Halifax Walking Tour: Explore Historic Gardens, Citadel, and Maritime Museum

Embark on a captivating Halifax walking tour and discover the city’s historic gardens, Citadel, Maritime Museum, and more. Immerse yourself in the rich history and vibrant culture of Halifax!

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Halifax Public Gardens - After meeting at Uncommon Grounds to join the tour you will see one of the finest surviving examples of a Victorian garden in North America. From there you will also get a chance to see the historic Camp Hill Cemetery, The Halifax Common - Canada’s oldest urban park -, as well as the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre.
What's Included
  • Walk Along Citadel Historic Site
  • Guided Small Group Walking Tour (Max 10 People)
  • Walk Through Public Gardens
  • Guided Tour Along The Halifax Waterfront
  • Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (Admission Included)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities (optional)
Additional Information

You will begin your walk with a local guide through Halifax Public Gardens is one of the finest surviving examples of a Victorian garden in North America.
From there you will also get a chance to see the historic Camp Hill Cemetery, The Halifax Common - Canada’s oldest urban park -, as well as the Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre.
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Location
Halifax Public Gardens
Summer Street
Meet your guide outside of Uncommon Grounds in the Halifax Public Grounds
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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John_h
Sep 18, 2025
Value with local guide - Great value delivered with a fun, local bias! Leighton gave us a detailed overview of the local history combined with his personal knowledge of the city and life within the community. Definitely would recommend this one!9
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Susan_h
Jun 25, 2025
Recommend - It was very informative and the guide did a great job explanation things and gave us time to take pictures
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Joseph_h
May 27, 2025
Because of our age we... - Because of our age we almost cancelled this walking tour. You offered to take us by car and we accepted. It was an amazing experience. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
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H7355tcjohnm
Sep 3, 2024
Emi is Great! - Emi was very friendly and informative. We appreciated her welcoming spirit and knowledge about the history of Canada and Halifax.
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131mitchs
Apr 30, 2024
A must for those visiting Halifax for the first time and wish to dip their toes into its history and layout - Had a great time touring downtown Halifax with a fellow out-of-towner. Our guide Andrew was super-duper kind, and he helped us get a feel of Halifax's landmarks and history. That the weather was nice didn't hurt either. Highly recommend this tour if you want to get a first taste of Haligonian goodness.
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Cmh60
Jul 30, 2025
A good sight for history buffs - A very interesting tour, and we learned a lot from the museums. Our guide was very sweet, although her delivery was a little disorganized. She seems to know a lot, but we often had to ask questions to get the information. The little museums and the guards and musicians wandering around were a great feature.
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Cheryl_c
Jul 4, 2025
Walking Halifax - They skipped Pier 21 The Canadian museum of Immigration. They finished at the Martime museum. A little disappointed..
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Terrygr5132eg
Sep 20, 2024
Informative but limited - Guide was excellent. A bit misleading, however. Assumed a walking tour would cover more sites along the way. In fact this was a 2-site only walking tour. Having a guide in the Maritime Museum was not really value added.
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Canttravelatthemomen
Jun 20, 2025
Less than 2 hours - This was ok but much shorter than advertised- less than 2 hours, advertised as 3 hours. We were told straight away by our guide it would be no more than around 2.5 hours. We had limited time at the Citadel ( and not given the ticket to go back in). We were taken to Maritime museum and shown one exhibit - we were then left to see the museum at our leisure. Not told about or walked to the Art Museum ( which when we went a day later was excellent), nor the immigration museum ( which we independently discovered was also excellent).We contacted the Halifax office to express some concern about value for money and told our feedback was very important to them and the manager would contact us on Monday. Which almost a week in hasn’t happened. So sadly we say this tour is misrepresented and not value for money
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Sara_d
Sep 14, 2024
Booking change - They cancelled our time and we could not make the earlier one based on our ship sea shuttle . Not great.
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From $79
up to 10 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).