Things to do when in Halifax

[DoubleF]

I'm going to be in Halifax for a week in May and I was wondering what would be good things to do while I am there.

Peggy's cove is on the list and since I'm unlikely to return any time soon, the idea of going to PEI has also been suggested to me.

[Puppet Guy]

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a good place to start.

[bc-chris]

leave?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a good place to start.

Ya, that place is great!

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by bc-chris

leave?

Does Anne of Green Gables or maybe Moncton count?

Anything to do in those places?

[Fuzz]

Moncton? Ewww. Only exciting thing there is the tidal bore if you time it right. If you do happen to head up that way Joggins is a neat stop. It's a fossil bed in the cliff in the Bay of Fundy, so you have to time your visit for low tide to access it.

[Puppet Guy]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

Does Anne of Green Gables or maybe Moncton count?

Anything to do in those places?

PEI in May isn't terribly exciting, and it's about 4 hours drive from Halifax so a day trip probably isn't worth it if you've only got the week.

PEI National Park is gorgeous, though. And the Canadian Potato Museum in O'Leary opens for the season on May 15!

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Puppet Guy

PEI in May isn't terribly exciting, and it's about 4 hours drive from Halifax so a day trip probably isn't worth it if you've only got the week.

PEI National Park is gorgeous, though. And the Canadian Potato Museum in O'Leary opens for the season on May 15!

You had me at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, you lost me at Potato Museum.

[Swarly]

Army Museum Halifax Citadel is great to see
also, the Alexander Keith's Brewery tour is excellent, it's more of a peek back in the history of the company and the man rather than just the standard brewery tour of look at our giant beer fermentation vat

[Jiri Hrdina]

PEI is wonderful. My favorite place in the world.

[Flamesguy_SJ]

Paging Maritime Q-Scout!

I only occasionally make it down to Halifax, but here are some of my regular stops while I'm there:

Halifax Seaport

Public Gardens on Spring Garden Road

The Halifax Public Library is beautiful

If you are a beer drinker, there are quite a few little craft breweries in the downtown, including the Garrison Brewery at the end of the Seaport. There are also a couple of beer gardens down along the harbour (don't know if they'll be open yet), and the boardwalk itself is pretty nice with a bunch of restaurants and shops and nice views, though it'll likely still be a bit chilly the first week of May.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by Flamesguy_SJ

Paging Maritime Q-Scout!

I’ll save him some trouble.

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

Check out the Citadel as well. It's been years since I went I to the fortress there but I recall it being cool.

As noted above the Maritime Museum of try Atlantic.

If you're there on a weekend the Farmers Market on the waterfront is pretty neat.

Halifax Public Gardens are pretty, not huge but nice.

In terms of eating Your Father's Moustache is my favourite pub food. It's not greasy like typical pub food and the waitresses are super hot (not to mention really good at their jobs, service there is top notch). This is located on Spring Garden Road, sit on the patio!

Chives consistently has the best ranked chef in the city. The chefs/owners also opened a more lunch style resturant two doors down called "Two Doors Down" both are on Barrington Street.

The patios on Argyle are awesome (there is construction across the street of the new convention centre but don't let that deter you.

If you're venturing outside the downtown core (or the penninsula as the locals will call it) Kartbaun in Baters Lake is a lot of fun. Golfing at Glen Arbour is from what I'm told the best place to enjoy 18 holes.

Take a harbour cruise. They're relaxing and you see the city from a whole new perspective. There are tons in the boardwalk from the Harbour Hopper which tours the downtown in their weird boat on wheels and then "hops" into the harbour and tours from the water; to a Theadore Tugboat replica that gives a tour. If money and time is tight just cross on the Dartmouth ferry and back.

There are several brewery tours available (Alexander Keith's, Garrison, Propeller).

What are you looking to do, and when will you be there?

Lastly, wings at Oasis are good, when I go I order them with HalifaxDrunk so is recommend eating them like that. T

Feel free to send me a PM. I lived in Halifax for a few years and still visit several times a year.

If you're going Labour Day weekend you're welcome to join my bachelor party

Check the Travel thread.

[DoubleF]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Moncton? Ewww. Only exciting thing there is the tidal bore if you time it right. If you do happen to head up that way Joggins is a neat stop. It's a fossil bed in the cliff in the Bay of Fundy, so you have to time your visit for low tide to access it.

I'm considering it so that I can basically just say that I've stepped foot in Nova Scotia, PEI and New Brunswick once in my life.

I don't mind a single day where I just crush off mundane checklist items. I'm trying to find the balance between places I should basically power walk through and leave vs other places I should spend more time.

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

I’ll save him some trouble.

Check the Travel thread.

Thanks! I tried searching and I couldn't find the post. I didn't realize it was in the travel thread.

[Fuzz]

If you go to PEI, I'd recommend at least spending a night. Maybe you could do it at the end of your trip, since the Halifax airport is halfway there anyway(only kinda joking).

[Ozy_Flame]

Pier 51. Check and see if your ancestors/relatives came in on any of the boats from the Atlantic! They have the records if they did.

Also, Edna is a great restaurant.

[Flamesguy_SJ]

Originally Posted by DoubleF

I'm considering it so that I can basically just say that I've stepped foot in Nova Scotia, PEI and New Brunswick once in my life.

I don't mind a single day where I just crush off mundane checklist items. I'm trying to find the balance between places I should basically power walk through and leave vs other places I should spend more time.



Thanks! I tried searching and I couldn't find the post. I didn't realize it was in the travel thread.

Answered your own question there, I think.

But seriously, NB has cool stuff too!

Go see the giant lobster in Shediac! Or Fundy National Park in Alma!

[afc wimbledon]

rent a car and do Peggy's Cove and Lunenburg

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by Flamesguy_SJ

Answered your own question there, I think.

But seriously, NB has cool stuff too!

Go see the giant lobster in Shediac! Or Fundy National Park in Alma!

Ah, the giant lobster...I stuck my head in the claw, to the chagrin of the tour bus of folks trying to take pictures without some Canadian clown messing it up.

[Locke]

Also Sbarro's??

[Maritime Q-Scout]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

I’ll save him some trouble.


Check the Travel thread.

Holy Crap, that's a great review... I have zero memory of doing that!

I'll add 2 Crows Breing on Brunswick as a great place to get a beer.

Check out the library, it's a really neat place.

Spring Garden Road has been completely redone, walk up from downtown to the Halifax Commons.

But as bc-chris reccomended, leave, come to Cape Breton!