Jeff's Guidebook
Sightseeing
✅ Amazing views and hike. Recent upgrades to trails. Just down the road, and a view to here from the patio 😬 Rumor has it there will be a food truck here this summer!!! 😋
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Cape Split Trailhead
✅ Amazing views and hike. Recent upgrades to trails. Just down the road, and a view to here from the patio 😬 Rumor has it there will be a food truck here this summer!!! 😋
Scots Bay Provincial Park
24 Wharf Rd✅ Our beach! The best for rugged NS scenery🤘 can you spot any amethyst?
✅ Better known as the Look and Lick!!! Best place in Nova Scotia to get an ice cream (try moon mist or grapenut if you want a NS favorite🍦) and take in the view of the Annapolis Valley and Minas Basin!
Look Off Family Camping Park
3369 NS-358✅ Better known as the Look and Lick!!! Best place in Nova Scotia to get an ice cream (try moon mist or grapenut if you want a NS favorite🍦) and take in the view of the Annapolis Valley and Minas Basin!
✅ awesome little falls and rugged beach scenery! Watch out for the tide coming in!!!
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Baxter Harbour Falls
✅ awesome little falls and rugged beach scenery! Watch out for the tide coming in!!!
Blomidon Provincial Park
3138 Pereau Rd✅ Awesome views of Minas Basin!
Houston's Beach
Stewart Mountain Road✅ Likely have it to yourself!!! Careful of the tide coming in!!!
✅ Public sandy beach access! Water is warm here. Grab a burger or ice cream and enjoy the views!
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Kingsport Beach
Nova Scotia 221✅ Public sandy beach access! Water is warm here. Grab a burger or ice cream and enjoy the views!
Food scene
✅ will not disappoint, amazing food and the perfect place to hangout with lots of yummy menu options and great atmosphere on the patio. Robyn’s place has the best sunsets of any restaurant going and she is just down the street! Check her place out while your in the area!
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The Long Table Social Club
5611 Nova Scotia 358✅ will not disappoint, amazing food and the perfect place to hangout with lots of yummy menu options and great atmosphere on the patio. Robyn’s place has the best sunsets of any restaurant going and she is just down the street! Check her place out while your in the area!
Art Can Gallery Cafe
9850 Main St✅Great paninis and a wonderful location for lunch!!!
The Village Coffeehouse
9844 Main St✅ coffee! Yesss😜💕
✅ Also know as Fish and Sips. Local ingredients. Amazing fish and hand cut fries! 😋
The Canning Cider House / PayDay Cider
✅ Also know as Fish and Sips. Local ingredients. Amazing fish and hand cut fries! 😋
Dickie-Baxter Taproom & Bistro
✅ Newer spot with consistently good feedback.
Kingsport Beach
Nova Scotia 221✅hungry at the beach?😋
✅ Nova Scotia’s Michelin Star! Reservations are an absoloute must for this 7 course dinner experience!
Bessie North House
23 Bessie N Rd✅ Nova Scotia’s Michelin Star! Reservations are an absoloute must for this 7 course dinner experience!
✅Watch for this food truck, sometimes at the entrance to the Split. Fantastic food!!! Currently in residence at Hennigars Farm Market Cookhouse!
Cruisin' Gourmet
✅Watch for this food truck, sometimes at the entrance to the Split. Fantastic food!!! Currently in residence at Hennigars Farm Market Cookhouse!
Fun Experiences
✅ Local craft beer and cider, check out their flights!🍻
Millstone Harvest Brewhouse: Home of Sea Level Brewing
9146 Nova Scotia 221✅ Local craft beer and cider, check out their flights!🍻
✅ Russ and Colleen are great hosts and you can see they love what they do!!!! There are so many choices 😜 and they use local ingredients whenever they can! Win win!! Javalley ☕️ is soooo goooood though!!!🥂
Barrelling Tide Distillery
1164 Parkway Dr✅ Russ and Colleen are great hosts and you can see they love what they do!!!! There are so many choices 😜 and they use local ingredients whenever they can! Win win!! Javalley ☕️ is soooo goooood though!!!🥂
✅ hopefully these guys can get their tour up and running again, but in the mean time it’s still an awesome place for a beer & food on their patio or in their very cool taproom!
