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Halifax Like a Local Darkside Walking Tour
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
$240.55
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
Delve into Halifax's hidden history on this engaging walking tour, where tales of bootleggers and privateers come to life. Led by Jimmy Dalling, a local storyteller with deep roots in Nova Scotia, uncover the secrets that shaped the city beyond the tourist spots. Over 1.5 to 2.5 hours, explore off-the-beaten-path locations and hear stories of contraband shipwrecks and harbor smuggling. This intimate tour is designed for small groups, ensuring a personal experience filled with the messy, fascinating history of Halifax.
- Private tour ensures a personal touch and time to ask questions
- Discover Halifax's hidden history with a local expert guide
- 1.5 to 2.5-hour intimate walking tours and ferry rides
- Hear tales of bootleggers, privateers, and old scandals
- Discover the best Halifax has to offer efficiently with an expert
- Private tour ensures a personal touch and time to ask questions
- Discover Halifax's hidden history with a local expert guide
- 1.5 to 2.5-hour intimate walking tours and ferry rides
- Hear tales of bootleggers, privateers, and old scandals
- Discover the best Halifax has to offer efficiently with an expert
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Halifax Like a Local Darkside Walking Tour
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
- We take the longest consistently operating salt water ferry in North America - the world's cheapest ocean cruise!
- We typically stop for coffee and a snack. Your guide will have bottles of water but they are fuelled by caffeine and love it when you buy them a coffee!
Meeting point
Please go to the north end of Pier 20 or south end of the boardwalk behind the Discovery Centre and look for the guid with the grey hat that says "Tour Guide".
Return details
Please go to the north end of Pier 20 or south end of the boardwalk behind the Discovery Centre and look for the guid with the grey hat that says "Tour Guide".
- We'll pass and touch on the history of the islands in the harbour, learn more about the harbour, it's history for both settlers and Mi'kmaq as well as why the opposite side of the harbour is called 'The Darkside'. (pass by)
- Features excellent exhibits on the Titanic, the Halifax Explosion and age of Sail - all to be explored on your walk (pass by)
- The last of the flower class corvettes. You'll learn how it was used and a story about a family member who served aboard her. (pass by)
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Halifax Harbour FerryThe oldest continuously operating salt water ferry in North America. Learn about the ferries history, the harbour bridges and how love and intrigue led to a curse that lasted over hundred years.
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Alderney LandingHere we'll go deeper into some of the exceptional stories that have shaped Halifax and Dartmouth
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Halifax Harbour FerryWe'll travel back aboard the ferry, learn the names and stories behind the current ferries as well as the unruly origins of some of Canada's biggest institutions.
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Province HouseMarvel at the story of the first Canadian Separatist, the origins of freedom of the press, duals and how Nova Scotia was the first to experience 'the great contradiction'. We'll also explore a hidden architectural gem from the gilded age.
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St. Paul's Anglican ChurchThe oldest building in Halifax has a couple of remarkable secrets to share. Learn about parade square, the old morgue and the story of the Old Town Clock.
- Stories of adventure while the spire was being refurbished. (pass by)
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Old Burying GroundOldest cemetery in Halifax, stories about the last public hanging, the monument and a personal connection.
- The origins of how everything went wrong, turned around and backwards (pass by)
- Welcome to Halifax, you're home. (pass by)
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Halifax Like a Local Darkside Walking Tour
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
$240.55
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!