Saint John & Bay of Fundy

This guide covers Saint John, the port city where the tide turns the Saint John River backwards at the Reversing Falls and the City Market has traded since the nineteenth century; Hopewell Rocks, where you can walk the ocean floor between sea stacks at low tide; Fundy National Park and the Fundy Trail Parkway, two very different ways into the coastal forest; and St. Andrews by-the-Sea, a seaside town with a famous garden, a historic blockhouse and whale-watching boats. This is a summer and early-autumn destination, roughly mid-May to mid-October, so every page states its season plainly, and the hotels include some that stay open all year. Halifax and the rest of Nova Scotia are covered in their own guide.