The house is right at the waters edge at high tide. There are a wonderful bench and chairs from which to watch the tides. The little harbor is quaint. Watching the fishermen unload a days catch of scallops was remarkable. The neighbors were wonderful. It is ~ a two hour drive to Halifax/Lunenburg/and Digby, and there are lots of other places within a 2 hour radius. Unfortunately Cape Breton is too far to visit in a day. The restaurant in town was not open during our visit, but there is a great lobster and seafood restaurant 30 min away in Halls Harbor. The owner was available and responsive (we had a problem with the tv, and we ran out of fresh water, both problems were remedied immediately)
You won't be staying in a Holiday Inn. The house is old and "romantically worn". The floors slope and creak, paint around the trim and windows is chipped (not surprising since its so exposed to the ocean), but everything works, and is clean and comfortable. The most difficult thing was using only salt water to wash and cook with. At the owners suggestion we learned to rinse off after a shower. If there were one thing that I would change it would be to convert to fresh water in the taps.