Guidebook for Halifax

Susan & Michael
Susan & Michael
Guidebook for Halifax

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University fitness centre 1 block from home
The Homburg Centre for Health & Wellness
920 Tower Rd
University fitness centre 1 block from home
for toiletries and a post office - also on Spring Garden Rd
80 locals recommend
Shoppers Drug Mart
6139 Quinpool Rd
80 locals recommend
for toiletries and a post office - also on Spring Garden Rd
fabulous reconstruction & wonderful day of learning and experiencing
83 locals recommend
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site
259 Park Service Road
83 locals recommend
fabulous reconstruction & wonderful day of learning and experiencing
Buddist meditation centre
Halifax Shambhala Centre
1084 Tower Rd
Buddist meditation centre
home sweet home, with a comfortable bed waiting
5742 Victoria Rd
5742 Victoria Road
home sweet home, with a comfortable bed waiting
closest supermarket - 3 blocks away
36 locals recommend
Sobeys Queen Street
1120 Queen St
36 locals recommend
closest supermarket - 3 blocks away
gorgeous clothes - also on Spring Garden Road
Foreign Affair
5639 Spring Garden Rd
gorgeous clothes - also on Spring Garden Road
great surfing beach...v.v.v.very cold! Rent a wet suit!
18 locals recommend
Lawrencetown
18 locals recommend
great surfing beach...v.v.v.very cold! Rent a wet suit!
Home!
5742 Victoria Rd
5742 Victoria Road
Home!

Drinks & Nightlife

great Italian
19 locals recommend
La Frasca Cibi & Vini
5650 Spring Garden Rd
19 locals recommend
great Italian

Food Scene

for Vegan food lovers
62 locals recommend
enVie A Vegan Kitchen
5775 Charles St
62 locals recommend
for Vegan food lovers
guest passes $10. saltwater pools, tennis, restaurants
The Waegwoltic Club
6549 Coburg Rd
guest passes $10. saltwater pools, tennis, restaurants
Wednesday nights pizza & pasta $10
Saege Bistro
5883 Spring Garden Rd
Wednesday nights pizza & pasta $10
good Turkish food
6 locals recommend
EFES TURKISH CUISINE
5986 Spring Garden Rd
6 locals recommend
good Turkish food
everyone raves about it!
171 locals recommend
The Bicycle Thief
1475 Lower Water St
171 locals recommend
everyone raves about it!
one of Halifax's finest - Italian
17 locals recommend
Da Maurizio
1496 Lower Water St
17 locals recommend
one of Halifax's finest - Italian
a family favourite
Swiss Chalet
3434 Kempt Rd
a family favourite
our fav: $1. iced coffee "with 2% milk & no sweetener or flavouring, please" yumm
21 locals recommend
McDonald's
5675 Spring Garden Rd
21 locals recommend
our fav: $1. iced coffee "with 2% milk & no sweetener or flavouring, please" yumm
great coffee ½ block from home
30 locals recommend
Uncommon Grounds
1030 South Park St
30 locals recommend
great coffee ½ block from home
really wonderful food
169 locals recommend
Edna
2053 Gottingen St
169 locals recommend
really wonderful food
excellent, locally-grown food
27 locals recommend
Chives Canadian Bistro
3000 Barrington St
27 locals recommend
excellent, locally-grown food
great fish!
57 locals recommend
The Five Fishermen
1740 Argyle St
57 locals recommend
great fish!
some say the best fish n' chips in the city
37 locals recommend
Henry House
1222 Barrington St
37 locals recommend
some say the best fish n' chips in the city
delicious food moderately priced
16 locals recommend
Cafe Chianti
1209 Barrington St
16 locals recommend
delicious food moderately priced
great pizza
Tomavinos Ristorante
1113 Marginal Rd
great pizza
really not so sure about the coffee or the doughnuts, but great sandwiches, chilli & sometimes soups
67 locals recommend
Tim Hortons
6034 Lady Hammond Rd
67 locals recommend
really not so sure about the coffee or the doughnuts, but great sandwiches, chilli & sometimes soups
unique menu includes wild meat
10 locals recommend
Stories Fine Dining
5184 Morris St
10 locals recommend
unique menu includes wild meat
great food! Mike says they serve the very best burger in Halifax & excellent kale Caesar salad On Barrington, at Spring Garden 15 min walk from home!
51 locals recommend
2 Doors Down Food & Wine Halifax
1533 Barrington Street
51 locals recommend
great food! Mike says they serve the very best burger in Halifax & excellent kale Caesar salad On Barrington, at Spring Garden 15 min walk from home!
really popular with guests in their 20s-30s. Lots of vegetarian and unique dishes
83 locals recommend
Field Guide
2076 Gottingen St
83 locals recommend
really popular with guests in their 20s-30s. Lots of vegetarian and unique dishes

