Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada

Dvele Inn

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Style

Nordic-Newfoundland hook-up

Setting

Rainbow-hued Georgestown

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Dvele Boutique Inn’s name comes from the Norwegian for ‘linger’. There may be a landscape of moose and icebergs, breweries and seafood stops on this bed and breakfast's doorstep, but hunker down you might. Watching the light play through Queen Anne-revival stained glass, learning Newfoundland lore in the library, eating local pastries in bed — all amid meant-to-be color matches and statement picks by the interior-designer owner — is a gentle, warm introduction to the wildest of worlds.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

Seven.

Check–Out

10am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates include a breakfast box and free sweet and savoury treats in the lobby.

Also

Dvele Inn has some small steps up to its entrance, which means it’s not entirely accessible, but Room 1 is navigable for a wheelchair.

At the hotel

Lounge, library, Overpur water dispenser in the lobby, umbrellas and sleep masks to borrow on request, and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: smart TV, mini fridge, Nespresso coffee machine and tea-making kit, handheld steamer, bathrobes, custom scent by Alder + Ox, candles by Yorabode, and East Coast Glow bath products.

Our favourite rooms

Room Five is Dvele’s largest and maybe the most romantic, too. Dressed in subtle pink hues, with a bath tub and a peaceful location tucked away on the second floor, it’s the honeymooners’ choice.

Packing tips

Some kind of stylish sou’wester (or something more Gore-tex-y) for blustery boat trips; boots with strong constitution for hiking; and luxurious pajamas for all that other time when you’ll be cozied up in bed.

Also

Before arrival you’ll receive a short questionnaire so the hotel staff can customise your experience.

Children

Kids can stay (charged as an adult from 12 upwards). However, the prevailing mood is ‘before the kids came along’ and the atmosphere serene — so, this is one for the lovers.

Sustainability efforts

Dvele Inn does its bit to remain Earth-kind, using paper and glass packaging wherever possible, recycling, supporting local businesses and supplying East Coast Glow bath products in rooms, which use regional botanicals and iceberg water.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

Cuddled up in bed, avoiding crumbs.

Dress Code

Freestyle, once the ‘do not disturb’ sign is up.

Hotel restaurant

There’s no restaurant at Dvele Boutique Inn, but each morning you’ll find a breakfast box outside your door filled with local baked goods, yogurt or oatmeal, fruit and fresh juice — to be enjoyed as you please in your room. This gives you leeway to explore St John’s delectable dining scene.

Hotel bar

You can help yourselves from the honor bar in the beautifully decorated lounge on the second floor or raid your minibar. With Lightfoot & Wolfville wines, Nova Zero non-alcoholic wine from Nova Scotia, and Quidi Vidi Beer from the brewery down the road, local producers are well-represented. Books such as rugged chef Jeremy Charles’s Wildness: An Ode to Newfoundland and Labrador and Pam Hall’s Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge will put you in the company of some local champions.

Room service

Listen out for that breakfast-delivery knock.

Location

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Address
Dvele Inn
26 Monkstown Road
St. John's
A1C 3T3
Canada

Dvele Inn’s Georgestown neighborhood is both historic and vibrant, with an artistic community and merchant houses painted in cheerful hues.

Planes

The Inn is a mere 10-minute drive from St John’s International Airport. Most long-haul visitors will need a connecting route, but direct flights run from some cities in North America, Canada, the Caribbean, UK and France.

Automobiles

Each room is allocated one parking space in the hotel’s lot (they’re big enough for regular-sized vehicles, so if you’re riding up in an SUV, you may have to park on the street). St John’s is a very walkable city, but — as long as you’re prepared for driving in whatever weather the Atlantic has to offer — a car will open up a world of natural wonders to you.

Other

Marine Atlantic runs ferry services between North Sydney in Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques and Argentia in Newfoundland. This is, however, very much the slow-travel route with a hefty journey time clocked up both at sea and on the road.

Worth getting out of bed for

Dvele Inn’s setting, the city of St John’s swings from the cozy to the colossal. One moment you’re ‘aww-ing’ at Downtown’s collection of quaint rainbow houses, adorably dubbed Jellybean Row, the next you’re dwarfed by a beast of an iceberg as you sail out into the Labrador Sea or spot an elephantine moose while driving out to 19th-century Cape Spear Lighthouse. You won’t feel insignificant, as the locals are welcoming and may initiate you in a ‘screech-in’ or ‘kissing the cod’ ceremony: the former involving rum and oath-taking; the latter, self-explanatory. 

St John’s is also walkable, so wander genteel Bannerman Park, nose around the lieutenant governor’s house, and hike up Signal Hill to see Cabot Tower and get the chance to fire a cannon. Or tackle a stretch of the East Coast Trail: clifftop, coastal views accompany hikes between Fort Amherst and Blackhead on the Deadman’s Bay Path. Quidi Vidi is a village within St John’s that’s famous for its brewery, picturesque harbor (known as ‘The Gut’) and the annual regatta, held on its lake. Get a history lesson at The Rooms, a cultural centre telling the story of the province’s indigenous peoples and settlers, then pay homage to your new home’s style, with a stop at the owner’s SAM Design store. 

Local restaurants

St John’s is bijou, but don’t underestimate the expansive nature of the local produce and culinary talent. Portage’s owner-chefs have carefully cultivated ties with regional producers and a reputation for family-style dining. You can enjoy their shrimp-rangoon cannelloni or char-siu rutabaga à deux, but joining a communal table feels appropriate in this place of friends you’ve yet to find. Terre is also well-reputed for its very fresh oysters, snow-crab and beer-can chicken, plus vegetables they’ve grown indoors. And if you want to give moose a try, The Guv’nor Inn serves them in burger form when in season.

Local cafés

Looking at the frigid surrounds, you might not think ‘mmm, ice-cream', but, wait, maybe that iceberg does look a bit like a soft-serve swirl. If the urge hits you, The Parlour Gelato + Coffee specialises in the cool stuff, plus sorbettos, biscotti and brownies in unique flavors. For garlicky breakfast wraps or Roman-style pizza slices, The Postmaster’s Bakery delivers.

Local bars

Bannerman Brewing Co has some interesting pours, from its sour stout to its fruited ales to its foeder-aged saison; and it sits in the town’s former fire station. Yet more communal dining encourages you to get chatty after a few rounds. The Duke of Duckworth pub has British looks, but a Canadian friendliness in feel. No airs and graces needed, just pitch up for pints and pool. And if that ‘screech-in’ ceremony appeals, Trapper John’s has declared itself home of them — pucker up for the codfish… 

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this cozy-as-can-be inn in Downtown St John’s and unpacked their four-pack of local brewskis and cherished pieces of local craft, a full account of their northerly-cool break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Dvele Boutique Inn in Newfoundland & Labrador…

Newfoundland and Norway share DNA: both sit high on the latitude and can be chilly; they boast ethereal scenery and a rich taxonomy of wildlife; and now they share an aesthetic in Dvele Boutique Inn (named after the Norwegian for ‘linger’). Designed by well-traveled owner Susan Drover, who’s eye led her to found her design company Dwell by Sam. Her vision is natural materials, sophisticated color palettes, gentle florals and furnishings in iconic shapes. If you’re wondering where the Newfoundland comes in, well, its influence is as obvious as the enormous native moose. Find it in the hotel’s setting — a terracotta-hued Queen Anne revival building, typical of the town’s merchant houses; in Canadian poetry books laid out on your bed; or in your room’s bath products, which have distilled iceberg water in them… The town’s famed for its raucous ‘screech-in’ initiation ceremonies, but Dvele Inn warmly welcomes you in a more peaceful manner. 

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