Charlottetown Travel Guide

Charlottetown is the capital city of Prince Edward Island in Atlantic Canada. Charlottetown is a great place to spend a few days. It's a quaint and pretty town, small enough to be able to walk around, and has lots of good restaurants and bars. It's also within easy reach of the Prince Edward Island National Park.

Highway 1, a branch of theTrans-Canada Highway, connects Charlottetown with the Confederation Bridge located west or and the ferry from Caribou (Nova Scotia) located east, which are the two ways to reach Prince Edward Island. Charlottetown is 11 hours along the Trans-Canada Hwy fromMontreal(Rivière-du-Loup, Edmundston, Fredericton,Moncton) or 3.5 hours fromHalifax.

Taxis are cheap. $10 gets you from the airport to downtown. $6-10 will get you anywhere around town. All taxis are flat rate by zone. None has any specific licensing information in them; not to worry though, taxi drivers are typically friendly, enjoy meeting tourists, and are honest above all else. Charlottetown is a small, very accessible city: you can walk almost anywhere downtown.

There is no reason to stay at a chain hotel or motel in Charlottetown. The city is dotted with some of the cutest, and most comfortable, inns and B&Bs you can imagine. All offer fantastic service and most have locations that allow you to walk downtown. They will often be cheaper and offer much more comfortable accommodations than a hotel. These places live and die by their reputation, so most innkeepers are incredibly helpful. In winter, many places are closing for the season.