Recent reviews Halifax
[magdadh, 14/11/2010] The Citadel, a grim and imposing 19th century fort, sits squarely above the city. In the summer, it has all kinds of attractions, from the changing of bekilted guards to museum displays. At the time of our visit, it’s cold, windy, empty and atmospheric. It must have been a hard post, serving here on the Atlantic edge of the Empire.
The views over the harbour and the city are excellent, and as we walk down the grassy hill we get a good look at the wooden city clock, another Halifax landmark.
It's certainly one of the most interesting places in Halifax and well worth the climb up the hill.
[magdadh, 14/11/2010] Halifax, the capital and the largest city of Nova Scotia (where a third of the province’s two million inhabitants live) is situated rather smashingly on the shores of a deep inlet, the second largest and the deepest natural harbour in the world.
Halifax’s attraction are also predominantly maritime and colonial in flavour, with the chief being the prettified and turistified promenade by the harbour, along which numerous historic and attractive ships are moored, from historic surveying vessels to sailing ships to a cartoon-character tugboat. Many of these offer trips for tourists, but only in
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[smilepolite, 16/07/2007] Lovely inn on Barrington Street in the heart of downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia. The room was lovely, period architecture and period furniture. The entrance area was a little dodgy, but they may have fixed that. I guess it felt like the inn was a little run down, but it was nothing that effected the charm and cleanliness of the inn. The breakfast was nothing to write home about, and I would suggest foregoing their breakfast and choosing instead to wander down the road to one of the many great restaurants within walking distance. B+, would stay there again if only because of the elegance and hi
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