Shopping

handcrafted gifts and souvenirs
9 locals recommend
Jennifer's of Nova Scotia
5635 Spring Garden Rd
9 locals recommend
handcrafted gifts and souvenirs
great movie theatres in the basement
36 locals recommend
Park Lane Mall
5657 Spring Garden Rd
36 locals recommend
great movie theatres in the basement
beautiful, quality women's clothing
Foreign Affair
5639 Spring Garden Rd
beautiful, quality women's clothing

Arts & Culture

MUST VISIT: our fabulous new glass library that is a stack of 5 books. Best coffee in the city, play spaces, top floor views of Halifax Harbour & Citadel - a joyous place to be in. Awesome programming
124 locals recommend
Halifax Central Library
5440 Spring Garden Rd
124 locals recommend
MUST VISIT: our fabulous new glass library that is a stack of 5 books. Best coffee in the city, play spaces, top floor views of Halifax Harbour & Citadel - a joyous place to be in. Awesome programming
also on Oxford Street (especially good movies), and in Bayer's Lake
20 locals recommend
Cineplex Cinemas Park Lane
5657 Spring Garden Rd
20 locals recommend
also on Oxford Street (especially good movies), and in Bayer's Lake
a MUST on Saturday mornings! More than a market = lots of good food, crafts etc
196 locals recommend
Halifax Seaport Farmer's Market
961 Marginal Rd
196 locals recommend
a MUST on Saturday mornings! More than a market = lots of good food, crafts etc

Sightseeing

the noon gun at 12 pm sharp!
318 locals recommend
Halifax Citadel National Historic Site of Canada
5425 Sackville St
318 locals recommend
the noon gun at 12 pm sharp!
UNESCO World Heritage site. Don't miss the old school at the very top of the hill
247 locals recommend
Lunenburg
247 locals recommend
UNESCO World Heritage site. Don't miss the old school at the very top of the hill
a gorgeous town with 5 church steeples. Visit Teasers & Suttles & Seawinds for quilts & special handcrafted items
174 locals recommend
Mahone Bay
174 locals recommend
a gorgeous town with 5 church steeples. Visit Teasers & Suttles & Seawinds for quilts & special handcrafted items
where so many immigrants first landed, including war brides
120 locals recommend
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
1055 Marginal Rd
120 locals recommend
where so many immigrants first landed, including war brides
lovely old Victorian gardens, ducks in a pond
234 locals recommend
Halifax Public Gardens
Summer Street
234 locals recommend
lovely old Victorian gardens, ducks in a pond
walk or cycle along wooded trails & the waterfront
295 locals recommend
Point Pleasant Park
5530 Point Pleasant Dr
295 locals recommend
walk or cycle along wooded trails & the waterfront
artifacts of the Titanic, Halifax Explosion
164 locals recommend
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
1675 Lower Water St
164 locals recommend
artifacts of the Titanic, Halifax Explosion
sandy beach on the Atlantic
Queensland
sandy beach on the Atlantic
Famous lighthouse and Swiss Air Flight 111 memorial just down the road - beautifully done
349 locals recommend
Peggys Cove
349 locals recommend
Famous lighthouse and Swiss Air Flight 111 memorial just down the road - beautifully done
great people watching and browsing
40 locals recommend
Spring Garden Road
Spring Garden Road
40 locals recommend
great people watching and browsing
lovely Victorian gardens 6-10 min from home
234 locals recommend
Halifax Public Gardens
Summer Street
234 locals recommend
lovely Victorian gardens 6-10 min from home

Entertainment & Activities

fabulous ice-cream and very Moo funny t-shirts
9 locals recommend
COWS Halifax
1891 Upper Water St
9 locals recommend
fabulous ice-cream and very Moo funny t-shirts