With some terrific day trip options available in the surrounding area, having your own car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to soak up all that Middleton, 35 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here ought to be Annapolis Valley Macdonald Museum, Old Holy Trinity Church and Memory Lane Railway Museum. Locals will also probably point you toward Saint John, 50 miles away. If you only have time for one attraction here, make sure it’s Harbour Station. (But we’re also big fans of Saint John Imperial Theatre and Reversing Falls.)