Backroads

Meet in Halifax Shuttle to Wolfville, with its shady elm trees and manicured lawns in the picturesque Annapolis Valley Visit a memorial featuring a statue of Evangéline, the heroine of Longfellow's poem, at Grand Pré National Historic Site before hiking along a historic dike system to our lovely Victorian Inn Enjoy a tour, tasting and dinner at Domaine de Grand Pré winery.

Hike along Cape Split and emerge from a violet-carpeted forest onto a bluff, providing views of the wild Bay of Fundy - home of the world's highest tides In Annapolis Royal, discover shops, museums, stately tree-lined streets and historic Victorian homes Spot whales, seals and dolphins on a wildlife-watching cruise  Be spooked by ghost stories on a candlelight graveyard tour through one of Canada's oldest cemeteries.

Discover the diverse pristine ecosystems of Kejimkujik Seaside Adjunct: coastal tundra forests, salt marshes and bogs, and sand and pebble beaches Gaze at harbor seals sunning themselves on the shore at Harbour Rocks At St. Catherine's River Beach, look for endangered shorebirds such as piping plovers.

Hike along a 100-year-old pedestrian-only coastal cart path from Broad Cove to Green Bay Passing tiny coves and beaches, keep an eye out for sandpipers, gulls, ducks and geese, and enjoy views of the Lahave Islands and seal colonies Take a leisurely jaunt with local historian Eric Croft through the 18th-century seafaring town of Lunenburg, a World Heritage site that is "the best surviving example of a planned British colonial settlement in North America."