Halifax Boardwalk & Seaport: a Smartphone Audio Walking Tour

Listen to a tour guide through your smartphone as you explore the Halifax Boardwalk & Seaport! On this 2.5 km tour, you'll explore the many tourist attractions, historical buildings, artwork & statues that make up this must-see section of the city. Highlights include the Halifax Farmers Market, CSS Acadia, Halifax Cabling Wharf, Dockyard Clock & more! Don't just see the boardwalk, hear what it has to say! Live GPS map shows where you are and where to go next. As you get close, tour guide commentary will automatically play. The tour also comes with a fun location based trivia game. After the commentary plays, look at your device and tap your guess at the answer. Keep the professional tour guide experience, ditch the crowded tour groups, tight schedules and high prices. It’s yours! Enjoy anytime, not just on your booking date. Stop & start anywhere along route. Note: the number of travelers you select is the number of devices you can download the tour to.

Visit the oldest continuously open farmers market in all of North America.

Learn about Samuel Cunard from the man himself! Ok, well it's our tour guide pretending to be him, but it's still very informative and lots of fun!

Discover the Discovery Centre! We'll tell you all about the brand new interactive exhibit. All attractions along the tour are optional. You have the ultimate freedom to visit and pick up the tour right where you left off.

A statue of a man holding a suitcase. There has to be more to it than that, right!? There is! We'll tell you all about it.

We'll point out a great view of the National Historic Site and tell you all about it! You can even hop on a ferry and visit.

those light posts are definitely crooked. Well tell you about the inspiration behind the famous sculpture.

Take in the breathtaking harbour from the comfort of a hammock! We'll show you were to go, and be right there waiting when you wake up from your seaside nap.

Don't worry, they have foam padding in case you fall. We'll tell you about why it's there (hint - it's because people have fallen).

We'll point out the 'Fountain at Bishop's Landing'. A popular cooling off spot, great for a warm summer day.

Learn all about the boardwalk itself from the boutiques to the murals, statues, attractions & more.

Discover what it was like to be a sailor fighting at sea in World War II! We'll tell you all about the ship and museum. If you want to know more, you can always go in and check it out.

We'll show you Canada’s oldest and largest maritime museum where you can sit on a replica of a Titanic deck chair, or follow World War II convoys in the Battle of the Atlantic.

We'll tell you all about how this beautiful ship is an example of the graceful design that epitomizes the Edwardian Age.

ships laying cable across the Atlantic Ocean and one of the last original structures on the waterfront.

The nine-foot pendulum encased in the base is driven by a 250 pound weight.

You'll learn a bit about the area too!

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

Not a point of interest on the tour, but it's nearby and you can spend as much time here as you like.

We'll point out the island and tell you all about it!

Hop on board the CSS Acadia, an Edwardian steamship docked at the boardwalk. We'll tell you all about how this beautiful ship is an example of the graceful design that epitomizes the Edwardian Age.