Holland America to offer 20 new tours

Holland America Line is building on its collection of immersive culinary-themed FOOD & WINE EXC Tours (shore excursions)
with the addition of 20 new tours throughout Asia, Australia, New Zealand and Canada and New England.

Guests on cruises in Asia, Australia and New Zealand can chose from 14 new tours throughout the region. The shore
excursions are offered in Bangkok; Shanghai; Singapore; Taipei; Yokohama; Hobart; Melbourne and Sydney; and Napier and
Dunedin. Among the options include the opportunity to visit numerous markets in Asia, wineries in New Zealand and Tasmania,
and ‘tough-to-get-a-table’ restaurants in Australia.

FOOD & WINE EXC Tours include the Courageous Kitchen Cooking Class, an immersive culinary experience with heart. The
Bangkok tour starts with an in-depth exploration of a local market followed by a hands-on cooking class in home-style Thai
cooking with Chef Dwight Turner, owner of Courageous Kitchen.

 In Sydney, the Beautiful Bennelong and the Opera House tour combines two of the city’s culinary and cultural highlights in
one night. Guests begin the tour exploring the Opera House and then step next door to dine at Bennelong, one of Sydney’s
restaurants.

Six new tours in Canada and New England highlight the area’s favourites including lobster, poutine, clam chowder and
maple-infused treats. The ports of Bar Harbor and Portland; Halifax; Boston; and Québec City, all feature FOOD & WINE EXC
Tours.

Wine enthusiasts will get to experience the Bay of Fundy, Grand Pre & Winery tour in Halifax, where guests enjoy a drive to
the Bay of Fundy, known for some of the most extreme tides, and visit the Grand National Historic Site, a 17th-century
French settlement. Guests then move on to the Annapolis Valley, known as the ‘new Napa of the North’, for a wine tasting at
the Lightfoot and Wolfville Vineyards.
 

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