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Wayfarers' Ale Society
1116 Kars St✅ hopefully these guys can get their tour up and running again, but in the mean time it’s still an awesome place for a beer & food on their patio or in their very cool taproom!
Blomidon Estate Winery
10318 NS-221✅ One of the many wonderful wineries in the area! 🥂
✅ Winter is best to view the bald eagles, but if you keep an eye out (and head up!) there are lots of them here year round! 🦅
Sheffield Mills Eagle Watch -Eagle viewing site
1770 Middle Dyke Rd✅ Winter is best to view the bald eagles, but if you keep an eye out (and head up!) there are lots of them here year round! 🦅
✅ Great Lobster Dinner but also just the atmosphere is nice!
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Halls Harbour Lobster Pound
1157 W Halls Harbour Rd✅ Great Lobster Dinner but also just the atmosphere is nice!
✅ Community Art center with lots of events. Have a look at their website for more info.
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Ross Creek Centre for the Arts
555 Ross Creek Rd✅ Community Art center with lots of events. Have a look at their website for more info.
Saltair Nordic Spa & Wellness
✅ A Nordic spa experience right here!
Shops
Lee's Shop
9845 Main Street✅ Awesome little gift shop supporting local makers!!! Lots of unique items🎁👍
✅ Also known as Sam’s! This is your closest groceries and NSLC liquor store, grab a pizza even!
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Canning Value Foods
9830 Main St✅ Also known as Sam’s! This is your closest groceries and NSLC liquor store, grab a pizza even!
✅ Last stop for gas⛽️! Also large variety convenience store🛒, Robin’s and Philthy Phillys Cheesesteaks and Poutine!
The Hub
2157 Sheffield Road✅ Last stop for gas⛽️! Also large variety convenience store🛒, Robin’s and Philthy Phillys Cheesesteaks and Poutine!
Maple Leaf Home Hardware Building Centre
9767 Main St✅ closest hardware store
Local Farm Markets
✅ Um. These guys are like cult status now 😬 and recent expansion with so many goodies! Best beef jerkey. Ever. Donaironi anyone?
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Canning Village Meat Market
9820 Main St✅ Um. These guys are like cult status now 😬 and recent expansion with so many goodies! Best beef jerkey. Ever. Donaironi anyone?
✅Amazing selection of local produce, fresh veggie, meats and cheeses, eggs, cider, baked goods, coffee etc! Huge walk in cooler if you just need to beat the heat 😅 This is the home of the corn maze 🌽
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Noggins Corner Farm Market
10009 Nova Scotia Trunk 1✅Amazing selection of local produce, fresh veggie, meats and cheeses, eggs, cider, baked goods, coffee etc! Huge walk in cooler if you just need to beat the heat 😅 This is the home of the corn maze 🌽
✅Amazing selection of local produce, homemade fudge and baked goods, local gifts, a garden center plus a family fun park area and cookhouse! Their cookhouse is currently being run by the folks who operate Crusin Gourmet, worth a stop in itself!😜
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Isakhiwo sase-Hennigar's Farm
10272 Nova Scotia Trunk 1✅Amazing selection of local produce, homemade fudge and baked goods, local gifts, a garden center plus a family fun park area and cookhouse! Their cookhouse is currently being run by the folks who operate Crusin Gourmet, worth a stop in itself!😜
✅Amazing selection of local produce, fresh veggie, meats and cheeses, eggs, cider, baked goods, pizza grab and go you name it they probably have it!
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Stirling's Farm Market (Greenwich)
10328 Evangeline Trail✅Amazing selection of local produce, fresh veggie, meats and cheeses, eggs, cider, baked goods, pizza grab and go you name it they probably have it!
