DESTINATIONS HALIFAX CANADA
gateway for one million immigrants between 1928 and 1971.
13.00: Time for lunch, served with a side order of people watching. Stayner’s Wharf Pub & Grill is famous for its clam chowder and there’s a spacious outside terrace, just off the boardwalk. Once you’ve had your fill of seafood, treat yourself to dessert at nearby Cows Ice Cream (look out for the enormous Friesian outside). It’s a Halifax institution; on sale is a wide range of Cows-themed merchandise (little ones will be smitten with the MooTube kids’ T-shirts), as well as the famous ice cream. Popular flavours include Cownadian maple and Prince Edward Island strawberry.
14.30: Burn off that ice cream with a paddle around Halifax harbour. Kayak Halifax offers a wide range of excursions, but the two-hour
Exploratour fits in best to a short break. You’ll learn about Halifax’s architecture, meet some of the wildlife – seals and porpoises regularly put in appearances – and enjoy a new perspective of Nova Scotia’s capital.
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17.00: Back on dry land, channel your inner art buff with a visit to the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, where you’ll find 17,000 works of art. There’s an emphasis on pieces by local artists such as Maud Lewis, so be sure to check out her colourful paintings of Canada’s wildlife. You can also admire her former home; after Lewis’s death her tiny, brightly-painted house was restored and donated to the gallery, and it’s now one of the exhibits.
19:00: Dinner time! A huge number of young, innovative chefs have set up shop in Halifax. Craig Flinn is head chef
11.00: Canadian Museum of Immigration
and owner of the recently-renovated Chives Canadian Bistro, where diners sit at candlelit tables and the wine is stored inside a former bank vault. The focus is very much on local produce, and staff are on first-name terms with the suppliers who provide everything from the wine to the seafood.
w DAY TWO 09.00: Time for a bike-based exploration of Halifax. Pick up your wheels from I Heart Bikes, a bright yellow shipping container-turned rental shop on the waterfront. Start with a gentle pedal to Humani-T, which specialises in tea and gelato. Afterwards, walk around Halifax Public Gardens, just across the street. This flower-filled park has squawking geese, babbling brooks and pretty Japanese- style bridges. Look out for the Titanic replica floating in the duck pond.
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ASK THE EXPERT
Sandra Potter, product and marketing manager, Frontier Travel One of the easiest places to get to in Canada, Halifax is the gateway to Nova Scotia, but also a great city to visit in its own right. The bustling waterfront has a fine range of shops and restaurants, as well as some great museums. Halifax also has more pubs and clubs per capita than almost any city in Canada – what more can you ask of a city just six hoursaway?
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13.00: Cows Ice Cream
10.00: Seaport Farmers’ Market
11.00: Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
14.30: Kayak Halifax
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