In winter, the deciduous trees of the Annapolis Valley lose their leaves, odd pieces of fruit still frozen on the trees; the harvest festivals are over and the bulk of tourists are gone. Most, but not all. For two weekends in winter some thousand visitors come to line the fields around the farming village or hamlet of Sheffield Mills to join in a festival unlike any other.
Well, not precisely an app, but its very own mobile-optimized website that travellers can open up on their smart phones to learn as they go about what to do or see in Saskatchewan.
Planning a trip to British Columbia? You could start at your local movie theatre. British Columbia, it turns out, isn’t just gorgeous; it’s also talented.
Like most places in the world, the cuisine in Canada has its roots in the people and the landscape. Canada is a vast country, with such varied climate, geography and terroir for growing crops and raising animals that each region has its own specialty.
Yep, Canada is pretty much made for road trips—being the world’s second-largest country (after Russia) and all. The editors at Lonely Planet have just pointed this out.
Precisely 4,466-km in three days, four nights? Yep. Journalist Reb Stevenson crossed Canada the classic way—by train. While low-tech and not cheap (about $1,500), Reb found the journey downright appealing: “more like a vintage resort… the ultimate friendship incubator.”
If you arrive by plane from the US, you might think you’ve nodded off en route and landed in a museum: your über-cool west-coast experience begins the moment you de-plane at Vancouver International Airport.
