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Prince Edward Island

Includes  Why Go? ...... 146 (PEI) is as pretty as a storybook: Lucy Prince Edward Island Maud Montgomery’s classic Anne of Green Gables, to be ex- National Park...... 158 act. Like Anne Shirley, the book’s heroine, loved the world New Glasgow...... 162 over, the island too is a redhead – from coast to coast, rich, Kensington...... 163 sienna-colored soil nourishes luminous green pastures and shores are lined with rose and golden sand. Anne’s belov- Cavendish...... 164 ed landscape, a patchwork of lush rolling fields, tidy gabled Summerside...... 166 farmhouses and seaside villages has barely changed. Tyne Valley...... 168 The island is, as far as islands go, largely self-sufficient Tignish & and has gained a reputation as a farm- and ocean-to-table North Cape...... 168 culinary destination. Its size makes it easy to explore by car or bike – the island’s Confederation Trail is one of the world’s best cycling destinations. And, like the rest of the Best Places to Maritime provinces, its people are warm and inviting. Eat ¨¨Inn at Bay Fortune (FireWorks) (p157) ¨¨New Glasgow Lobster Supper (p163) When to Go ¨¨Landmark Café (p158) Charlottetown ¨¨ Harbourview Restaurant °C/°F Te mp Rainfall Inches/mm (p154) 30/86 8/200 ¨¨Water Prince Corner Shop 20/68 6/150 & Lobster Pound (p152) 10/50 0-32 4/100

-10/14 2/50 Best Places to -20/-4 Sleep -30/-22 0 J FDM A M J J A S O N ¨¨Fairholm National Historic Inn (p150) Jun Enjoy the Jul & Aug The Sep Traditional ¨¨Dalvay by the Sea (p159) spring calm and entire island is in music and a bevy blooming wild- festival mode with of food events ¨¨Barachois Inn (p162) flowers before the live music and mark PEI’s Fall ¨¨Great George (p150) crowds hit. Lobster Suppers Flavours Festival. nightly. ¨¨Around the Sea (p162) d 15

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