Fogo Island Inn

Fogo Island Inn is a long white building raised on stilts over bare rock at the northern edge of Newfoundland, facing nothing but open Atlantic until Greenland. It was built as a social enterprise: surpluses go back into the island's community, and much of the furniture, quilts and fittings were made by Fogo Islanders working with visiting designers.

All twenty-nine suites face the ocean through floor-to-ceiling glass. There is a rooftop sauna and two wood-fired hot tubs on the rock, a cinema, an art gallery and a library. Every guest is paired with a community host — an islander who takes them out to the outport settlements, the berry grounds and the hiking trails, which is the part most people remember.

Rates include all meals, use of the inn and most land-based excursions, with a three-night minimum. Icebergs drift past in late spring and whales arrive in summer.