Suite Romance by Rail

in a pampered and spacious suite
for 4 Nights aboard the train
~ ~Toronto - Jasper - Vancouver~ ~

 9 Days/8 Nights

Discover the celebrated Fairmont Hotel's 'Fairmont Gold' Service in Toronto and Vancouver. Enjoy the beauty of a lakeside suite at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge.

Enjoy a dream voyage in the intimacy of a private suite. Let VIA Rail spoil you: fresh flowers, chocolates on the pillow, top-quality sparkling wine when as the train leaves... every evening, if you spend more than one night aboard! Your spacious suite, comprising two converted regular bedrooms, will be the envy of other passengers. Crisp bed linen and an inviting down duvet await you. And if you have a quick word with your attendant before retiring, he will bring you breakfast in bed! Romance by Rail has been designed just for you and your "significant other".

This Deluxe Silver and Gold Rail & Hotel Package Provides…

• Limousine transfer from Toronto Airport to the Fairmont Royal York

• Hop on/off Toronto City Tour

• Dinner at Joe Badali’s in Toronto (Fixed menu)

• 1 Night Fairmont Royal York – Fairmont Gold Accommodations

• VIA Rails Silver & Blue “Romance By Rail” Toronto to Jasper (3 nights) and Jasper to Vancouver (1 night).  A spacious suite with a double bed, with 2 washrooms, fresh flowers, turn down service at night with chocolates on your pillow, all meals while aboard the train (breakfast in bed if you wish), access to the dome cars and lounges.

• 2 Nights Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge – Lake View Suite (Please note: Fairmont Gold is not offered at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge)

• 1 Night Fairmont Hotel Vancouver – Fairmont Gold Accommodations

• Limousine transfer from the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver to the Vancouver Airport

• Maps and destination information

• Hotel taxes, GST and service charges on all included features

WARNING!  Fairmont Gold and VIA Rail “Romance By Rail” can be addictive!

Day 1 – Arrive Toronto

Welcome to Toronto!  You will be met at the Toronto Airport and taken to the Fairmont Royal York by limousine.  The Fairmont Royal York has a separate check in on the 12^th floor for Fairmont Gold guests.  Indulgences extended to the guests include: use of an exclusive lounge which feature complimentary deluxe continental breakfast, morning newspaper, and complimentary coffee, tea and café au lait throughout the day, with canapés served at cocktail hour.  Fairmont Gold rooms are furnished with beautiful and elegantly appointed traditional décor.  All rooms have a CD player, free local calls, complimentary shoeshine and nightly turndown service.  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 – Fairmont Gold

Day 2 – VIA Enroute to Jasper

With the new schedule VIA Rail has adopted, you have all day to enjoy this cosmopolitan city.  We have included a city tour that allows you to hop on and off at various attractions throughout the city.  This will allow you to pick and choose what interests you the most.  This evening we have included dinner at Joe Badali’s restaurant (fixed menu).  The restaurant is close to the hotel and train station making it a perfect place to have a wonderful meal between the city tours and boarding the train.  The train is scheduled to depart at 10:00pm.

Once aboard the train, the staff will see that you are settled into your room.  As a Silver & Blue Class passenger on the   Romance BY Rail package, you will be spoiled with fresh flowers, chocolates on your pillow, and top quality sparkling wine.  Your spacious suite comprises of two converted regular bedrooms, along with crisp linens and an inviting down duvet.  If you would like breakfast in bed the next morning, just ask your attendant.

Also included are all of your 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 - Suite

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. 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.  This is an excellent time to get a seat in the domed viewing car.

Overnights – VIA Rail - Suite

Day 5 –  Arrive Jasper

Midway between Edmonton and Jasper you have your first view of the Rockies and the promise of what is yet to come.  This is an excellent time to get a seat in the domed viewing car.

An afternoon arrival is scheduled and you will be met at the station by the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge staff for your transfer to the lodge.  The surroundings of the lodge absolutely stunning!  Inside the lobby is a huge double fireplace with ample seating to relax and look out over frozen Lac Beuavert.  Your accommodations for the next two nights will feature a Lake Side Suite.

Overnight – Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge – Lakeside Suite

Day 6 – Jasper

Your day is at leisure.  While in Jasper consider some of these exciting winter activities:  Dog Sledding, Ice Canyon Walk, snow mobiles tour, snow-shoeing, or just relax in the lobby by the warmth of the fire.

Overnight – Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge – Lakeside Suite

Day 7 – Jasper to Vancouver

You have the morning to relax and enjoy the beauty of Jasper.  Your train departs this afternoon and we have arranged for the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge to take you to the station.  Once again, you will have the luxury of the “Suite Romance by Rail” enroute to Vancouver.  The scenery out of Jasper is breathtaking, be sure to get a seat in the dome car 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 – Suite

Day 8 – Arrive Vancouver

You are scheduled to arrive in Vancouver at 9:30am.  You will need to take a taxi to the hotel.  It is a short drive from the station.  Once again, you are confirmed for a Fairmont Gold room at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver.  Drop off your luggage at the hotel and set out to explore this magnificent city that will host the winter 2010 games.  Some of the sites not to miss are: Stanley Park, Gastown, Granville Island, China Town, and the Bloedel Gardens.

Overnight – Fairmont Hotel Vancouver – Fairmont Gold

Day 9 – Depart Vancouver

Limousine transportation has been arranged for your transportation from your hotel to the Vancouver Airport.  We hope you have thoroughly enjoyed being pampered throughout your journey across Canada!