Bear's Cove is a completely renovated once nursing home. Seven rooms, eight baths, beautiful furnishing and decore. Linda and Clayton are professionals who now how to entertain and provide service. Sitting room and dining room are exceptional.
Clayton turns out a great breakfast (a food and beverage guy for years). Rooms have ocean view and are three walking minutes from East Coast Trail. On dead end road so absolutely quiet. Rooms are immaculate and the hosts exceptional.

Bears Cove Inn is 20 minutes south of St. John's Newfoundland, in Witless Bay. The Inn has all the comforts including highspeed Internet. Food was great. Good access to many segments of the East Coast Trail including one right outside the front door.

Staff and owners are great people with excellent knowledge of the local area, including trails, pubs, activities etc. They recommended Stan's Sea Kayaking as an outing to rest our weary legs, absoulutly worth trying.

Will be back

We spent two nights in mid-June at the Bears Cove Inn. This is a relatively new building, on a secondary road very near to the coast. The office, dining room and a small common room, as well as a few rooms, are on the first floor; the remaining rooms are on the second floor (no elevator). We had a room at the front of the inn on the second floor. It was nicely furnished, if a bit small; with the suitcases on the floor, there was little room to walk through. The room included a double bed (very comfy), a private bath and a small balcony. And from that balcony, we could see, out in Witless Bay, an iceberg on our first day there, and a second one on the next day! The Inn does have free wireless Internet access; ask the staff for the access code. Breakfast is available at the Inn, but not included in the price of the room: approx. $5 for continental and about $8 for American.

The owners and their staff are very friendly, and helpful in suggesting restaurants, gift shops, and local attractions. The rooms are spotless, and the food good. It was the most expensive of the places we stayed, but I believe the rate is comparable to others in that area (near St. John’s and the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve).