Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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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 fe...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
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 Points
Departure
The Emigrant Statue
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
Halifax Like a Local Darkside Walking Tour
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South End
About
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 fe...
Highlights
From 2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
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 Points
Departure
The Emigrant Statue
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
Items | Halifax Like a Local Darkside Walking Tour
Itinerary
1
Georges Island
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'.
2
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Features excellent exhibits on the Titanic, the Halifax Explosion and age of Sail - all to be explored on your walk
3
HMCS Sackville
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.
4
Halifax Harbour Ferry
The 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.
30 minutes
5
Alderney Landing
Here we'll go deeper into some of the exceptional stories that have shaped Halifax and Dartmouth
30 minutes
6
Halifax Harbour Ferry
We'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.
20 minutes
7
Province House
Marvel 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.
5 minutes
8
St. Paul's Church
The 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.
10 minutes
9
Saint Mary's Cathedral Basilica
Stories of adventure while the spire was being refurbished.
10
Old Burying Ground
Oldest cemetery in Halifax, stories about the last public hanging, the monument and a personal connection.
5 minutes
11
Government House
The origins of how everything went wrong, turned around and backwards
