I am from Halifax, but I took a tour of the Maritimes last fall because there were so many things I had never seen and really, really should have. The tour bus had a pretty good route.
Halifax to Cape Breton, through the highlands (if you are lucky, you might catch the start of the leaves changing, but it is beautiful even when green), over to Fortress Louisburgh, back to mainland Nova Scotia, take the ferry over to PEI, visit Charlottetown, over to Anne of Green Gables Heritage Site, up to Canvendish beach, take the bridge over to New Brunswick, visited Hopewell Rocks, and then back to Halifax to see Citadel Hill and Peggys Cove. Then they gave us a day on our own to do whatever we wanted in Halifax, so I took over as guide. Took the 'Mericans by the Fisheries Museum, down the harbourfront walk to the wave, past the Brewery Market, down to the new farmers market, Peir 21, and then to Point Pleasant Park, through the SMU and DAL campuses back to the Public Gardens, did some shopping along Spring Garden Road. I chose to do my first (and only) full marathon through my hometown because it is such a beautiful and historic city with lots to see (ie cannons in PPP, boats out in the harbour, town clock, etc).
I agree with what someone said above. You could rush through this stuff and just get a cursory view of everything, or you could take a slower "more Maritime" pace. But I *would* at some point in your life visit the west side of Newfoundland. I was a teenager when I went there, so more than 20 years ago, but it is still one of the most memorable vacations. L'Anse Aux Meadows particularly. We were hoping to see a moose given the hundreds of moose warning signs along the highway.
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