If its history you like take a 5 minute drive to visit the Alexander Graham Bell Museum (http://capebretonisland.com/AGBell.html), Giant MacAskill Museum, 15 minutes away, or if you are up for a leisurely drive within a 5 minute jaunt you hit the base of the world famous Cabot Trail or try a trip through time at the world famous Fortress of Louisburg (http://www.fortressoflouisbourg.ca/).  

Oh yes make sure on your way back you stop along the way to bring back fresh baked bread or you may want to try out Fresh Lobster right off the wharf. 

For the children your retreat at Baddeck Inlet, Bras d’Or Lakes, offers your little one’s countless outdoor adventures such as building sand castles on the beach, swimming or fishing right at your doorstep. Then after lunch they can make there way through nature throughout numerous walking trails, biking trails, or you may decide to take the kids on the adventure of a local Horseback trail ride.  

Also within a short jaunt you want to enroll the children in one of the Islands numerous day and weekly summer camps, or try the kids out at the one of Bell Bay juniors Golf Programs, accepting children as early as 5 years old, also as an option the Baddeck children sailing school all within a 10-15 minute drive. Baddeck Inlet adventures galore, in the evening camp fires, marshmallow roasts, star gazing and story telling before the children fall asleep to the sounds nature on the Bras d’Or Lakes.

Bell Bay, ranked best new golf course in Canada 2002, home of the 2005 Canadian Armature http://www.capebretonresorts.com/golf_bellbay