Day Trips

Explore Canada’s first art maze with nearly one kilometre of sculptures, murals, mosaics and a beautiful garden. There’s a surprise around every corner, created by artists from around the world! This incredible work of art takes you away to a different world as you ...Read More

There’s nothing better than local, fresh produce and in Nova Scotia, there’s no better time to enjoy the abundance of tasty treats than the fall harvest. Noggins Corner Farm is open year round but the sweetest time of the year is when the apple ...Read More

Some adventures lead you to hidden gems that are so close, you wonder how they could have possibly been hiding at all. We found one of these gems in Earltown, Nova Scotia. We found Sugar Moon Farm. March only means one thing when you ...Read More

The Young Naturalists Club (YNC) is a FREE nature club geared toward youth (7-12) and their families. There are several chapters, including one in Halifax. With the Young Naturalists Club, your kids can learn more about the many species of Nova Scotia plants and animals, ...Read More

Ross Farm Museum is located on highway #12 in New Ross, Nova Scotia, just 15 minutes from the Lighthouse route. Ross Farm Museum is a living, working, farm museum depicting 150 years of agriculture in Nova Scotia.  In Rosebank Cottage, the original home of the ...Read More

How about a trip to the South West tip of Nova Scotia? There, you will find Nova Scotia’s newest museum, The Black Loyalist Heritage Centre which tells  the story of the world’s largest free African population outside of Africa, in the late 18th century. In addition to the Centre, you can ...Read More

As a  teenager I returned to my old elementary school one day, for a trip down memory lane. I remember being baffled at the knee-level height of the the drinking fountains. Surely, I had never been that small!  Upper Clements Park, just outside of Annapolis ...Read More