Bed and Breakfast Ontario, SouthWestern area Bed and Breakfast

Situated between Lake Erie and Lake Huron, Southwestern Ontario is a year round destination that offers a myriad of things to do and is a place to enjoy the great outdoors and its scenery of the vast expanses of fresh water. Sometimes known as the "sunbelt" area providing a long shoreline of Great Lakes full of beautiful beaches, the sparkling blue waves that delight beach-loving vacationers today were equally attractive in the past to the Aboriginal people who settled and prospered in this area.

You’ll find endless water sports, fine dining, an abundance of golf courses and the equally vast acres of tranquil farm country in the interior. The surrounding towns are filled with history, world-class theatre and natural beauty and you can choose from a range of high quality bed and breakfast in SouthWestern Ontario to help make your visit that bit special.

This is also where you’ll find beautiful untouched wilderness, rugged forests, thousands of lakes and rivers, carefully tended vineyards all with their own unique flavour. This area of Canada produces one of the most internationally sought-after products, ice wine. Ice wine or Eiswein in Germany is distilled from a late-harvest wine made from grapes pressed while frozen. The Southwestern Ontario grows everything in abundance and gardeners can have a field day visiting greenhouse complexes and flower growers. Visit picturesque towns and villages like: Dundas, Tillsonburg and Mitchell.

Stratford and surrounding Perth County filled with history and natural beauty, with its world-class theatre and the famous Shakespeare festival attracting huge crowds every summer. During May to September the Stratford Festival has been performing for over 50 years to audiences from all corners of the globe and operates in four buildings: The Festival Theatre, Tom Patterson Theatre, The Avon Theatre and the latest called the Studio Theatre. The charming city also boasts having the highest density of antique shops in the region, it is an area made rich by the talents of artists and farmers, trades people and professionals all working together over the past 160 years. A cultural haven defined by the galleries, theatres, live music and eclectic shops found in abundance throughout the city. With its historical buildings and captivating rolling hills of naturally carved landscape, the city looks as if it were plucked from an English countryside and to make it feel more like an English town, perhaps you’ll enjoy a ride from the top of a red, double-decker bus. Stroll the serene and scenic Avon River, breathe the clean fresh air as you pass through sun-kissed, crimson-coloured poplars and cascading weeping willows, admire the Victorian-style buildings and monuments from the past. The historical City Hall building, constructed between 1898 and 1899, is a spectacular example of true Victorian style and well worth a visit, and if your style is Gothic, then you can admire a true rendition at the splendid St. James Anglican Church built between 1868 and 1870.

Visit the vibrant twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, home to two leading universities, a symphony orchestra and as a centre to the surrounding Mennonite religious farming communities. Kitchener, formerly named Berlin, has a unique heritage of both German and Mennonite origins and is host to the industrious and hardworking plain folk, the Amish people. Horses and buggies are frequently seen as you travel the byways and side roads in the area and you can tour Mennonite farms by trolley or horse and buggy to find out more about their interesting way of life. Another group of Mennonites has recently arrived in the Aylmer area following the harvest. Here you can enjoy their farmers markets featuring baking, handmade rugs and quilts reflecting a time in history where goods were homemade and of enduring quality. Also you’ll find activities and the atmosphere of the Maple Syrup Festivals celebrations that this community has embraced. Visitors can enjoy a wealth of activities throughout the year, from hiking on the Walter Bean Grand River Trail to a premier fishing spot on the Grand River, or in the winter months downhill skiing is available.

St. Jacobs is well worth exploring. The religious Mennonites settled in and around St. Jacobs in the late 1700s and early 1800s becoming one of the original Mennonite colonies with a lifestyle totally devoid of modern technology. Today, the rural areas around St. Jacobs are populated with many Old Order Mennonite families. One can almost imagine as if time stood still, the charming clip-clop of the horses' hooves and the clitter-clatter of carriage wheels of a horse-drawn black buggy driven by an Old Order Mennonite farmer in a wide-brimmed black hat similar to what their ancestors wore hundreds of years ago happily galloping down the main street, followed by an open carriage with two young woman dressed in long sleeved print dresses, aprons and pretty bonnets, a small child clad in pure white shirt and suspenders, all looking like a painting, a beautiful vast tapestry of a long gone era of unhurried simplicity. There are many attractions and things to see and do, one being The Steiner House, the oldest building in the village with the good luck child’s shoe still stuck into the wall. You’ll find comfortable and affordable bed and breakfast in SouthWestern Ontario as well as excellent bases from which to fully explore the countryside.

