Appreciate any tips or RS comments on seeing Canadian Maritimes

Which ones are you considering? How long? Driving? Time of year? Interests?

Halifax is probably my favourite city in Canada (and I've been to every province and territory except for Newfoundland, the NWT, and Nunavut). Some of my favourites in Halifax include Pier 21 (a really interesting and worthwhile visit, IMO) https://pier21.ca/ , the Citadel, and the harbourfront in general, including visiting the HMCS Sackville. The public gardens are also a nice break, if you are there during good weather. A restaurant I liked, recommended to me by my aunt who lived in Halifax for a number of years, was the Five Fishermen, which is housed in a historical building that was once an art school owned by Anna Leonowens (aka Anna and the King of Siam). https://www.fivefishermen.com

From Halifax, if you rent a car, it is fairly easy to take day trips to Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg (home of the Bluenose II, a replica of the schooner that is depicted on the back of the Canadian dime). https://bluenose.novascotia.ca You can go whale and puffin watching from Peggy's Cove, although when we did it, we had no luck seeing anything.

Other places in Nova Scotia to see are Wolfville/Annapolis Valley, and, of course, The Bay of Fundy, home of the highest tides in the world.

Another area of Nova Scotia worth a visit is Cape Breton. We liked Louisbourg and visiting the Fortress of Louisbourg and the Louisbourg Light (which I actually enjoyed more than seeing the lighthouse at Peggy's Cove, because it wasn't busy there).

Baddeck, Cape Breton, boasts the Alexander Graham Bell National Historic site. And the nearby Bell Buoy Bistro serves the best seafood chowder I've ever had. https://www.bellbuoy.ca

A drive around the Cabot Trail is beautiful.

From Nova Scotia, you can drive through a corner of New Brunswick to take the Confederation Bridge to PEI. Of course, New Brunswick is lovely, too, if you want to explore that province, but I've seen only a bit of it, so I'll leave that for others to discuss.

PEI is lovely. There are pretty beaches and interesting rock formations along the coast. The red roads and striped lighthouses are very picturesque. You can visit Green Gables House, the home that inspired the Cuthbert house in Anne of Green Gables. It has been decorated to match the descriptions in the book.

In Charlottetown, there are historic sites to visit that are significant to the formation of Canada, as Charlottetown is the "birthplace of Confederation." There's a long-running musical about Anne. There's a Medicine Wheel Garden that pays tribute to Canada's Indigenous peoples and includes Indigenous carvings.

I'm sure I'm missing many interesting and beautiful sights, but those are the ones I remember most.

I did a Gate 1 tour of the Maritimes if you are considering tours. It was well done.

We're taking a Princess Cruise in Sept 27. We aren't cruise people but since we just want a taste of each province a cruise works.