Hotels in Mahone Bay

You'll find a clutch of bed-and-breakfast choices along Mahone Bay's Main Street, and also on the roads leading to surrounding coves; consult the Chamber of Commerce website (www.mahonebay.com) for a fairly complete listing.

Right in the center of town, the lovely Mahone Bay Bed & Breakfast at 558 Main St. (tel. 866/239-6252 or 902/624-6388) is a Victorian option with four rooms at rates from C$95 to C$135 per night. This restored, bright yellow house was built in the 1860s by one of the town's many former shipbuilders; expect plenty of wicker, a widow's walk, and some rather arresting curvature on the front detail of the home. A sitting room upstairs contains cards, games, books, and a TV with DVD player.

There's also Fisherman's Daughter Bed & Breakfast, 97 Edgewater St. (tel. 902/624-0483), with its maritime theme and four rooms costing C$100 to C$125 per night each. The rooms are predictably decked out with a little floral frippery (and claw-foot tubs), but they also have excellent views of the town and bay and cable televisions.