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Combine culture and cuisine. The perfect couple’s getaway is waiting with theatre, dining and discounted accommodations. Visit the website of Neptune Theatre, Halifax’s long-standing performance venue, and explore the package options for a weekend in the city.

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Summer Vacation Ideas

Surf’s up. The sun’s out. The seafood is sizzling. The swimming, sailing, cycling, and sightseeing are all superb. Come soak up all that summer has to offer. From the long weekend in May through to Labour Day, our calendar is full with more than 500 festivals and events from the month-long, Cape Breton-wide Lobsterpalooza to the September’s Wharf Rat Rally in Yarmouth, the largest motor cycle rally in Eastern Canada. This is the season for all kinds of fun.

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Summer - Clam Harbour Sand Castle Festival

Pick a beach, any beachThere are more than 100 accessible beaches spread out along the 7,400 km of coastline, so whatever your beach-style, you’ll find something to love right here. From relaxed family fun stretching out along the Bay of Fundy at Melmerby Beach to the serious surf action at Lawrencetown to the Sand Castle Festival at Clam Harbour.

 
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Digby Scallop Days Festival

Make the most of the coastNova Scotia’s beaches and seacoast showcase diverse opportunities to sea-kayak, bird watch, beachcomb, swim or surf, and provide a spectacular backdrop for seacoast celebrations like the Digby Scallop Days festival. Lighthouses, tall ships, and freshly landed seafood.

 
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Summer - Bay of Fundy

Go Big in the Bay of FundyThe highest tides in the world rise and fall in the Bay of Fundy.  The huge tidal range of 16 metres (54 feet) creates some spectacular opportunities for adventure from whale-watching  where the giants of the deep surface almost within arm’s reach to taking a rollercoaster ride atop the tidal bore in a Zodiac raft. Throw in some breathtaking bird watching and stunning scenery and your Fundy vacation experience will be one for the record books.

 
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Summer - Fortress LouisbourgTake it back a century or two… or three or fourHistory lives here. In fact, it sets off a cannon off every day at noon. It gathers for huge historic reenactments. It grows roses in ancient gardens. And welcomes you aboard a saltbank schooner and takes you for a tour of some of the continent’s oldest graveyards. Visit any of Nova Scotia’s 13 world-class National Historic Sites of Canada, including the Fortress of Louisbourg, Halifax Citadel and the 18th century streets of "Old Town" Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Town.
 
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Sea Kayaking

Pick a package for Extra FunCheck out all the ways to save when you take advantage of romance, food and wine, family fun, or seacoast exploring packages. Added value means more of your budget to spend on the things that really make a vacation great – like fresh lobster, a vineyard tour, a wild raft ride on the world’s highest tides…

29-Feb-2012 6:35 PM
A presentation begun a couple of years ago - an original song written by myself and my husband - ...

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20-Feb-2012 3:09 AM
We are getting married August 17, 2013! My fiance is from Tatamagouche, and we would like to get ...

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07-Feb-2012 3:25 AM
I had the chance to visit my good friends in Coldbrook in October 2011 and was treated to some great ...

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22-Oct-2011 2:22 PM
On Oct 18 I was finally able to get out on the road for a bit of leaf peeping. Left Halifax and ...

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16-Oct-2011 8:28 PM
Although the leaves have fallen off the tree on the Island that I was watching, there are lots of ...

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23-May-2012 9:28 AM
The Cape Forchu Lightstation is an icon for Yarmouth.
22-May-2012 10:28 AM
No question, we have a lot of ambassadors. And now we want to make it easier for you to share your love for Nova Scotia. We're introducing the Visit My Nova Scotia app on Facebook so that you can send invites to all your friends and family.
02-May-2012 4:29 PM
I think of Pinterest as a wonderful tool for vision or dream boarding. For many of us, our dreams often include travel and adventure. And for those who are part of our Nova Scotia online community, those dreams include a Nova Scotia. And so begins our adventure with Pinterest.
30-Apr-2012 2:34 PM
The big camping experience last winter was spending a night in a yurt at kejimkujik national park. The only problem was finding an open weekend to book one of the two Yurts at the park. With time running out, we booked a single overnight in late March at the Eel Weir Yurt.
22-Apr-2012 10:33 AM
The Pubnico Point Wind Farm provides a unique location for walking.
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