Cottage vacation Winter Activities in Prince Edward Island

Plenty of winter activities await your participation in Prince Edward Island. Winter months are busy beyond imagination of many tourists. The activities draw thousands to crowd around and enjoy the season with her petals of beauty fully opened. But, this all can be best savored when you are comfortably settled taking Prince Edward Island cottage rental. The place offers spending winter in a welcoming way, more beautiful and comfortable than expected.

Snowmobiling
This is a great fun for all. The kids love it especially for thrilling moments of speed. Neat and flawless trails run through amazing beauty of the nature all around. You will agree that possibly nature has spilled everything from her kitty of winter for adorning this island. The trails have been selected out in a much systemized way to let you enjoy both, speeding through the woods and vast farmlands.

Skiing
Winter months are especially popular in the Prince Edward Island for the experienced skiers, but the activity is equally shared by the beginner. Experienced skiers are free to choose any style as they like to sharpen their skiing skills; enjoying both, the vertical fall style or speeding down long alpine trails are there for you. The choice is up to you whether you like a drop or speeding through slopes, there are plenty of trails including ungroomed ones. Well admired trails in Prince Edward Island are Woodland Trail, Green Gables Ski Trail and Bubbling Spring trail. The tourist facilities are well cared with easy availability of equipments and guide for beginners. The starting point near Dalvay Administration Office of the park has heated warm up rooms for comforts.

The Woodland Trail is a mid size, 5 km long trail situated close to Dalvay entrance of the park. Green Gables Ski Trail is the largest trail in length, about 13 km. Bubbling Springs Trail is the smallest, 2 km long, one and also located around Dalvay entrance of the park. All of these trails are groomed trails with ski shelter at the center of the trail.

Snowshoeing
Snowshoeing is something like carrying out the legacy of olden times, walking through the snow with heavy snowshoes. Many take it to be not so thrilling experience compared to other action packed winter activities. But, they will prove themselves wrong once they get the admirable taste of Snowshoeing. It means a lot- walking through soft snow, struggling to get out of the knee deep snow and mild fall-down provide exclusive charm. The Reeds and Rushes Trail snowshoeing trail is a 0.7 km long trail and begins from a location close to Dalvay Administration Office of the park. The infrastructure provides a heated rest room for the tourists.

Skating
Gorgeous Dalvay Lake offers lovely skating area over a portion of frozen lake and some areas around it. However, skating over the frozen lake is permitted if the ice formation is conducive enough to the activity. Picturesque surrounding turns more attractive for the presence of Dalvay-by-the-Sea National Historic Site. The infrastructure for skating is well advanced with selected out trails, well groomed for community purpose.

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Top Ten things to do on your PEI cottage rental vacation

Enjoy a perfect retreat of cottage rental vacation by visiting the charming and very beautiful Prince Edward Island, popularly known as PEI. This is a popular province in Canada that features an island by the same name along with some other islands as well. Take a look at top ten things that you can do during you r stay in this Canadian province.

Visit Greenwich
If you are interested to explore the rare parabolic sand dunes and the vital locations that dates back to 10,000 years, then visit the Greenwich - Prince Edward Island National Park. Apart from the fantastic vistas of the sand dunes, you can take a look at the 10,000 year-old historical Aboriginal and Acadian occupations or take pleasure in the interpretive trails. The Interpretation Centre offers several learning opportunities as well.

Exciting trail
Avail exciting experience of strolling, cycling or running on the Confederation Trail. The recreational trail is stretched from Tignish in the west to Elmira in the east, covering more than 270 kilometers of immaculate surface.

Enjoy wines
Nobody ever imagined the existence of winery on Prince Edward Island, but it is here. Rossignol Estate Winery is based on PEI and here you can taste wide range of table wines and premium fruit wines. Take a look at the work of arts on the island with your favorite wine, the experience would be awesome.

Explore the best of preserves
Visit the PEI Preserve Company and enjoy the fun. Experience the best of preserves in Canada with some great foods. Check out the gift shop or enjoy a country breakfast; you will love the experience.

Experience authentic Celtic
In the summertime, Celtic Festival takes place at the College of Piping and Celtic Performing Arts of Canada. Excellent Celtic performing arts can be enjoyed over here.

Old Charlottetown
This is the historical city of PEI, which also happens to be its capital. Old Charlottetown is the Birthplace of Canadian Confederation and it is home to several historical attractions. You can visit the Province House where you can witness the Confederation Centre of the Arts, Founders Hall, Canada's Birthplace Pavilion, the home of Anne of Green Gables, etc.

Visit North Cape Home
On visiting the North Cape Home, you will get to see wealth of attractions. You will never forget the experience of encountering the North Cape Wind farm, the Atlantic Wind Test Site, longest natural rock reef and the Black Marsh Nature Trail.

Borden-Carleton
Learn more about the cultural diversity and history of PEI in the Gateway Village. Located at the base of the Confederation Bridge, the village showcases several mysteries of the island along with diverse gifts, handicrafts and food services. Across the Northumberland Strait, you can also get idea about the transportation modes.

Orwell Corner Historic Village
Get back to the world of 1890’s rural crossroads community by visiting the Orwell Corner Historic Village. You will be just mesmerized with the schools, churches, farm houses, country store, blacksmith shop and community hall.

Get cottage rentals
In PEI, there are lots of exquisite cottages. Choose a beautiful cottage, preferably near the beautiful shores and enjoy your vacation.

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