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We've compiled the best of the best in L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
On a hill overlooking "Iceberg Alley" 8 km (5 miles) from L'Anse aux Meadows, the Valhalla has quiet rooms with large windows, Scandinavian furniture, and handmade quilts. The full property consists of individual rooms, as well as a private cottage and Newfoundland saltbox-style house. Pulitzer Prize–winner E. Annie Proulx stayed here while writing The Shipping News. The three homes in which she lived form part of the property.
These cabins are more about comfort than adventure thanks to the full kitchens, pillow-top mattresses, fine linens, and flat-screen TVs, but step out onto your porch and be awed by the soothing, uncomplicated view over the water. With a gas stop, restaurant, convenience store, and laundry facilities on-site, you never have to hit the highway again. For more privacy, a three-bedroom vacation home and two mobile homes are also available.
This restored 1920s lighthouse now functioning as a B&B is on the small island of Quirpon, a landmass of about 7 km (4 miles) by 1½ km (1 mile), just off the northern tip of Newfoundland. You can take Linkum Tours' regular boat service or be dropped at the near end of the island and walk the 5 km (3 miles) to the inn (your luggage will meet you there). Once there you can stay in the lightkeeper's house, a registered heritage structure, or next door at the 1960s house of the assistant.
This B&B consists of your choice of individual rooms or a saltbox by the sea, all convenient for visits to the Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows. The Viking Village has five rooms, all with bathrooms, which are decorated with spruce walls and Scandinavian furniture.
