Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #1 in Halifax, Canada

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Number of sights 15 sights
Distance 5.5 km
Ascend 142 m
Descend 188 m

Experience Halifax in Canada in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in HalifaxIndividual Sights in Halifax

Sight 1: Halifax Central Common

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The Halifax Common, in local popular usage often referred to as the Commons, is a Canadian urban park in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It is Canada’s oldest urban park.

Wikipedia: Halifax Common (EN)

386 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

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The Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History, part of the Nova Scotia Museum, is located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The museum includes collections and exhibits concerning the natural sciences as well as artifacts of cultural significance to Nova Scotia.

Wikipedia: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History (EN)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Wanderers Grounds

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Wanderers GroundsCoastal Elite from Halifax, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0

Wanderers Grounds is a sporting complex in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and home to Canadian Premier League professional soccer club HFX Wanderers FC.

Wikipedia: Wanderers Grounds (EN)

475 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Public Gardens

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Public Gardensdaryl_mitchell from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Halifax Public Gardens are Victorian-era public gardens formally established in 1867, the year of Canadian Confederation. The gardens are located in the Halifax, Nova Scotia on the Halifax Peninsula near the popular shopping district of Spring Garden Road and opposite Victoria Park. The gardens were designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1984.

Wikipedia: Halifax Public Gardens (EN)

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Victoria Park

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Victoria Park is an urban park on Spring Garden Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, across from the Halifax Public Gardens.

Wikipedia: Victoria Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia (EN)

786 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: Saint Matthew's

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St. Matthew's United Church is a United Church of Canada church in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The church was founded at the same time as the original colony in 1749 as a home for the various groups of dissenting Protestants who were from New England and who did not follow the Church of England. It originally met Sunday afternoons in St. Paul's Church, the Church of England building completed in 1750. The church got its own home in 1754 when a church was constructed at Hollis and Prince streets. This building was destroyed by fire in 1857, and a new church was built at the current location at 1479 Barrington Street, land parcelled off of the Black-Binney House estate by Bishop Hibbert Binney. The church used the Old Burying Ground.

Wikipedia: St. Matthew's United Church (Halifax) (EN)

545 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 7: Royal Artillery Park

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Royal Artillery Park

Royal Artillery (RA) Park, a military installation in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, forms part of Canadian Forces Base Halifax. It is home to the headquarters of 36 Canadian Brigade Group and the official residence of the Commander of the 5th Canadian Division. On the grounds of RA Park are the oldest military officers' mess in Canada (1816) and the Cambridge Military Library, which houses one of the oldest library collections in the country (1810). Royal Artillery Park was initially funded from the conquest of present-day Maine, which was renamed the colony of New Ireland.

Wikipedia: Royal Artillery Park (Halifax) (EN)

425 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame

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The Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame was established on November 3, 1964, by John E. Ahern to honour outstanding athletes, teams and sport builders in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The facilities are located at the World Trade and Convention Centre in the provincial capital city of Halifax.

Wikipedia: Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame (EN), Website

720 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Halifax Citadel

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Citadel Hill is a hill that is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Four fortifications have been constructed on Citadel Hill since the city was founded by the English in 1749, and were referred to as Fort George—but only the third fort was officially named Fort George. According to General Orders of October 20, 1798, it was named after King George III. The first two and the fourth and current fort, were officially called the Halifax Citadel. The last is a concrete star fort.

Wikipedia: Citadel Hill (Fort George) (EN), Website

446 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

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Citadel Hill is a hill that is a National Historic Site in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Four fortifications have been constructed on Citadel Hill since the city was founded by the English in 1749, and were referred to as Fort George—but only the third fort was officially named Fort George. According to General Orders of October 20, 1798, it was named after King George III. The first two and the fourth and current fort, were officially called the Halifax Citadel. The last is a concrete star fort.

Wikipedia: Fort George, Nova Scotia (EN), Website

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Halifax Town Clock

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The Town Clock, also sometimes called the Old Town Clock or Citadel Clock Tower, is a clock tower located at Fort George in the urban core of Halifax, the capital city of Nova Scotia.

Wikipedia: Halifax Town Clock (EN)

441 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

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Art Gallery of Nova ScotiaCP Hoffman from Washington, DC, United States / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximately 6,200 square metres (67,000 sq ft) of space. The museum complex comprises the former Dominion building and two floors of the adjacent Provincial building.

Wikipedia: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (EN)

288 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

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The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is a maritime museum located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Wikipedia: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (EN), Website

53 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: CSS Acadia

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CSS Acadia

CSS Acadia is a former hydrographic surveying and oceanographic research ship of the Hydrographic Survey of Canada and its successor the Canadian Hydrographic Service.

Wikipedia: CSS Acadia (EN)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: HMCS Sackville

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HMCS Sackville

HMCS Sackville is a Flower-class corvette that served in the Royal Canadian Navy and later served as a civilian research vessel. She is now a museum ship located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the last surviving Flower-class corvette.

Wikipedia: HMCS Sackville (K181) (EN)

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