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snack bars. The village has a program for kids ($35), which provides them with a cos-
tume and seven hours of supervised historical activities.
Festivals & Events
held here the first two weeks of August. It draws 100,000 visitors; over 200 performers
including singers, musicians, actors, dancers from Acadia and other French regions
(some from overseas) entertain. Especially picturesque is the annual blessing of the fleet,
when a flotilla of fishing vessels cruises the harbor with ribbons and flags streaming
from their rigging. The culminating Tintamarre Parade is a real blowout.
Sleeping & Eating
Maison Touristique Dugas
INN, CAMPGROUND $
( 506-727-3195;
www.maisontouristiquedugas.ca
;
683 Blvd St-Pierre W; campsites/r/ste from
$20/85/119, cabins $99)
A few miles west of Caraquet, five generations of the friendly Du-
gas family have run this rambling, something-for-everyone property. The homey,
antique-filled 1926 house has 11 rooms with shared bathrooms. There are five clean,
cozy cabins with private bathrooms and cooking facilities in the backyard, a small field
for RVs beyond that, and a quiet, tree-shaded campground for tenters.
Hotel Paulin
HOTEL $$$
( 866-727-9981, 506-727-9981;
www.hotelpaulin.com
; 143 Blvd St-Pierre W; r incl breakfast $128, r
incl breakfast & 4-course dinner from $195)
Scrimp elsewhere and splurge on a night at the
exquisite Hotel Paulin. This vintage seaside hotel overlooking the bay was built in 1891
and has been run by the Paulin family since 1907. The rooms are sunny and polished,
done up in crisp white linens, lace and antiques. If you are staying elsewhere, make re-
servations for dinner; the hotel has earned a reputation for fine cuisine. An example:
fiddlehead fern soup followed by Acadian chicken fricot with herb dumplings (table
d'hôte $45).
Château Albert
INN $$$
$$$
( 506-726-2600;
www.villagehistoriqueacadien.com/chateauanglais.htm
;
Acadian Historic Vil-
lage; d incl dinner & theater package $275)
For complete immersion in the Acadian Historic
Village, spend the night in early-20th-century style - no TV, no phone, but a charming,
quiet room restored to its original 1909 splendor (with a modern bath). The original Al-
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