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| Travel Guide for Newfoundland Located on the easternmost edge of the country and consists of the Island of Newfoundland, site of St John's, North America's oldest city and provincial capital, and Labrador, remote wilderness attached to the mainland, Newfoundland stands out from the rest of the country with good reasons. While each and every Canadian provinces and territories features the very distinct characters and cultures of its own, there is definitely nowhere else like Newfoundland and Labrador, whose strong paradoxy sense of place is definitely one of Canada's best kept secrets. With a landscape so rugged and raw that the gargantuan icebergs drifting along the Labrador Current from the Arctic between May and July come as a melodramatic reminder of nature's finest and most acute feats of construction happened hundreds of millions years ago, the wild and windswept Newfoundland seems very much more pristine habitats for polar bears, puffins, whales and seals than suitable inhabitancy for human being. Yet all those historical harbors where Viking vessels lay anchored one thousand years ago, all those aboriginal communities of Bethuck, Innu, and Metis ancestry, all those European settlements of Acadian, Basque, English and Irish descent, all those lighthouses which have been leading watercrafts through the ghostly fogs that regularly roll into the submerged rocks and jutting headlands of the rugged bays and coves, all those excavations, exhibits, and interpretive facilities focusing on the authentication of Newfoundland's distinction as the true cradle of the New World and its much-lauded historical, cultural and social achievements, are all here to contrast its simplified status as Canada's youngest province. Stereotyped in some slightly malign jokes, Newfoundlanders are actually a group of quick-witted gracious people known for their native intelligence a wonderful sense of humor. You'll be in for lots of cheers and treats while interacting with them, whose boisterous spirit come at its most fun when practicing their "tradition" of "Screech-in" ceremony to welcome those from away. Visitors are required to kiss the slimy lips of a cod, and down a shot glass of "Screech" to the wild cheers of "Long may your big jib draw" of a crowd of witnesses. To witness such a diverting ceremony, or receive a certificate verifying participant's new status as an honorary Newfoundlander yourself, scour down George Street in St. John's, which is said to have more pubs per square foot than any other street in North America, for pubs performing such ceremonies, as well as a whole lot more hotspots for nighttime entertainment to be enjoyed. Although the modern edge of St John's comes alive with vibrant nightlife scene along George Street, trendy restaurants and shops on Water Street, North America's oldest street, you're probably well aware of the fact that while in this city that starts it all, historical sites would have been the best single reason for visiting. St John's old fashioned charm comes at its best at Signal Hill National Historic Park, the site of Gugliemo Marconi's reception of the first transatlantic wireless signal from England, and at the Cape Spear National Historical Site, the most easterly point of the continent whose Cape Spear Lighthouse has been standing sentinel for 170 years and counting. Anglican Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Roman Catholic Basilica of St. John the Baptist, Commissariat House, Government House, and the Colonial Building are also some of the city's historical sites worth exploring. For a glimpse into some of the specified aspect of history, visit the Newfoundland Museum, Johnson Geo Centre, RMS Titanic Wreck, and The Rooms, which is a provincial museum, archives and art gallery under one roof. Cultural delights also thrive at the Arts and Cultural Centre, Resource Centre for the Arts, Bowring Park Amphitheatre, and the Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Festival, which is held in Bannerman Park every August. With the addition of Memorial University Botanical Garden, Clovelly Golf Club, Bally Haly Golf and Curling Club, Admiral's Green, East Coast Trail, and the annual Royal St. John's Regatta, North America's oldest organized sporting event which takes place on the Quidi Vidi Lake on the first Wednesday in August, your St John's trip is made to be a wholesomely fascinating one. Hotels in St John's are undoubtedly the best and most requested hotels in Newfoundland. From the world-renowned chain hotels in St John's with modern amenities and splendid waterfront location to local landmark hotels in St John's and quaint Newfoundland bed and breakfasts in historic homes with traditional appeal and local flavor, St John's Newfoundland accommodations have everything you need for a comfortable overnight. As St John's is the only veritable boomtown in the province, hotels here, like accommodations in every metro area, are hard to come by. Make advance reservations if your choice of Newfoundland accommodations are some of the more popular hotels in St John's, like the Blue on Water, Fairmont Newfoundland, Hometel on Signal Hill, Murray Premises Hotel, or some of the most renowned Newfoundland bed and breakfasts, such as the Leaside Manor Heritage Inn, Angel House Heritage Inn and Suites, Bonne Esperance House, or the Park House Inn. Other reliable Newfoundland hotels and accommodations are to be found around the coastal outport and major inland communities, especially those with transport links with St John's via the Tans-Canada Highway, like Gander, known for its international airport that was used as refueling point for almost all transatlantic flights, Grand Falls-Windsor, with paper mils overlooking the Exploits River, Deer Lake, with the nearest airport to Gros Morne National Park, Corner Brook, a pulp-and-paper producing town, and Channel-Port aux Basques, a fishing and transportation centre in the southwest corner of Newfoundland with ferry connections to North Sydney in Nova Scotia. If you're stranded by some woful weather condition or if your arrival does not tally with the ferry schedule, there is always a clutch of convenient Newfoundland hotels and motels on the Trans-Canada outside of town, near major bus stops and car rental sites, and a number of fine Newfoundland bed and breakfasts and guesthouses in town for you to choose from. Newfoundland travel guide is copyrighted. It cannot be copied. |
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