Start from 31 curated places around Cape Breton, CA, then choose the recommendations that fit your guests.
Restaurants & cafés
Baddeck Lobster Suppers
A Baddeck institution serving a traditional Maritime lobster supper with unlimited mussels, chowder, and dessert. The most-Cape-Breton dining experience in the region.
Bell Buoy Bistro
A long-running Baddeck waterfront restaurant with seafood-centric mains, harbour views, and the most-loved casual dinner in the village. Homemade blueberry pie is the dessert.
Trails & outdoors
Uisge Ban Falls Trail
A 4 km out-and-back trail to a 50-metre waterfall on the Baddeck River, the closest serious hike to Baddeck. Steady forest walk with a payoff.
North River Falls Trail
An 18 km return trail along the North River to a 32-metre waterfall, the highest in mainland Nova Scotia. Long but easy grade through old-growth forest.
Things to do
Alexander Graham Bell National Historic Site
A National Historic Site in Baddeck honouring the inventor's summer-home decades, with hands-on exhibits on telephone, hydrofoil, and aviation. The single most important museum on Cape Breton.
Highland Village Museum
A living-history Gaelic village in Iona on Bras d'Or Lake, recreating 18th and 19th century Highland-Scottish immigrant life with restored buildings and costumed interpreters speaking Gaelic.
Landmarks & sights
Bras d'Or Lake
A 1100 sq km inland sea that takes up the centre of Cape Breton — a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2011 with the deepest blue water in eastern Canada. The defining geography of the island.
Baddeck Waterfront
The Baddeck village waterfront on Bras d'Or Lake, with the wharf, the boat tours, the heritage Inn Telegraph House, and the village green. The southern gateway to the Cabot Trail.