Places to Explore

• Basin Head

  This beach is noted for exquisite silvery sand that stretches northeast for miles, backed by high grassy dunes. The lovely sand beach has been "discovered," but it's still worth spending some time here... (more)

• Bay Fortune

  The drive along Route 310 on the eastern shore is a tour through essential Prince Edward Island. Small wooded areas break up farm fields sloping away from the shore. Bays and rivers cut into the landscape... (more)

• Borden-Carleton

  Once home port to the Marine-Atlantic car ferries, Borden-Carleton has, since 1997, been linked to the mainland via the Confederation Bridge. The 13-km (8-mi) behemoth spans the Northumberland Strait and... (more)

• Brackley Beach

  Just outside Prince Edward Island National Park, Brackley Beach offers a variety of country-style accommodations and eating establishments. The town has a national park information service building about... (more)

• Cavendish

  Cavendish is the most visited Island community outside Charlottetown, due to the heavy influx of visitors to Green Gables, Prince Edward Island National Park, and the variety of nearby amusement park-style... (more)

• Charlottetown

  Prince Edward Island's oldest city, on an arm of the Northumberland Strait, is named for the stylish consort of King George III. The small city, peppered with gingerbread-clad Victorian houses and tree-shaded... (more)

• Greenwich (P.E.I. National Park)

• Malpeque Bay and around

  Oyster lovers may be quite familiar with the name Malpeque: the local bivalves are shipped the world over, though of course the freshest are found at PEI restaurants. It's said that one of the reasons they... (more)

• Montague

  The business hub of eastern Prince Edward Island, Montague is a lovely small town that straddles the Montague River and serves as a departure point for seal-watching boat tours.... (more)

• New London and Stanley Bridge

  This tiny picturesque fishing village overlooking New London Harbour is best known as the birthplace of Lucy Maud Montgomery. It's also home to several seasonal gift and crafts shops and a tea shop. The... (more)

• North Cape

  Black Marsh Nature Trail. One of the best ways to see North Cape's natural and manmade assets is by hiking the Black Marsh Nature Trail. The 5.5-km (3.5-mi) return path extends past tidal pools, whirring... (more)

• O'Leary

  The center of Prince County is composed of a loose network of small towns; many are merely a stretch of road. In the tradition of their forebears, most of the local residents are farmers or fishermen and... (more)

• Orwell

  The agricultural community of Orwell is noted for the farm country and its historic village.... (more)

• Port Hill

  Port Hill was one of the many communities in the Tyne Valley that benefited from the shipbuilding boom of the 1800s: the era of tall-masted wooden schooners. Some beautifully restored 19th-century homes... (more)

• Prince Edward Island National Park

• Summerside

  PEI Segway Tours. PEI Segway Tours puts a different spin on two-wheeling fun. Tours (30 and 90 minutes, $39 and $69 respectively) depart four times daily from the Spinnakers' Landing Lighthouse. 150 Harbor... (more)

• Tyne Valley

  The charming community of Tyne Valley has some of the finest scenery on the Island. Watch for fisherfolk standing in flat boats wielding rakes to harvest the famous Malpeque oysters. A gentle river flows... (more)

• Victoria

  By the Sea Kayaking. June through September, By the Sea Kayaking runs paddle tours—among them ones with clam-digging included. Kayaks as well as bicycles are also available for rent. Victoria Wharf... (more)

• West Point

  At the southern tip of the western shore, West Point has a tiny community of about 700 residents, with a fishing harbor, windmills, and a beach.... (more)