Halifax boarwalk?

[wezie]

What is the Halifax boardwalk like? Is it like the boardwalk you would see at the Jersey shore?

[DanJ]

I've never been to the one in New Jersey, but what it basically is is shops, restaurants, museums, condos, vendor booths, some street performers. There are piers along the waterfront with various boat tours, as well as private boats.

 

A couple pics.

 

 

[wezie]

Awesome! Thanks so much! :)

[LisaT12]

Is this close to where the ship docks???

[Shipshape7]

Thanks for the pictures, Dan. We're going next week and I had imagined it would be much more urban than it actually is.

[DanJ]

Halifax is very urban. They have electricity, indoor plumbing, and even Walmarts LOL. The waterfront area is set up with a mix of older type buildings, and as you can see in that top picture, office buildings. On the other side of those office buildings is the casino, and on the other side of that, the naval yard. The area in those pictures (which are from a Halifax website, they aren't mine) are approx 10-15 minutes on foot from the ship pier. Last time I was down there, it took us about a half hour to walk from the casino down to Pier 21 (the passenger terminal).

[sept10dsm]

Is this close to where the ship docks???

Yes

[parker6]

if you start at yoour cruise ship you can follow the boardwalk across the main sights on the waterfront. Suggestions ( in the order you'd find them after leaving your cruise ship and beginning your boardwalk walk)

 

pier 21 museum

Bishops Landing - A Manos is a great little restaurant with great hand-thrown pizza

Harbour Hopper tour departure area (everyone loves the harbour hopper - great tour of the city!)

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Nova Scotia Crystal shop and Galleries

HIstoric Properties (great shops)

Salty's restaurant (great seafood)

Lower Deck Pub (Great pub)

Cow's Ice-cream (Yummy)

[wezie]

Are there cabs there that would take you to and from the ship to the casino in case it is raining or we just don't feel like walking?

[DanJ]

Are there cabs there that would take you to and from the ship to the casino in case it is raining or we just don't feel like walking?

 

Yes, being a capital city, they have tons of taxis. They also have rickshaws (the guy pulling the 2 wheel buggy behind him), and those actually move along Water St quicker than cars.

[cs4225]

if you start at yoour cruise ship you can follow the boardwalk across the main sights on the waterfront. Suggestions ( in the order you'd find them after leaving your cruise ship and beginning your boardwalk walk)

 

pier 21 museum

Bishops Landing - A Manos is a great little restaurant with great hand-thrown pizza

Harbour Hopper tour departure area (everyone loves the harbour hopper - great tour of the city!)

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Nova Scotia Crystal shop and Galleries

HIstoric Properties (great shops)

Salty's restaurant (great seafood)

Lower Deck Pub (Great pub)

Cow's Ice-cream (Yummy)

 

 

Lunch at Salty's followed by an ice cream cone at Cow's. Good stuff.

[sapper1]

Lunch at Salty's followed by an ice cream cone at Cow's. Good stuff.

That is certainly my recipe for a great day in Halifax. If your cruise calls in Charlottetown there is a Cow's Store there as well.

[Denlin]

And don't forget about Beavertails - yummy! They are along the boardwalk too. From my understanding, Beavertails made Obama special O-tails!

[es_2009]

if you start at yoour cruise ship you can follow the boardwalk across the main sights on the waterfront. Suggestions ( in the order you'd find them after leaving your cruise ship and beginning your boardwalk walk)

 

pier 21 museum

Bishops Landing - A Manos is a great little restaurant with great hand-thrown pizza

Harbour Hopper tour departure area (everyone loves the harbour hopper - great tour of the city!)

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

Nova Scotia Crystal shop and Galleries

HIstoric Properties (great shops)

Salty's restaurant (great seafood)

Lower Deck Pub (Great pub)

Cow's Ice-cream (Yummy)

 

For those who have been to the port of Halifax (or people who live there), I have a question:

 

Are the shops better at Barrington Place or at Historic Properties? Thanks!

[PennyAgain]

The actual construction of the Boardwalk at Halifax varies. There are sections which are boards, but also sections that area paved (and some that are gravel.) Pier 21 all the way to Cows took me about 30 minutes at my usual slow pace. You can walk, take a taxi or even ride a regular city bus. Halifax is a wonderful city! Fantastic place to visit.

[parker6]

I's say Barrinton Place shops and Historic properties are very comparable overall. and close enough that you could do both. Why don't you tell me what you're interested in shopping for and I can give you a lowdown on suggested stops. The best shopping within walking distance of your cruise ship is actually up Spring Garden road which is about half way from your cruise ship and the area that you are speaking of.

[sapper1]

When I go to Halifax to shop I head straight for the Spring Garden Road area. For ladies' clothing I like Mills Bros, Foreign Affair and the Olsen Europe store, which is in Spring Garden Place. Winsby's is a great shoe store on Spring Garden Road.

Historic Properties has some very nice touristy type gift shops--and let's not forget the Cow's Ice Cream stand on the waterfront behind Historic Properties.

[es_2009]

Thanks sapper1, Pennyagain, and parker6! We are mostly interested in boutique type shopping, unique local items (not the "tacky" tourist stuff), and home decor. I really like the cute local gift shops and have been known to sneak into the occasional shoe store ;)

[parker6]

I think you'd be pretty safe finding local / unique stuff at Historic properties (there are a couple of stores in there that carry beautiful local pottery etc); at Nova Scotia Crystal (right next to historic properties); or at many, many stores on Spring Garden road (and most importantly the side streets off spring garden road). There is also a great craft/gift shop in Pier 21 which is a national history museum literally 5 minutes walk from your cruise port.

[Flyerfan12]

Is this boardwalk area fairly new? We were there in 2001 but don't remember this.

[sept10dsm]

Is this boardwalk area fairly new? We were there in 2001 but don't remember this.

It was there in 2004 and it does look fairly new. You would remember it so I assume it wasn't there in 2001. It's really nice!

[DanJ]

I used to go down there when I was a teenager in the 80's. Some areas were re-done for the G7 summit in the mid-late 90's, but the area from around the ferry terminal up through Historic Properties has been there for decades. From the ferry terminal to the casino is a much newer area, and last time we were down there a few years ago, there was construction between the cruise terminal and historic properties. Looked like some condos, but it might also have entailed more of the public waterfront as well.

[sckal]

Does anyone know if it's easy to get from the cruise ship dock to the Titanic Museum? Taxis or rickshaws available to take you there? Cost to get in?

 

We don't really want to take a ship's tour, we only want to go here and walk on the boardwalk. thanks for the great suggestions on that by the way.

 

Thanks

[sept10dsm]

Does anyone know if it's easy to get from the cruise ship dock to the Titanic Museum? Taxis or rickshaws available to take you there? Cost to get in?

 

We don't really want to take a ship's tour, we only want to go here and walk on the boardwalk. thanks for the great suggestions on that by the way.

 

Thanks

It's a short flat walk along the water. I don't recall the cost, it wasn't a lot. There is no need to take the ships tour for the museum. It's a nice museum to visit!

[rickb]

Does anyone know if it's easy to get from the cruise ship dock to the Titanic Museum? Taxis or rickshaws available to take you there? Cost to get in?

 

We don't really want to take a ship's tour, we only want to go here and walk on the boardwalk. thanks for the great suggestions on that by the way.

 

Thanks

 

You can do both at the same time as you have to walk about about two thirds of the boardwalk to get to the Museum. Depending on how fast you walk it will take about 10 minutes. The walk is an easy one along the flat boardwalk. There sometimes are Rickshaws available and there should be lots of taxis if needed.

 

The museum is called the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.