EVEN IF YOU DON’T HAVE

an extravagant summer trip to Europe on the books, it doesn’t mean you can’t get an amazing vacation experience right here at home. Instead of going the typical hotel or all-inclusive resort route, I like to think outside the box when choosing my escape by picking stylish experiences with lodgings that have unique architecture or history and exceptional decor. My top choices include The Ferg, an intimate Scandi-style Picton, Ont., boutique B&B with an inviting porch that sits under a maple tree’s canopy; a rustic selfmanaged Canadian tour with Caperace Cultural Adventures in St. John’s, N.L., where you can choose from a string of charming, colourful seaside cottages, each with its own vintage esthetic; and Le Monastère des Augustines, a converted cloister in Quebec City that offers an array of holistic wellness getaway packages in a historical setting. Each is completely different, yet, no matter which one suits your vacation style, they all provide the perfect Canadian summer escape.