Charlottetown 
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Plan the ultimate Island vacation filled with unique experiences exclusive to Prince Edward Island. From building your own sandcastle, to sleeping in a lighthouse, and exploring a Bottle Village, there is no shortage or exciting adventures to be had all across the province.
50 Bucket List Ideas For a Summer Trip to Prince Edward Island
1. Learn to build your own sandcastle
Flashback to childhood memories exploring the shoreline and building castles in the sand. You can experience this nostalgia on the beach in North Rustico and create new memories with your family. Take in a guided sandcastle build with one of the Island’s most notable artists, Maurice Bernard. He will enchant you with storytelling and will teach you to create a magical sculpture made of sand and beach finds in only two hours. Details
Plan your visit:
Summer Season
North Rustico Beach
2. Tour the Bottle Houses
Experience the magic of a unique houses made of over 25,000 recycled bottles cemented together to bring you the Bottle House. These must-see structures are located in Cap-Egmont and was built by Edouard T. Arsenault in 1980. Visitors can tour the Bottle Village exploring fairytale buildings and gardens filled colour, ocean breeze and sounds of nature. It is a perfect backdrop or a fun photoshoot inspired by nature and green living. Details
Plan your visit:
May Mid – October Thanksgiving | 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM
July – August | 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM
6891 RTE 11, Cap-Egmont
3. Singing Sands at Basin Head
Have you ever heard of sands that can sing? Well at the Basin Head beach in PEI, they do! This popular beach is a hot spot for tourists and Islanders alike because of its spectacular views, perfect swimming water and the one-of-a-kind singing sands. Take a walk along the boardwalk, grab a bite to eat, have a swim and rinse off in the shower facilities on site. The “singing sands” make a singing sound as you walk along the beach heading east due to its high amount of quartz and silica. Details
Plan your visit:
Spring/Summer months
318 Basin Head Rd, Souris
4. Tour a Haunted Mansion
The whole family can have fun on this tour of a haunted mansion in Kensington, PEI. Atop a hill in the small town sits a forbidden Tudor-style haunted mansion. Learn all about the legends dating back to the early 1890s – some people say they still see figures wandering past the hallway windows; stop by for a tour to check it out for yourself. Details
Plan your visit:
June – Early September
81 Victoria Street W, Kensington
5. Bar Clamming
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Scavenge for your own dinner while visiting an Island beach. Search along the sand bars for some of PEI’s biggest clams, bar clams. Step on board the Fundy Cruiser at the Charlottetown Yacht Club for an exceptional ride to a local beach. You will be geared up in a wetsuit, snorkel, mask and even your own special clamming rake. Your tour guide will show you the ropes and how to harvest the large clams out of the shallow waters. Enjoy these succulent treats on your boat ride back to the yacht club while you relax and take in the views.
Details
Plan your visit:
July & August
Georgetown
6. Sleep in a TreePOD at Treetop Haven
Spend the night, the weekend or the whole week at Treetop Haven, an all season vacation and wellness destination boasting five TreePODS, geodesic domes in the trees. Located in Mount Tryon, this unique attraction and accommodation is set on a 50-acre private lot surrounded by mature trees so you can sit back and connect with nature. Details
Plan your visit:
Year-round
1210 Mount Tryon Road, Mount Tryon
7. Green Gables Heritage Place
Spend an afternoon getting to know the Island’s beloved Anne of Green Gables at Green Gables Heritage Place in Cavendish. Experience Green Gables in real life, with features taken right out of the classic novels by L. M. Montgomery. You can picnic at a Victorian-style tea party in the gardens, and dance and sing along in a true PEI ceilidh. Details
Plan your visit:
Daily May – October | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
8619 Cavendish Road, Cavendish
8. Thunder Cove Beach
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Well known to most locals and loyal tourists to Prince Edward Island, Thunder Cove Beach is likely one of the most photographed beaches in the province. Located on the outskirts of Kensington, Thunder Cove features geologically diverse and showcases just how impactful the ocean and winds are on the Island’s landscapes. The red sandstones make up vast cliffs and caves along the shore. Up the beach a little ways is a unique “stack” known as the Teacup Rock. The rock structure is made of sandstone and is extremely fragile.
Plan your visit:
All Seasons
Thunder Cove Road, Lot 18/ 1 Hour from Charlottetown
9. Spend the Night in a Lighthouse
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Perhaps one of the most charming of all Island lighthouses is the West Point Lighthouse located in Cedar Dunes Provincial Park. Constructed in 1875, it was the first of the Island’s square towers and it is also an example of a second-generation style of lighthouses. As PEI’s tallest lighthouse, it stands a whopping 67 feet tall and features distinctive black and white stripes and a gable roof. Operating as the Island’s only working lighthouse inn, the West Cape Lighthouse offers a spectacular backdrop of dunes and PEI’s classic red sands. Details
Plan your visit:
364 Cedar Dunes Park Rd, O’Leary
Contact: (902) 859-3605
10. Dye Clothing with Red Sand
Red Rock Adventure Company
Take home a unique souvenir from your PEI trip –dye a t-shirt with the red sand mud. Take a t-shirt to the beach, soak it in the mud and wash it in the ocean water to create your own beautiful designs. If you are not sure where to go, Red Rock Tours offers a guided Dirt Shirt Tour, where you can make your own Red Rock Dirt Shirt. Details
Plan your visit:
Naufrage harbour
Contact: 902 215 0029
Please don’t promote Thunder Cove as a tourist spot. The dunes are a fragile ecosystem and it is not a provincial park with signage, public washrooms, public parking, or even paved roads. The cliffs are dangerous and people have been hurt. This is a neighborhood community of private lots. Thank you