On 3/28/07, Daniel J. Matyola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am planning a trip to the Maritime Provinces this summer. We will > probably stop at Acadia/Bar Harbor on the way, and we are thinking of > making a (long) side trip to Quebec city. One of the "must see" places > will be the Bay of Fundy. > > Does anyone have any advice or recommendations on these areas? I am > interested in hearing you thoughts about things to see and to > photograph, places to stay, and places to eat. > > Thanks in advance. >
While in Nova Scotia Scotia, take the Lighthouse Route from Yarmouth (Nova Scotia) to Halifax. You'll be stopping about every 10 minutes, marvelling at the scenery and quaint villages. Shelbourne, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg and Chester are all lovely, quaint former fishing villages with good restaurants and antique shops. As you near Halifax, you have to hit Peggy's Cove, with it's iconic lighthouse and waves crashing off the granite rocks. Halifax itself is a lively, urbane, sophisticated city with plenty of good restaurants, interesting museums (Pier 21 was Canada's Ellis Island and is now a lovely museum - look at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic as well) and a wonderful waterfront/harbour area. I've never been, but I've heard that the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton is among the most scenic highways in the world rivalling that oceanside highway along California's coast which number I can't remember now. I don't know New Brunswick so well, but the city of Saint John is supposed to be nice, and the drive along the Saint John River valley is lovely in parts. Hope you have a good trip and take lots of pix! HTH, -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
