Newfoundland was one of our favourite trips ever. The friendliness of the locals is legendary for a reason. It feels like coming home even if you’re not from there. Here’s a nutshell of travel tips to help you make the most of your visit.
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For many people, food in Newfoundland means fish and chips. But if you take some time to look, Newfoundland has a lot more to offer in terms great restaurants, pubs and craft breweries. This list is just some of our favourite Newfoundland restaurants and pubs from our visit in 2022.
Hiking in Gros Morne National Park is a lesson in plate techtonics and a day out in a stunning landscape all rolled into one. Given the nickname for Newfoundland is ‘The Rock’ it’s not surprising most of the hikes vary from boulder hopping to scrambling up steep slopes of scree.
Neither of us knew much about Gros Morne before we got to Newfoundland. We knew it was a National Park and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and figured it would have to have some cool hikes. But who knew that rocks – yes, rocks – could be so interesting.
Much of Newfoundland’s coastline has old walking trails used for trading between villages, which have been converted into actual hiking trails. In our four days in St John’s and few days in Bonavista Peninsula we hiked almost every day along the stunning coastal routes.
Cape Breton is an island of Nova Scotia and it is chock full of bays, peninsulas, large lakes and rivers, in addition to being surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. Basically there’s water wherever you look.
You can get screech’d in at many place, but Christian’s in St John’s is legendary. The entire bar shuts down during the 45 minute ceremony which is run by Lukie, a local dressed in his full wet weather fishing garb (sou’wester hat and heavy raincoat).
After exploring the Laurentian mountains and Charlevoix area north of Le Fleuve, our travels were taking us now to the Gaspésie peninsula in Quebec, and 10 days of hiking and camping.
Our Quebec travels continued in the Laurentian mountains on the north west side of the St Lawrence River (aka le Fleuve) in Saguenay and Charlevoix regions.
With the car stuffed to the gills with everything we might want for a summer of fun we took off on Canada Day on our Canadian road trip extravaganza. Our trip would take us from Ontario all the way across Canada, stopping in Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland – with a side trip to Boston and Cape Cod for good measure!
Following our trip to Spain, we had been planning on almost immediately heading to Northern Ontario for some camping and hiking, but in the end we decided to spend six weeks at the family cottage a couple of hours north of Toronto, resting and recovering and readying ourselves for our East Coast adventures starting in July.
Our last few weeks in Spain we planned to spend in relaxation mode. A few days in the Pyrenees mountains followed by two full weeks at a small cove beach in Costa Brava (NE Spain, near the French border). It absolutely delivered.