Halifax Boardwalk & Seaport: a Smartphone Audio Walking Tour

Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you explore the Halifax Boardwalk & Seaport! On this 2.5 km tour, you'll explore the many tourist attractions, historical buildings, artwork & statues that make up this must-see section of the city. Highlights include the Halifax Farmers Market, CSS Acadia, Halifax Cabling Wharf, Dockyard Clock & more! Don't just see the boardwalk, hear what it has to say! Live GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary will automatically play. The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your guess at the answer. Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch the crowded tour groups, tight schedules and high prices. It’s yours! Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route. Note: the number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.

Duration: 5 minutes

Halifax Seaport Farmer's Market

Visit the oldest continuously open farmers market in all of North America.

Duration: 5 minutes

Samuel Cunard Statue

Learn about Samuel Cunard from the man himself! Ok, well it's our tour guide pretending to be him, but it's still very informative and lots of fun!

Duration: 5 minutes

Discovery Centre

Discover the Discovery Centre! We'll tell you all about the brand new interactive exhibit. All attractions along the tour are optional. You have the ultimate freedom to visit and pick up the tour right where you left off.

Duration: 5 minutes

The Emigrant Statue

A statue of a man holding a suitcase. There has to be more to it than that, right!? There is! We'll tell you all about it.

Duration: 5 minutes

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Georges Island. We'll point out a great view of the National Historic Site and tell you all about it! You can even hop on a ferry and visit.

Duration: 5 minutes

The Way Things Are

No, you're not seeing things.. those light posts are definitely crooked. Well tell you about the inspiration behind the famous sculpture.

Duration: 5 minutes

Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk

Take in the breathtaking harbour from the comfort of a hammock! We'll show you were to go, and be right there waiting when you wake up from your seaside nap.

Duration: 5 minutes

Lower Water Street

Take a ride on the big wave sculpture at the boardwalk! Don't worry, they have foam padding in case you fall. We'll tell you about why it's there (hint - it's because people have fallen).

Duration: 5 minutes

The Piazza at Bishop's Landing

We'll point out the 'Fountain at Bishop's Landing'. A popular cooling off spot, great for a warm summer day.

Duration: 5 minutes

Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk

Learn all about the boardwalk itself from the boutiques to the murals, statues, attractions & more.

Duration: 5 minutes

HMCS Sackville

Discover what it was like to be a sailor fighting at sea in World War II! We'll tell you all about the ship and museum. If you want to know more, you can always go in and check it out.

Duration: 5 minutes

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

We'll show you Canada’s oldest and largest maritime museum where you can sit on a replica of a Titanic deck chair, or follow World War II convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Duration: 5 minutes

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Hop on board the CSS Acadia, an Edwardian steamship docked at the boardwalk. We'll tell you all about how this beautiful ship is an example of the graceful design that epitomizes the Edwardian Age.

Duration: 5 minutes

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We'll point out the Halifax Cable Wharf, built in 1913 that was once a port for ships laying cable across the Atlantic Ocean and one of the last original structures on the waterfront.

Duration: 5 minutes

The Dockyard Clock

See Canada’s oldest working clock that's been telling time for over 250 years! The nine-foot pendulum encased in the base is driven by a 250 pound weight.

Duration: 5 minutes

Halifax Ferry Terminal

We'll point out the ferry terminal, where you can snag a ride across the harbour to Dartmouth. You'll learn a bit about the area too!

Duration: 5 minutes

The Lower Deck

You'll discover that the popular restaurant is located inside what is likely the oldest building on the waterfront!

Duration: 5 minutes

1883 Upper Water St

We'll tell you all about the Collins Court & Bank Building, part of the Historic Properties section of the boardwalk.

Duration: 5 minutes

1869 Upper Water St

The tour ends at the Market Mall, a covered walkway home to pretty much everything and anything you could ask for!

Duration: 5 minutes

Holy Cross Cemetery

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Victoria Park

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Halifax Public Gardens

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Halifax Citadel National Historic Site

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Old Town Clock

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

St. Paul's Church

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

St. Mary's Basilica

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Old Burying Ground

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Fort Massey Cemetery

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Alexander Keith's Brewery

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Halifax Central Library

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Fairview Lawn Cemetery

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Point Pleasant Park

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Georges Island National Historic Site

We'll point out the island and tell you all about it!

C.S.S. Acadia

Hop on board the CSS Acadia, an Edwardian steamship docked at the boardwalk. We'll tell you all about how this beautiful ship is an example of the graceful design that epitomizes the Edwardian Age.