As you travel southwest you’ll arrive at St. Marys, with nineteenth-century limestone mansions making it one of the prettiest towns in the province, check out the wonderful outdoor pursuits it offers on The River Walkway and the Grand Trunk Trail. Or Ingersoll renowned as the place of cheese outlets and not surprisingly it has a fascinating cheese museum. Nearby is the city of London, also known as the Forest City with its amazing amount of trees and green spaces, its Grand Theatre, wonderful array of shops, galleries and entertainment establishment centre with residential areas that include heritage buildings, providing an eclectic blend of history and convenience, a place full of excitement and contentment, traditional and originality and home to the University of Western Ontario, a renowned centre of academics and research, particularly in the field of medicine. Maybe an authentic British double-decker bus tour of the city would delight you. Visit the historic site such as the Lawson Prehistoric Indian Village or sail in its focal point, the Forks of the Thames River. Here you’ll find beautiful parks, well-groomed pathways and a good selection of sports facilities. If you like hot air ballooning, then each August you’ll meet pilots as far away as Germany and Japan who come to participate in London's spectacular Airshow and Hot Air Balloon Festival. You’ll also be able to enjoy the Western Fair held in September, the fair being the largest outdoor show of its kind in Canada. Similar to the state fair as held in the USA, it consists of music, exhibits, live entertainment, carnival rides and a variety of agricultural and horticultural displays and contests.

Bruce's Caves is a great spot on the south side of Colpoy's Bay, east of Wiarton. Marvel at the scenic river gorge with its towering cliffs, the Grand River, the Irvine River and Lover's Leap. See some interesting features of the Elora caves, the main cave is a cavern with a hornet’s nest rock formation of stalactites and stalagmites with a "secret passageway" that allows one to scramble out the side and crawl over rocks back down to the trail. The second cavern is so deep, it makes people at the far end look almost invisible. A loop of the Bruce Trail provides a hike out to a spectacular vantage point that looks back onto Lions Head, a pretty harbour locality on the Georgian Bay side and named after the visible rock formation. Up the coast is Tobermory, a good base to explore the Bruce Peninsula National Park, Flowerpot and Cove Islands. Tobermory offers a choice of at least three glass-bottom boat tours that take you over two shallow wrecks in the harbour and on to Flowerpot Island. The broadwalk offers a scenic walk with stunning views of the cute lighthouse situated north of the town.

The towns and fishing villages along Huron Lake where you can go sailing, fish for salmon on the fishing charters or sunbathe in truly picturesque beaches. Stay in Kincardine, Zurich, Port Elgin or the elegant shipping port of Goderich it also offers a sugary white beach, tree-shaded streets of stately homes, attractive galleries, shops, a historic gaol and you’ll find excellent bird watching in spring, there is also excellent cross-country skiing and hiking facilities along the Maitland River. Visit the waterfront location of Windsor, the country’s busiest port and home to Canada's 'Automotive Capital' surrounded by a rural area of farms and beautiful orchards known as Canada's 'Sun-parlour'. Separated by the Detroit River, it is linked by a bridge and the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, a two-lane roadway and 75 feet below the surface of the Detroit River considered a great feat of engineering. The natural beauty of the city is enhanced by being bordered by water on three sides and obviously the water sports activities are endless, the surrounding county boast popular groomed parks and gardens with cultural and historical landmarks, gaming facilities and a large selection of shops and restaurants. The Charlie Brooks Memorial Peace Fountain is a wonderful floating fountain on the Detroit River, one of North America’s largest and offers a variety of water “shows” daily, pumping out 12,000 gallons of water into the air every minute!

At the southwestern tip of Ontario you’ll find Wheatley and Leamington, between them they provide some pleasant hiking trails and both are excellent bases from which to explore Port Pelee National Park, recognized around the globe for bird watching and the several beautiful beaches on Point Pelee are superb for sunbathing and swimming. Pelee and Rondeau Provincial Parks are also good for cycling and sheltered canoeing. Surrounded by marshes, it is home to a variety of wildlife, including all sorts of birds, especially in the spring and the fall, when a number of migratory species stop here. As an added attraction, there are long wooden docks that lead deep into the marshes, making it possible to observe some of the nearly 350 species of birds found here in their natural environment. In the fall season during September, the park is filled with graceful orange and black butterflies. Experience the kind hospitality and charm of the bed and breakfast in SouthWestern Ontario area providing you with that perfect vacation enjoyment.

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