It was our very first B&B experience and we just fell in love with this place! What a lovely place you have here ! Loved the rooms, loved the dog, and loved your hospitality!! Thank you for everything. You made our day one of our trip to NS memorable. – Tera & Grace, Ontario
 No matter where you travel in the province, the ocean is never more than 35 kilometers away. The coastline is more than 7,400 kilometers long, punctuated by idyllic harbors and inlets, sandy beaches and glacier-shorn cliffs.
Climate: Nova Scotia is a very temperate province with four distinct seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall. Summers tend to be warm (20°C to 30°C), and temperatures tend to cool off in October. There is usually snow by December. January and February are the coldest months (-15°C to 0°C) while temperatures begin to rise by late March.
Travel Information
Nova Scotia is located in Canada, on the upper east coast of North America, lying between the provinces of New Brunswick (in the west) and Newfoundland (in the northeast). [View Nova Scotia Locator Map]
How do I get there ?
Via Air
Nova Scotia is easily accessable by Air, Sea or Land. Check out all our airline options by clicking here
An international airport is located just outside the capital city of Halifax. There is also an airport located in Sydney which services the island of Cape Breton.
Ferry
Several ferry services operate in Nova Scotia, offering connection to the United States eastern seaboard (Bar Harbour and Portland, Maine), and New Brunswick (Saint John), Prince Edward Island (Wood Islands) and Newfoundland (Port Aux Basques and Argentia).
- Yarmouth is the terminal for the high speed ferry The Cat, operating from Bar Harbor, Maine to Yarmouth (4 days a week early and late season, 3 days a week mid-summer) and from Portland, Maine to Yarmouth (3 days a week early and late season, 4 days a week mid-summer). Regular bus service links Yarmouth to Halifax.
- Digby is the terminal for the car ferry from Saint John, New Brunswick. Buses depart daily to Halifax.Caribou/Pictou is the terminal for ferries which arrive daily from Wood Islands, Prince Edward Island, between May 1 and mid-December. Highway 106 leads from the ferry terminal to the Pictou Rotary and the Northumberland Shore.
- North Sydney is the terminal of the ferry service from Port-aux-Basques and Argentia, Newfoundland. North Sydney is at the eastern end of Trans Canada Highway 105.
Highway
Nova Scotia is connected to mainland Canada at the New Brunswick border. Travelling the Trans Canada Highway east from New Brunswick will enter Nova Scotia in the Amherst area... from here it is roughly a 2.5 - 3 hour drive to the capital city of Halifax.
Train
Passenger rail service is provided by VIA Rail, with stations in Truro and Halifax. |
