Newfoundland and Labrador Travel Guide
Signal Hill, St. John's, at sunset. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Newfoundland is the eastern edge of North America: 500-year-old fishing culture, Irish and English roots, and a landscape of barrens, fjords and sea cliffs. St. John's, the oldest English-founded city in North America, climbs the hill under Signal Hill in rows of bright 'jellybean' houses.
The west coast holds Gros Morne National Park, a UNESCO site of fjords and tablelands. L'Anse aux Meadows, at the island's northern tip, is the only confirmed Viking settlement in North America. Each spring and summer, Iceberg Alley off the east coast drifts with 10,000-year-old ice.
Key destinations in Newfoundland and Labrador
Gros Morne National ParkUNESCO fjords, the Tablelands and Western Brook Pond.
L'Anse aux MeadowsThe 1,000-year-old Viking settlement, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Signal HillCabot Tower above St. John's: Marconi's 1901 transatlantic signal and the harbour narrows.
Iceberg AlleyIcebergs off Twillingate and St. Anthony, best May to July.
Jellybean RowSt. John's brightly painted downtown houses.
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Top Cities & towns in Newfoundland and Labrador
Regional food
- Cod tongues
- Jiggs dinner (the Sunday boiled dinner)
- Bakeapple (cloudberry) jam
Getting there
St. John's (YYT) is the main airport. The Marine Atlantic ferry sails North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques (7 hours) and Argentia (16 hours, summer). Driving the island takes days; fly between regions or allow time.