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Hidden gems in St. John's
Skip the tourist circuit. These St. John's spots are the ones locals actually send their out-of-town friends to.
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Top spots in St. John's
Signal Hill
OutdoorsEast End
Cabot Tower hike with cliffs, whales and the Atlantic.
Quidi Vidi Village
Food & DrinkQuidi Vidi
Fishing harbour + iceberg-beer brewery.
Cape Spear
OutdoorsDay trip
Easternmost point of N.A. — go for sunrise.
Jellybean Row
CultureDowntown
Rainbow-painted rowhouses of old St. John's.
Mummers Festival
CultureDowntown
Disguised, masked, door-to-door Newfoundland Christmas tradition.
Iceberg Alley Boat Tour
OutdoorsHarbour
10,000-year-old ice drifting past your boat.
Where to eat
Raymonds
$$$$Newfoundland tasting · Downtown
Long considered Canada's best restaurant.
Mallard Cottage
$$$Heritage Newfoundland · Quidi Vidi
200-year-old cottage, cod tongues and moose.
Chinched
$$$Charcuterie + small plates · Downtown
House-cured everything, packed nightly.
Merchant Tavern
$$$Modern Canadian · Downtown
Old bank, oysters, killer cocktails.
Frequently asked
- Locals' under-the-radar picks include Signal Hill, Quidi Vidi Village, Cape Spear. These are the places that don't show up on the first page of mainstream travel guides.
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