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Weekend getaways from St. John's without a car

Accessible via bus or ferry. For transplants who don't own a vehicle yet.

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Petty Harbour

Bus out, walk around, eat fish at Chafe's.

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Bell Island

Ferry from Portugal Cove. Easy day-and-a-half.

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Ferryland lighthouse picnic

Picnic lunches on the bluff. Bus to the avalon, taxi the rest.

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Quidi Vidi

In-town technically, feels like a getaway.

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Cape Spear

Easternmost point of North America. Half-day trip.

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