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**Property Location**.When you stay at The Villages of Mountain Gap Resort in Smiths Cove, you'll be on the beach, within a 5-minute drive of Old Temperance Hall Museum and Bear River Lighthouse. This beach motel is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Smith's Cove Historical Museum and 1.8 mi (2.9...
More about the hotel**Property Location**.When you stay at The Villages of Mountain Gap Resort in Smiths Cove, you'll be on the beach, within a 5-minute drive of Old Temperance Hall Museum and Bear River Lighthouse. This beach motel is 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Smith's Cove Historical Museum and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Smith's Cove Beach. Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometer. .Old Temperance Hall Museum - 1.8 km / 1.1 mi Smith's Cove Beach - 2.6 km / 1.6 mi Smith's Cove Historical Museum - 2.9 km / 1.8 mi Bear River Lighthouse - 3.7 km / 2.3 mi Trinity Anglican Church - 7.1 km / 4.4 mi Admiral Digby Museum - 7.2 km / 4.4 mi Digby Heritage Centre - 7.9 km / 4.9 mi Annapolis Basin Look Off Provincial Park - 8.6 km / 5.3 mi HMCS CFB Cornwallis Military Museum - 10.9 km / 6.8 mi Kniffen Hollow Falls - 11.9 km / 7.4 mi Bear River First Nation Heritage & Cultural Centre - 12.5 km / 7.7 mi Bay of Fundy - 14.9 km / 9.3 mi Point Prim Lighthouse - 15.7 km / 9.8 mi Savary Provincial Park - 18.9 km / 11.7 mi Upper Clements Park - 20.2 km / 12.5 mi .The preferred airport for The Villages of Mountain Gap Resort is Stanfield Intl. Airport (YHZ) - 227.7 km / 141.5 mi. **Rooms**.Make yourself at home in one of the 30 air- conditioned rooms featuring kitchens with refrigerators and microwaves. Your bed comes with premium bedding, and all rooms are furnished with sofa beds. Rooms have private balconies or patios. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected.**Dining**.Enjoy a meal at the restaurant or snacks in the motel's coffee shop/café. Wrap up your day with a drink at the bar/lounge.**Business, Other Amenities**.Featured amenities include luggage storage and laundry facilities.
Values realeated to administratives fees are already included at the moment of purchase at the HURB website.Local fees, services fees and resort fees may not be included and should be paid directly to the hotel.
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Shelagh Walsh
The room was filthy. It was not properly clean as there windowsills were dirty and covered in dead bugs. Dead bugs under the sink, so floor was not properly cleaned. The sink needed to be cleaned around the grout. The toilet needed to be cleaned and the toilet paper hanger was completely empty. There were no glasses in the room. The place is rundown but more importantly, it was not clean. I would never recommend this place.
Beautiful NS Staycation
We enjoyed a peaceful three night stay-cation in Cabin 6 at the Villages of Mountain Gap. Arriving holiday Monday and departing Thursday - Smiths Cove was a picturesque spot for our home base and South West Nova explorations. The Cabin was much larger than the pictures online led us to believe - the only improvements we could suggest would be the addition of a dresser to put clothes in or a suitcase on, and a larger fridge to accommodate longer stays. The AC was a hero as it was really hot even on the coast that week - and was loud! But not unbearable. If the cottages are to remain with the new ownership, mini split heat pumps would make them perfect. Either way, we would not hesitate to come back. We were able to relax in comfort in the very nice queen bed, and a little love seat sofa was perfect for a snack and the hockey game once we'd finished with the porch for the night. We also appreciated the pool and the ice from the front desk. Staff were attentive and kind, and really making the best of the season they have left. The Villages of Mountain Gap are certainly worth a look if you're looking to "get away" and stay close to home.
As Good As I Remembered
We last stayed here about 20 years ago. This year with all the COVID stuff going on we decided to stay within our own province for the most part and figured why not take the opportunity to return. It was a good as I remembered. Not the same, but still a great experience. We booked a one bedroom cabin. It had a table, small kitchen area and all the required amenities. The view was incredible. Morning coffee in the deck was lovely. There’s firepit areas, a pool and of course the beach - more of an exploring beach than a swimming beach. It’s a work in progress from what we could see. They appear to be doing lots of work on the property. I would come back here no question.
It certainly lived up to all our expectations, and beyond!
In 1988, I visited this property as part of an orientation for tourist bureau employees throughout the Annapolis Valley. I'd always hoped to get back and actually stay there, but it never worked out. This time, my fiance had an extra day off work for the civic holiday, so I called them, and they availability for the Sunday nite. Booked it in a hurry. We had a free standing cabin overlooking the water, and it was great. At first glance from the outside it looks small, but inside, was lovely and had all we needed......It was ready to check in 1/2 hour before the appointed time so we checked in, then took an hour long walk on the beach, and we were the only ones there. A gorgeous view of Digby and where the Digby/St. John, NB boat comes into the Digby gut. We walked up to the basketball court, threw a few balls, and walked up the hill to the chapel, what an amazing place with a great view to host a small wedding. I would certainly consider it if having a small ceremony of 50 or less........The swimming pool is lovely, a child's play house, and so much more. Staff was very friendly, and we thoroughly enjoyed our short but sweet stay. We will definitely be back!
Much better on offer elsewhere
I have repeatedly tried this place, since its bankruptcy and re-opening. As it is in my local community of Smiths Cove. 'Yes', the new owners have poured an immense amount of money into getting this place restored to something verging on normalcy. But it is truly difficult to rate the decor, the pub food, or the surrounding amenities as much other than 'motel basic'. There is just nothing to rave about. And not least the gouging pricing, as if this truly were some kind of 'resort'. There are many other local options available, both in Smiths Cove as well as nearby Digby. Either for a stay-over, or particularly for dining. But the Mountain Gap trades on its history rather than its present, and should be avoided by all but the impressible hillbilly.