Day 1
Muir, a Luxury Collection Hotel
Hotel · Halifax, NS
Start on the Halifax waterfront at this One MICHELIN Key hotel.
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Lighthouse Route: Halifax to the lobster rolls
Halifax, NS to Barrington Passage, NS
Leave Halifax and keep to the coast: Peggy's Cove first, then the churches of Mahone Bay and Old Town Lunenburg. The road ends near Barrington, the self-styled Lobster Capital of Canada, at a three-time champion lobster roll.
- Best months
- June to September
- Stops
- 7 stops · 5 of them picks
Stop by stop
Day 1
Mystic
Atlantic tasting menu · Halifax, NS
Order the lobster raviolo with local saffron in this glass box on Halifax Harbour.
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Peggy's Cove
Viewpoint · Peggys Cove, NS
See the lighthouse said to be Canada's most photographed, in a working fishing village.
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Tom's Lobster Shack
Lobster shack (takeout) · Peggys Cove, NS
Take away a lobster lunch a few steps from the lighthouse.
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Mahone Bay
Pull over for the Three Churches reflected in the bay.
Day 3
Lunenburg
Walk the colourful streets of Old Town Lunenburg, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and find the Bluenose II replica.
Day 4
Capt. Kat's Lobster Shack
Lobster shack · Barrington Passage, NS
Order the lobster roll that won the first South Shore Lobster Roll-Off in 2018 and a third title in 2025.
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Before you go
Sources
- Explore the South Shore · Tourism Nova Scotia
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