Fall foliage can be seen by land, sea

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NEW YORK (AP) - Some 600,000 passengers are expected to sail to Atlantic Canada this year, a 40 percent increase over last year, according to the Atlantic Canada Tourism Partnership. In previous years, there were only a couple of weeks of tours to Canada by major cruise lines as ships repositioned from their summer itineraries to winter destinations. But now a number of lines - including Norwegian, Royal Caribbean and Holland America - are making numerous trips August-October. Carnival's trips to Canada now run June-October. Other lines offering cruises to the region include Princess, Silversea, Cunard, Celebrity and Crystal. Some of the cruises have last-minute rooms at moderate prices. A five-day Carnival cruise departing Sept. 1 from New York for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia still had rooms starting at less than $500 per person in mid-August. If you prefer to see your autumn colors by land rather than sea, Globus tours offers a fall foliage trip by motorcoach that includes Quebec City and Montreal, Canada. Other itineraries stay south of the Canadian border in the New England states. The Globus fall foliage tours range from six to nine days, with packages beginning at $1,129. All trips start and end in Boston. Itineraries on the Globus trips vary, but stops may include Portland, Maine; Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park in Maine; New Hampshire's White Mountains; the Berkshires in Massachusetts; and historic Newport, R.I. Other places on the list, depending on which tour you take, include Mystic Seaport in Connecticut, a maple syrup farm in New Hampshire. Details at http://www.globusjourneys.com/ or 866-755-8581.