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Places to visit in Nova Scotia

6 towns, cities and natural areas we have written up in Nova Scotia, with our picks first.

A waterfront view of a city skyline featuring a large construction crane on the left, modern glass buildings, and a row of red-roofed buildings on a pier in the foreground, with the word "MURPHY'S" visible on one of the pier buildings.

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Halifax

Nova Scotian port city with historic star-shaped fort
An aerial view of a forested peninsula jutting into the ocean, featuring a white lighthouse with a red lantern room at its tip and a small cluster of houses and roads inland.

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Cape Breton Island

Island destination with dramatic coastal views
A large, ornate Victorian-style building with white siding, black trim, and a red roof, identified by a sign on the facade as the "Lunenburg Academy".

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Lunenburg

UNESCO World Heritage site with colorful colonial architecture
Historic green clapboard building on Main Street, Wolfville

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Wolfville

Annapolis Valley university town on the Minas Basin
A large, historic wooden building with a shingled exterior, a central cupola with a spire, and red-painted trim, situated on a grassy waterfront with a stone seawall.

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Shelburne

Historic Nova Scotia waterfront and Black Loyalist heritage
Cape Forchu Lighthouse on the rocky coast near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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Yarmouth

Working waterfront and gateway to Nova Scotia's Acadian Shores

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