WELLINGTON, ONTARIO – Cheeky, fun and off the charts on the vibrancy meter. A stay at the Drake Motor Inn is like a designer vacation amidst the superb quiet of Prince Edward County. My wife and I recently had a fine evening at this uber-trendy spot a couple hours east of Toronto, as well as a truly memorable meal at the restaurant at the Drake Devonshire Inn, their equally buzzworthy sister place a few steps down the road. The sense of playfulness begins before you even enter the motor inn, especially if you come up Wharf Street from the “downtown” Read more
Prince Edward County
A town where they make beauty products out of seaweed and pies the size of a basketball. A prairie city with great Shakespeare and a nude beach. And not one but two towns with potato museums. Americans know about Toronto. I think most of them know it’s in Canada. They’ve probably heard of Montreal and Vancouver. But there’s so much more to Canada, some of it wacky. Here’s a look at some of the lesser-known spots you should check out this summer. With the U.S. dollar buying about $1.36 Canadian these days, Americans also will find their dollars go a Read more
Canada’s new federal tourism minister says Canadian tourism officials need to keep marketing Canadian domestic travel. It’s a nice thought. And he’s right. But domestic tourism can’t possibly take the place of international visitors. A recent story in the Globe and Mail noted that visitors to Ontario’s hip Prince Edward County spend an average of $74 per day. Visitors spend more than $400 per day, which is more than five times as much. This is an issue all around the world, and all across Canada. Locals who drive to a destination, say, from Calgary to Banff, might buy a family Read more
PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY, ONTARIO – You think you know a place. And then, wham, it smacks you upside the head and spins you around and puts a grin on your face that can barely be measured. I’ve been all over southern Ontario in my 35 years living in Toronto. I’ve been all over the country and the world in my eight years as a full-time travel writer. But I’d never driven around Prince Edward County to truly explore the towns and had never set foot on the sand dunes of Sandbanks Provincial Park until late July, when the Ontario Tourism Read more
