CANADA NOVA SCOTIA DESTINATIONS Book a walking tour to uncover
Grand Pré, the delightful restaurant is matched by an affordable wine- tasting experience, costing just £5 for a regular tasting and £9 for premium wines, open to the public at 11am and 4pm daily during high season. But if visitors want a real feel for the
region’s unique grapes – and someone else to do the driving – book the Magic Winery Bus, a nifty London double- decker that operates on a loop, so wine aficionados can hop on and off on a tour around the wineries of Wolfville (£30, including a complimentary wine on arrival at each winery).
w LUNENBURG If wine is a relatively modern invention here, fishing is quite the opposite. This maritime province has always had a close connection with the sea, and never more so than in the picture-postcard south coast town of Lunenburg. The Unesco-listed old town,
established in 1753, is just about as charming a neighbourhood as you’re ever likely to find, mixing British colonial style with the hallmark
architecture of its predominantly German Lutheran population. These days, though, it’s known for the
colourful rows of houses lining the main street leading to the waterfront, where the famous schooner the Bluenose II can be spotted in the harbour.
the stories that lie inside its pretty houses (from £15 with Lunenburg Walking Tours between June and October). Enthusiastic guide Ashlee takes visitors from the peeling facade of the Lunenburg Academy – home to the town’s only primary school, until surprisingly recently – via the Anglican church that burnt down in a dramatic fire in 2001 but was rebuilt in an exact replica of the original, finishing at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. If the allure of a pleasant, sunny lunch in one of the many delightful restaurants that line the waterfront isn’t too strong, the museum is worth a visit. It explores the community’s fraught relationship with the sea, which is its main source of income, but also a source of danger in a time when a storm could send a ship down with all hands. The Theresa E Connor, the last of the salt-bank schooners to operate out of Lunenburg, is moored right outside the museum, and visitors can go onboard for a glimpse of the cramped conditions that existed on the town’s fishing boats. Learning about life at sea puts some of the province’s stunning coastal spots, such as beautiful Mahone Bay or the much-photographed lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove, into perspective. But like everything in Nova Scotia, it pays to dig a little deeper into the stories that lie behind the landscapes – a trip will be all the richer for it.
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First Class
Holidays offers an Atlantic
Charm self-drive holiday that
takes in Halifax, Lunenburg, Annapolis Royal, Wolfville, Cape
Breton Island and the Cabot Trail. Prices start at £2,279 per person, including flights, car hire and accommodation, based on a departure on June 11, 2019.
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Tauck operates an eight-day Nova Scotia & Prince Edward Island tour that visits
Halifax, Peggy’s Cove, Lunenburg, Charlottetown and Green Gables House on PEI, returning to
Nova Scotia for whale-watching on the Bay of
Fundy and a stop at Grand-Pré
National Historic Site. Prices start at £2,190 in 2019.
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