St. Anthony, Newfoundland Port Reviews

We enjoyed this port but not the transportation provided by HAL on our excursion to L'Anse Aux Meadows. The school bus ride was exceptionally bumpy and the mic didn't work for the first half of the ride. Otherwise the 4-hour tour was great. Our experienced guide was terrific and she had to work under difficult conditions. It was interesting to tour the first European settlement in the New World at L'Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland. Guides along the way explained in detail what we were seeing. We visit the various huts where costumed guides demonstrated life in the settlement. We toured the Chieftain's Hall where the Viking warriors slept.

Visited: Aug 02, 2017

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The port itself is not too exciting, other than the visitors center, which has a small cafe, there isn't much. We took the Santana Trail excursion which involves walking about almost 400 steps to get an amazing 360 view. Not really was bad as it sounds and worth the view. Also saw the lighthouse. A bit disappointing as we had the entire day and not even a place to have lunch.

Visited: Jul 30, 2019

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We had an excursion to the Norstead Viking Village then we had a Viking lunch at the lighthouse area.

Small town. Not much to do.

Nice walk out to the headland opposite where the ship was "anchored". Excellent restaurant and cute little museum at the Emporium next door. Very friendly locals.

Not too much to do there. Grenfell Center is main attraction.