Cape Breton Island
Just 2km south of town, this hilltop place offers plain rooms in Acadian style. Views stretch from the sea to the mountains, and generous breakfasts are…
Cape Breton Island
Just 2km south of town, this hilltop place offers plain rooms in Acadian style. Views stretch from the sea to the mountains, and generous breakfasts are…
Nova Scotia
Part of this waterfront building dates from 1784 and was brought here from Boston. Now it's a relatively modern but still charmingly heritage-style inn…
Nova Scotia
Arguably the best prospect in Lunenburg is the main selling point at this simple, friendly and spotlessly clean motel. Yes, the rooms are no-frills – but…
Nova Scotia
Perched on Blockhouse Hill, high above Lunenburg (the site of the old fort), this campground guarantees you a pitch with a view, although the sites are…
Caribou-Munroes Island Provincial Park
Nova Scotia
Less than 10km from Pictou, this park is set on a gorgeous beach. Sites 1 to 22 abut the day-use area and are less private; sites 78 to 95 are gravel and…
Halifax
Feel at home in this welcoming artist's nest full of bright floral paintings and fluffy cats. Marigold is located in a tree-lined residential area in the…
Cape Breton Island
Decorated with gables, arched windows and a veranda, this Victorian Gothic house is full of history. The rooms feel a bit like museum pieces, with their…
Halifax
The single and twin dorm rooms with shared bathrooms here are clean but bland. Most are adjacent to all the included university amenities, a short walk…
Nova Scotia
An antique place with undulating wooden floors and low doorframes, this B&B isn't the best choice for taller guests – especially in terms of the bathrooms…
Nova Scotia
About 10km north of Peggy's Cove and 36km from Halifax, this camping park has lots of shady, wooded sites but gets crowded in midsummer. Firewood is…
Nova Scotia
Pretty much the only place to stay in Canso, this basic though spotlessly clean and super-friendly motel is just outside town.
Nova Scotia
Across the harbor from Shelburne are 65 campsites in mature forest and a beach for swimming.
Nova Scotia
This rambling farmhouse, built in 1866, has been used as a hostel for decades. It's a central base for both the Sunrise Trail and the Minas Basin shore…
Raven Haven Hostel & Family Park
Nova Scotia
This hostel and campground is 25km south of Annapolis Royal and 27km north of Kejimkujik National Park. The four-bed hostel is in a cabin near the white…
Halifax
In a rambling, wood-clad Victorian house, this hostel is a cheery place to stay, even if the building does look as though it's about to fall down. Rooms…
Cape Breton Island
This gabled inn, built by a Baddeck merchant, has a solidly Victorian air, with rooms filled with four-poster beds, fusty furniture, rugs and chaise…
Nova Scotia
You wouldn't expect to be able to pitch a tent this close to downtown Dartmouth, but this campground allows you to do just that. It's located alongside…
Cape Breton Island
This away-from-it-all spot, high up along its own road (signposted off Meat Cove Rd), has plain, almost dormitory-style rooms and a shared kitchen. The…
Nova Scotia
About 12km north of Guysborough, on a wooded hilltop with a good view over Guysborough Harbour, this provincial campground off Hwy 16 has 34 shady sites…
Nova Scotia
The main reason to stay at this place is to say you've done it: it's one of the oldest houses in Canada, and feels like it, with creaky floors, wood…
Nova Scotia
Frill-phobes should give this turreted, bay-windowed 1890s house a wide berth. It's a real time capsule, but comfy enough if you don't mind things being a…
Cape Breton Island
This welcoming, ramshackle Victorian home is close to the heart of town, and is run by a couple who used to work for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police…
Nova Scotia
This B&B on a wooded property next to the Mersey River has three rooms with a shared bathroom – ideal for cyclists and families, but maybe not everyone…
Nova Scotia
More like a few rooms and beds upstairs in an inviting home, this 'hostel' offers a ton of hospitality, kitchen use and a great location right in town.
Port Mouton International Hostel
Nova Scotia
This extremely basic hostel five minutes from the park's Seaside Adjunct is run by the local community in a former school. There are 30 super-cramped bunk…