North Shore Bus Tour, No Pickup

Anne of Green Gables and PEI North Shore Bus Tour

★ 4.8 10 verified reviews on the listing

Best suited to travelers who want Green Gables and the North Shore in one four-hour outing without a rental car. The from-price is $106.73 per person and the tour carries a 4.8 rating from 10 reviews, with free cancellation included. Green Gables Heritage Place is open daily from 1 May to 31 October, 9 am to 5 pm, and youth 17 and under get in free, while a park entry fee applies in season at the national park gates. Check the live booking page for the exact meeting point and what the fare covers.

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Duration: 4 hours
Group: Small group
Meeting point: PortGuard 1 Weymouth St, Charlottetown, PE C1A 0B4, Canada Open in Google Maps Meet at the Pauley Tours kiosk in the front parking lot of the Charlottetown Cruise Ship Terminal, 1 Weymouth Street. Do not exit to the parking lot on the right side of the terminal, as that area is for cruise ship tours. Look for our kiosk, flag, and vehicle beside the boardwalk. Front Parking lot
Cancellation: This tour comes with free cancellation. The exact cut-off deadline and any refund conditions are set out on the live booking page, so check there before you book, since windows can change with the season.
Run by: Pauley Charter and Adventure Tours

Pauley Charter and Adventure Tours runs this four-hour run from Charlottetown into Anne country and back, and the format is a small bus rather than a full-size coach. The tour holds a 4.8 rating across 10 reviews and starts at $106.73 per person, with free cancellation attached. Ten reviews is a small base next to some of the bigger operators on the island, but a near-perfect score from a small-group product is a different signal than the same score from a volume seller, and the small bus is the reason many travelers pick it. A dozen or so seats means the guide can take questions on the drive, adjust pacing at stops, and talk about the island the way locals actually talk about it. The itinerary pairs the two halves of central PEI that first-time visitors most want. Green Gables Heritage Place in Cavendish is the anchor, the farmhouse that inspired L. M. Montgomery's novels, with its grounds and surrounding trails. From there the route works along the North Shore toward Prince Edward Island National Park, where red sandstone cliffs, dunes and long pale beaches set the scenery. A park entry fee applies in season, sold at the park gates, at Green Gables Heritage Place and at Ardgowan National Historic Site, so check the live booking page for what the fare covers before you go. Green Gables itself is open daily from 1 May to 31 October, 9 am to 5 pm, with adult admission at $10.00 in high season, $8.25 in shoulder season and $5.00 off season, and youth 17 and under free. Four hours is enough for the house, the grounds, a shoreline stop and the drive out through potato fields and fishing villages, which makes this a practical fit for cruise passengers and for anyone who wants the highlights without committing a whole day. Against the alternatives, it sits in the middle. Prince Edward Tours charges $87.61 for its four-hour Our Island Experience, and See Sight Tours charges $114.37 for a guided version of similar length, while its own Express option cuts to three and a half hours at $72.87. What this one offers is the small-bus ride and the North Shore loop in one outing, with a local operator behind the wheel.

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