The Cottars are coming to King’s Theatre in Annapolis Royal on Saturday, May 21st and we have put together a special weekend package for you to take in the concert and everything else that our area has to offer. Your package includes 2 nights accommodations (Fri./Sat. or Sat./Sun.) plus 2 tickets to The Cottars performance [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Annapolis Royal’
Weekend with The Cottars
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Special Interest, tagged Accommodation, Annapolis Royal, Event, Hillsdale House Inn, King's Theatre, Tourism on May 10, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Plant a Tree
Posted in Events, News, Special Interest, tagged Annapolis Royal, Event, Gardening, Hillsdale House Inn, Nova Scotia on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier this week we had the great pleasure of having a few of the children from Good Beginnings Day Care in Annapolis Royal come by to plant some trees on our property. They are participating in the “Adopt a Stream” program. As you can see from the photos below they got their hands dirty and seemed to have [...]
Raccoon Poses As Santa Claus at Hillsdale House Inn
Posted in Entertainment, News, Pets, Special Interest, tagged Annapolis Royal, Event, Hillsdale House Inn on May 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mystery solved!! When we came into our dining room yesterday morning we discovered the screen on our fireplace laying on the floor and the plastic bag full of insulation that was packed in the flue for the winter was laying in the fireplace. Well this afternoon I found a non-paying guest staying in Room 6 [...]
Potential Good News for Local Economy
Posted in News, tagged Annapolis Royal, Bay of Fundy, Digby, Economic Development, Hillsdale House Inn, Nova Scotia on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Digby ready to wade into tidal energy trade The tidal turbines are coming and Digby, Nova Scotia wants to be at the centre of the action. The town has launched a campaign to position itself as a service centre for the tidal energy industry that is beginning to evolve in parts of the Bay of [...]
Hillsdale House Inn receives TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award for the second year in a row
Posted in Awards, News, tagged Accommodation, Annapolis Royal, Award, Hillsdale House Inn, Tourism, TripAdvisor on April 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TripAdvisor® has recognized Hillsdale House Inn with a 2011 Travellers’ Choice Award placing it among the top 10 B&B’s/Inns in Canada. This is the second consecutive year that the Inn has been honoured with this award. Once again Hillsdale House Inn is the only recipient east of Ontario. TripAdvisor® Travellers’ Choice Award winners are determined [...]
Halloween Happenings in Annapolis Royal
Posted in Cuisine, Entertainment, Events, Special Interest, tagged Accommodation, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, Event, Hillsdale House Inn, Historic Gardens, Tourism on October 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last evening we checked out two great Halloween experiences in Annapolis Royal. First we dared to go inside the Haunted House at the Sinclair Inn where we encountered a number of spirits from the past and wondered for a while if we would ever be able to return to present day. This was very well [...]
Home Routes ‘Maritime Circuit’ Visits Hillsdale House Inn
Posted in Entertainment, Events, Music, Special Interest, tagged Annapolis Royal, Event, Hillsdale House Inn, Music on October 24, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Val & I are very excited to be a part of introducing to you the Home Routes ‘Maritime Circuit’. In simple terms, the Home Routes program is a series of house concerts. “Home Routes is about world-class musicians, known and unknown alike, performing complete concerts in the comfortable intimacy of private homes and other non-traditional [...]
Ghost Hunting, Goblets & Goblins
Posted in Events, News, Special Interest, tagged Accommodation, Annapolis Royal, Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens, Event, Gardening, Hillsdale House Inn, Historic Gardens, Wine on October 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ghost Hunting, Goblets & Goblins Package While there are no known or reported encounters with ghosts at the Hillsdale House Inn, what better place to search for them than a 151 year old Historic Inn on Halloween weekend. While visiting the Inn to conduct your own search we also want you to have the opportunity [...]
Moose River Rug Hooking Studio Now Open
Posted in News, Special Interest, tagged Accommodation, Annapolis Royal, Craft, Hillsdale House Inn, Nova Scotia, Rug Hooking on September 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We are very excited to share that a few local friends of ours have recently opened the MOOSE RIVER Rug Hooking Studio in Clementsport, Nova Scotia. The studio will be a place for seasoned hookers to hang out and share stories and techniques, as well as a place for those who want to learn the [...]
Basted Eggs
Posted in Cuisine, Special Interest, tagged Accommodation, Annapolis Royal, Food, Hillsdale House Inn on September 24, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Have you ever heard of or tried to make basted eggs? Well check our this exerpt on YouTube from an episode of Adventures in Wine Country in which Val instructs the host in the art of preparing basted eggs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daeTjS-0Ubc. Of course an even better idea then making them yourself is to spend a night [...]
