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The North Cape Coastal Drive on Prince Edward Island

Down-home hospitality, fresh seafood, and the best “dam burger” await you on the North Cape Coastal Drive. Witness where two waters collide over the longest natural rock reef in North America. Beautiful beaches, sweeping vistas, and unique attractions welcome you at every turn. Go Up West to enjoy music festivals, theatres, museums, and cultural centres. Visit an alpaca farm and a village made of bottles. Go golfing, lobster fishing, or beachcombing. Stomp your feet to Island music and get “Shucked In.” Take some time to play along the shore, too. I promise you will be glad you did.

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The PEI Preserve Company

Enter Prince Edward Island’s Preserve Company and discover preservers of fruit, tradition, and memories. Browse the beautiful gift shop and sample the hand-made low-sugar artisan preserves at the heart of it all. Enjoy a meal in the restaurant with the million dollar view of the River Clyde or at The Garden Café, the dreamy, romantic county bistro with two patios,. Then stroll the gorgeous Gardens of Hope - 12 acres of heaven on earth. Visit PEI Preserve Co. in New Glasgow Prince Edward Island and discover a little joy again.

The PEI Bottle Houses

The Bottle Houses were created over several dedicated years of work of retired Prince Edward Island Cape-Egmont Lighthouse Keeper Édouard Arsenault and his daughter, Réjeanne Arsenault. Discover this magical and colourful Bottle Village born from a simple recycling project and a lighthouse keeper’s vision. Delight your senses in this fantastical place in a beautiful garden setting next to the ocean on PEI’s North Cape Coastal Drive.

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Points East Coastal Drive Prince Edward Island

Provincial parks with pristine white-sand beaches, top notch golf courses, biking trails with coastal views, hiking, kayaking, deep-sea fishing, birdwatching, shopping for artisan treasures, country roads, farmers fields and roadside stands, and picturesque small fishing villages, and lighthouses… Points East Coastal Drive PEI has it all and then some.

Victoria By-the-Sea

Enchanting Victoria By-the-Sea will lure you in. You will be smitten immediately with the charming colourful painted homes, some even with widow walks reminding you of its seafaring history. This picturesque coastal village with good food, and plenty of culture will have you - hook, line & sinker. There’s a mystical draw here for all who visit.

Inn at Fortune Bridge

Fall asleep in Prince Edward Island and wake up in Paris at Chef Michael & Chastity Smith’s newest boutique hotel.The Inn at Fortune Bridge is like a step back in time to Paris in 1910. Be swept up in this luxurious setting with all the modern comforts while surrounded by 19th Century French antiques. Then be swept away to Chef Michael’s Famous Fireworks Feast at The Inn at Bay Fortune in a chauffeured vintage Bentley to arrive and depart in style.

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West Point Lighthouse Inn

West Point Lighthouse Inn & Museum is a beacon of warm hospitality, and wonder on the North Cape Coastal Drive of Prince Edward Island. It beckons you in to stay awhile with its striking black and white stripes, and modern 4-star accommodations. Seas the day & spend a night or a weekend, or a week to live in a lighthouse inn while you explore the beautiful coastline of the western side of PEI.

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From Farm-to-Fire-to-Feast

The FireWorks Feast is a world-class immersive farm-to-fire-to-feast dining experience at the Inn at Bay Fortune in Prince Edward Island. It takes place over four hours, and features foraged ingredients from Chef Michael Smith’s Culinary Farm, along with other local tastes. You will never forget the unique ambiance of this setting, with a shared communal experience of coming together at long tables around a flavourful food harvest curated from Chef Michael’s farm.