Castle Hill National Historic Site — Attraction in Placentia

My wife and I were here on our way home from our road trip across Canada.You mite say Placentia was the pinnacle of our road trip.Not in the less were we disappointed, we didn't really want to leave NL.The lady at the bed and breakfast suggested we drive over here for the view.The old ruins,the view were fantastic,we hung out here for a couple hrs just for the view.If it has a high hill or a mountain I'll go just to look,we weren't disappointed.One memorable of a place that I would like to see again. Originally built here in 1660 by the french and then over ran by the British,Over taken back and forth.The French settlement of Plaisance was renamed Placentia by the British upon taking control by...

A neat historic site with beautiful view overlooking Placentia.

Noticed visitors entering the site without paying. Without paying the entry fee of almost $4, you can view historic remnants without the background story and information. When you pay the entry fee, you can borrow a headset that will guide you through what the remnants mean. Be sure to ask for a headset if you pay the fee, as the worker did not offer us headsets after paying and we didn't understand anything we were looking at until we realized there were pictures of headsets on the plaques. The site and audio tour was a little short.

There's a beautiful gift shop on site and they offer scavenger hunts,...

This was spectacular historical site which told the story of the English and French armies fighting to control Newfoundland’s fishery on the 1600 & 1700 centuries. The French built this Fort to defend their fishing village in the harbour beneath. Today’s harbour name is Placentia. This is a very interesting Fort location. There are pieces of the Fort walls and cannons to look at. And there are hiking trails around the Fort. And inside the visitor center there is a gift shops. This was time we’ll spent visiting this site. We are pleased that we stopped and learned...