Dreamscapes Travel & Lifestyle Magazine
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FALL 2016 DREAMSCAPES 57 TRAVEL GALLERY >> BY CYNTHIA DAVID DS A ir Canada Rouge has launched non-stop service between Montréal and Casablanca, Morocco. It's Air Canada's first African route and the only scheduled non-stop service to North Africa by a North American carrier. Flights between Montréal and the famed Moroccan city will operate until October 29 and resume May 1, 2017, aboard a B767-300ER air- craft. Air Canada Vacations packages feature various Casablanca hotels as well as car rentals, tours and excursions. Rouge also introduced new seasonal service from Toronto to London– Gatwick, Prague, Budapest, Glasgow and Warsaw, plus a Vancouver to Dublin flight. And beginning October 20, Air Canada is also introducing non-stop service from Vancouver to Delhi, just in time for India's Diwali festivities. These seasonal, three times weekly flights complement the airline's Toronto– Delhi non-stop service launched in fall 2015. aircanada.com Q uébec-based Groupe Germain has opened its first hotel in Ottawa. Located in the business district, it's the group's seventh Alt property, promising design, com- fort and service at an affordable price. A mural com- posed of 9,000 photographs featuring famous Canadian landscapes and hidden treasures adorns the lobby of the Alt Hotel Ottawa. The 14-storey, 148-room hotel boasts ultra-com- fortable beds and spa-inspired bathrooms, along with a well-equipped fitness room and 372 square metres of meeting space. Some guest rooms boast a special interactive installa- tion on the windows. The Altcetera Café offers breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared by local caterer Epicuria. althotels.com A dventurers who are looking for a challenging and less- travelled alternative to the classic Inca Trail to Machu Picchu can sign up for the Lares Trek, a three-day trek from Cusco organized by Toronto-based G Adventures. Partic- ipants on the trip visit a number of "G Adventures for Good" projects along the way, including a stay at a community- owned, eco-friendly campsite, a visit to a women's weaving co-op and a Parwa community restaurant. gadventures.com INGIMAGE GROUPE GERMAIN HOTELS G ADVENTURES A dventure Canada's 198-passenger Ocean Endeavour departs Québec City next summer for the Mighty St. Lawrence expedition named one of 50 trips of a lifetime by National Geographic. Next is the Sable Island expedition, fea- turing the mysterious 42-kilometre sandy island off Nova Scotia. Circumnavigate Newfoundland before sailing north up the Labrador coast to Greenland to explore the Inuit hamlets of Baffin Island and coastal Greenland. Visit Nunavut's northern- most national parks and wildlife. The season finishes with two sailings through the legendary Northwest Passage. Book a 2017 excursion by September 30 to receive a 15 per cent reduction on the cost of the berth. adventurecanada.com MICHEL BONATO