Compare car rental in Yarmouth with VroomVroomVroom. We partner with top car rental companies such as Enterprise to bring you great prices. Yarmouth is a little fishing town you can visit in Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada. Yarmouth is also known as "The Gateway To Nova Scotia" and its motto is "Progress". The charming town is the seat of Yarmouth county and is located in the center of the most important lobster fishing ground of Canada. Because it is located at the end of Nova Scotia, the previous inhabitants of the area, the Mi'kmaq, used to call it "Keespongwitk", meaning "lands end".
The city of Yarmouth was settled in the mid 18th century, on June 9, 1761 and incorporated on August 6, 1890. In present, Yarmouth has about 7,000 residents and an area of 10 square kilometers. If you plan visiting it, there are some attractions not to miss.
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is an art gallery of the whole province, but represents only a branch of the main institution that has its headquarters in Halifax. It was established in 1908 and it was previously known as the Nova Scotia Museum of Fine Arts. This Yarmouth attraction has a few thousands of paintings, sculptures and stone carvings that you can admire if you pay it a visit.
Yarmouth County and Museum Archives is a history museum of Yarmouth. It was established in the city in 1935 and offers a great retrospective of the history of this beautiful town. If you are interested in finding more about the settlement of Yarmouth and of its development until our times, you should not miss it.
Lotus Garden is a restaurant located at 67 Starrs Road, in Yarmouth. This Chinese eatery is a favorite of the locals, thanks to the exceptional food it offers. The staff of the restaurant is very friendly. If you visit Yarmouth, try to take at least a meal at Lotus Garden and you will be completely satisfied with the food.
