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Sugar Hill Inn
Location: Gros Morne. On a hillside overlooking Norris Point. Description: Simple but charming bed and breakfast at Norris Point in the park, with hardwood floors, black leather and wooden furniture. There is a small bar; hot tub, sauna and dinner is by reservation only. Accommodation: There are 7 rooms, 3 suites Why we like it: Comfortable accommodation in perfect location.
Neddies Harbour Inn
Location: Gros Morne. Norris Point just outside the park Description: This magnificent oceanfront 4.5* inn offers fine dining, and an outdoor sitting area that will allow you to drink in the surrounding beauty. Other amenities include a fitness room, sauna and hot tub. Accommodation: 14 lovely rooms and some 2/3 bedroom cottages. Why we like it: Eco-friendly and beautiful
The Tickle Inn
Location: Cape Onion near l'Anse aux meadows. Description: Restored heritage home set on the edge of the ocean surrounded by meadows. Accommodation: 4 simple rooms some with shared bathrooms. Why we like it: the name and the location.
Tuckamore Lodge
Location: Northern Peninsular. On Southwest Pond, just outside the fishing village of Main Brook. Description: Two pine and cedar Scandinavian style lodges with spectacular lake views. Meals are served in communal dining rooms and there is a sauna, hot tub, billiard room, library, living room with cable television and fitness equipment. Accommodation: 12 cosy room and 3 suites. Why we like it: Perfect position for L'Anse aux Meadows Viking Centre.
Quirpon Lighthouse Inn
Location: Quirpon Island, Windswept islet, 30 minute boat ride through Iceberg Alley, at the northernmost point of the Viking Trail. Description: Extraordinary inn consisting of two buildings at the foot of a lighthouse on a tiny uninhabited island. The 10 guest rooms are comfortable and cosy, although only one has en-suite facilities. Transfers to the island are weather-dependent. If you want to feel at the edge of the world and away from modern life, stay here for a couple of days. Walk, watch the whales and icebergs drift past, unwind and let this place just wash over you. NB Some walking/scrambling may be required to get to the inn itself. Why we like it: A truly unique experience.
Western Newfoundland Hotels Prices are per room per night based on 2 people
Humber Valley Neddies Resort Harbour Inn 2 Inn Room Bedroom - B&B 1st May up to 30th Sep 1st May up to 15th Jun up to 20th Sep up to 31st Oct Child Discounts £160 £242 £160 Under 19 £86 £108 £86 Under 13 Sugar Hill Inn Inn Room - B&B £81 £98 £81 Under 13 Tuckamore Lodge Lodge Room - B&B £75 Under 11 The Tickle Quirpon Inn Lighthouse Inn Inn Room Inn Room - B&B - FB £53 NA £224 Under 13
Viking Trail Experience, Newfoundland
7 Nights
relaxing and memorable drive with time to Day 7: Today explore St. Anthony for an hour or two before returning to Deer Lake and on to Corner Brook for the night. St. Anthony on the northern tip of Day 5: Visit Red Bay - the 16th Century's Whaling Capital of the World. This little-known part of North America had a population of over 500 European people when areas like Boston and New York were still wilderness. Newfoundland was the staging point for many northern expeditions. Arctic explorers used its sheltered harbour to take on sled dogs and other supplies as the world raced for the North Pole. Another St. Anthony highlight is the Grenfell Interpretation Centre. This is the last archaeological site you visit on this holiday which is considered by some experts to be North America's most diverse archaeological adventure. Farewell Dinner. Overnight Corner Brook Day 8: Depart for Deer Lake Airport. 2008 Departure Dates: June 08, 15, 22, July 06, 20, Aug 03, 10, Sept 14. Price: Per Person Sharing twin room £1390 Single £1536 Included: 7 Nights accommodations, all breakfasts and lunches, transportation as stated, admissions as listed, return airport transfers, experienced guide, Not Included: flights, Alcoholic beverages, gratuities, meals not stated above, items of personal nature.
Journey through time to learn about the birth of a continent and the death of an ocean. Walk in the footsteps of the New World's first peoples and explore the home of the first Viking explorers. This exciting holiday starts and ends in Deer Lake, and explores the nature and geology of Gros Morne National Park - a United Nations World Heritage Site. L'Anse aux Meadows, North America's only known Viking settlement and Red Bay, the Labrador home of over 1,000 Basque whalers during the 1540s, Enjoy Newfoundlanders, the culture, and the landscape on this unforgettable holiday. Day 1: You will be met on arrival in Deer Lake. In the early evening, we begin our exploration of Gros Morne with a light hike. Features include wild flowers, lush forests, mountains, birds, waterfalls, and perhaps a moose. 3 nights Gros Morne Day 2: Gros Morne provides one of the world's great geology lessons. As Prince Edward noted, "What the Galapagos are to biology, Gros Morne is to geology." This morning travel to Western Brook Pond for a 2.5-hour boat journey through a billion years of geological history. The afternoon features beaches, dunes, spectacular scenery, and often some caribou. Day 3: Today travel to the centre of the Earth. Visit the Tablelands where an 80 Day 4: Today drive north to St. Barbe and the Labrador ferry. En route visit The Arches, where the ocean has carved tunnels in the limestone rocks. The ferry ride is a holiday highlight with whales, seals, icebergs, puffins, and pelagic seabirds all commonly seen. This is a small, local service and the schedule can be influenced by weather and other factors, but based on previous years of experience, it is likely you will have a square kilometre slab of the Earth's mantle has been shoved up on land from deep beneath the ocean floor. Some scientists say the Tablelands more closely resemble the surface of the moon than the rest of the Earth. You then go on to part of the beautiful Green Gardens trail and the remains of ancient volcanic islands.
watch for wildlife and wildflowers. 2 nights L'Anse-au-Clair.
Visit the interpretation centre, and weather permitting, catch a boat ride to the actual dig site where you will explore the trails walked by the Basques over four centuries ago. Another highlight is the oldest burial mound in North America - older than the pyramids. The entire Labrador Straits area is rich in birds of prey, wild flowers, and fossils. Day 6: Today get up early and explore the beautiful Labrador Straits and possibly Quebec before returning to Newfoundland and driving to L'Anse aux Meadows - the only authenticated Viking site in North America. This is the North American extreme of the Appalachians. The ground where you stand (and where the Vikings stood 10 centuries ago) is the most northerly portion of Appalachia. Overnight St. Anthony.
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