✅ great place to grab your local produce. They also bring in a lot of items from further down the province, baked goods, fish, rappie pie! Don’t forget your ice cream too 🍨🍦🍧
Brad Foote & Son Produce Ltd
1744 NS-359✅ great place to grab your local produce. They also bring in a lot of items from further down the province, baked goods, fish, rappie pie! Don’t forget your ice cream too 🍨🍦🍧
✅ Saturday Farmers Market 8:30-1pm
Farm and Art Market Store T,W,Th,F 10am-5pm
Sat 8:30-4pm
Sun Noon-4pm
Mon closed
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Wolfville Farmers Market
24 Elm Ave✅ Saturday Farmers Market 8:30-1pm
Farm and Art Market Store T,W,Th,F 10am-5pm
Sat 8:30-4pm
Sun Noon-4pm
Mon closed
Greater Annapolis Valley
Popular stops in the Annapolis Valley
Cumin Kitchen and Drink
“✅ awesome food, locally sourced and supportive agriculture!
The Port Pub Bistro
980 Terrys Creek Rd✅Always good food from locally sourced ingredients.
✅ Stunning location, amazing cider and food. Yes please!!!!
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Maritime Express Cider Co.
325 Main St✅ Stunning location, amazing cider and food. Yes please!!!!
Li's Wok & Grill
112 Front Street✅🥡🥢😋 food is amazing!
Terra Rossa Trattoria
✅ pizza 🍕🍕🍕
The Church Brewing Co
329 Main St✅Great atmosphere and food.
Troy Restaurant
12D Elm Ave✅ awesome Mediterranean dishes
The Noodle Guy
964 NS-358✅🍝😋
Natalino Pizza
252 Main St✅ Awesome donairs and pizza by the slice too!
✅ Merrys Place is pleased to provide sustainably sourced products for your use during your stay. Shampoo, soaps, cleaning products have all been supplied from a local shop here in town, (Kentville) called Wholesum Refillery. They carry products such as ONEKA and PURE which are ecofriendly, use people and pet safe ingredients, less packaging, and are made in Canada to name a few feel good points! I am proud to support them by using their products, and you can be too!!! 🌍♻️✅
Wholesum Refillery Shoppe
✅ Merrys Place is pleased to provide sustainably sourced products for your use during your stay. Shampoo, soaps, cleaning products have all been supplied from a local shop here in town, (Kentville) called Wholesum Refillery. They carry products such as ONEKA and PURE which are ecofriendly, use people and pet safe ingredients, less packaging, and are made in Canada to name a few feel good points! I am proud to support them by using their products, and you can be too!!! 🌍♻️✅
✅ Hand made candles in Kentville! Take a piece of NS home in a travel tin candle 😊, amazing scent creations and make great souvenirs!
New Scotland Candle Co.
12 Main St✅ Hand made candles in Kentville! Take a piece of NS home in a travel tin candle 😊, amazing scent creations and make great souvenirs!
Valley Stove & Cycle
353 Main St✅🚴🚴🏻♀️🚴♂️
Acadia University
15 University Ave✅🎓
✅ Awesome river tubing experience with K.O.T.R.! Check first to make sure the River is running! You will need two cars, or arrangements to get picked up at the bottom of the run! Ph 902 542-3002 for info!
Gaspereau River Tubing
3498 Black River Rd✅ Awesome river tubing experience with K.O.T.R.! Check first to make sure the River is running! You will need two cars, or arrangements to get picked up at the bottom of the run! Ph 902 542-3002 for info!
✅Explore the garden, stock up on jellies and jams, enjoy the tea room! 🌱🫖💚
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Tangled Garden
11827 Nova Scotia Trunk 1✅Explore the garden, stock up on jellies and jams, enjoy the tea room! 🌱🫖💚
✅ UNESCO World Heritage Site to commemorate Grand Pre Acadian Settlement. Also the start of some very popular birding trails 👀🦆
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I-Grand Pre National Historic Site
2205 Grand Pré Rd✅ UNESCO World Heritage Site to commemorate Grand Pre Acadian Settlement. Also the start of some very popular birding trails 👀🦆
✅ Best place for tidal bore viewing, check the daily schedule and go early!🌊🌊🌊
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Fundy Tidal Interpretive Centre
9865 Hwy 236✅ Best place for tidal bore viewing, check the daily schedule and go early!🌊🌊🌊