an excellent time to get a seat in the domed viewing car. The scenery out of Jasper is breathtaking as you continue through what is considered the jewel in the crown of this wonderful rail trip, the Canadian Rockies. As you continue west the train crosses into British Columbia and the Rockies give way to fertile fields and eventually to the Pacific Ocean where Vancouver is perched.
Overnight - VIA Rail

Day 8 - Arrive Vancouver
You are scheduled to arrive into Vancouver at 9:30 am. The rail station in Vancouver is a short taxi ride to the Metropolitan Hotel (included), centrally located in the heart of Vancouver. Due to your early arrival, your room may not be available for check in, so leave your bags at the hotel and set out to explore Vancouver. Visit Gastown, a lovely 19th century restoration offering a selection of excellent restaurants and shops. Other places to visit while in Vancouver are: Stanley Park, the Aquarium, Granville Island, the Capilano Suspension Bridge, Grouse Mountain, colorful Chinatown, BC Place, the Sunken Gardens of Queen Elizabeth Park and the Bloedel Conservatory.
Overnight - Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver

Day 9 - Depart Vancouver
Transfer on your own to the airport.