This small-group tour features spectacular views and interesting pieces of history as you travel around Cape Breton Island between Sydney, Louisbourg and Baddeck, Nova Scotia. You will visit prominent sites including the Fortress of Louisbourg and Alexander Graham Bell Museum. You will also enjoy a scenic, narrated driving tour through downtown Sydney. 

Your tour begins with pick up from your hotel in downtown Sydney, Nova Scotia your adventure starts with a narrated drive to the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site. Here you will receive a guided tour of the fortress which operates as a living history museum. This site is significant for its role in the Anglo-French struggle for what is modern-day Canada.

After your Louisbourg visit, you will head back towards Sydney for a narrated, in-depth drive through the city. Here you will pass by multiple points of interest, including: the Cossit House Museum, the Jost Heritage House and St. Patrick’s Church. 

Following your driving tour of Sydney, your tour will continue into the Cape Breton Highlands as you head to the Alexander Graham Bell Museum in Baddeck, Nova Scotia. Here you will have free time to explore the exhibits which feature artifacts that were donated from the Bell family’s personal estate. 

At the end of your tour, your guide will bring you back to your hotel in downtown Sydney.

Tour includes:

• Entrance to and tour of the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site

• Narrated driving tour of downtown Sydney

• Admission to the Alexander Graham Bell Museum with free time to explore exhibits

• Pick up and drop off from anywhere in downtown Sydney

• Intimate, guided tour experience (groups are limited to 9 people)