Halifax, Nova Scotia: Travel Guide for First Timers!

[@R.A.D.G59]

I grew up in Maine got to visit this beautiful place when a high school friend went to college there. Amazing place!

[@jennifermarlow.]

Come back and see us some time, cuz! :)

[@BCosindas3]

My husband, sister and I are planning a trip this June to Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, PEI, and New Brusnwick! I am loving your videos and tips on places to see, etc.!

[@rajdeep0singh]

me too😅😅

[@well-blazeredman6187]

Visited there in the 90s and liked it. If I go back, I'll make sure to visit HMCS Sackville. Great guide.

[@ChrisR57]

Amazing video Aly! I've visited Halifax many times. I love looking at some of the yachts docked along the waterfront. Your editing and narration of your videos is so professional!!

[@alysmalls]

Thank you :)

[@bsrollergirl975]

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[@TheTrueCand1n]

i agree with this i live in halifax you got to see all of the stuff its a truly nice place here

[@madmat3940]

Planning to go next summer. Can’t wait!

[@Hummingbirds2023]

Aly, I REALLY enjoyed your travels thru Nova Scotia so much, what beautiful country can't wait to watch Halifax now! Just wanted you to know! Great choice Aly! 🎉

[@alysmalls]

Thank you so much!

[@sajidkhan9871]

Excellent knowledge

[@shelleylarose]

I live here and love it in the summer

[@princessomolade1236]

Hello sorry to bother you, please how is the cost of living there and how easy can one get job both skilled and unskilled. Thanks in anticipation

[@NodesofTravel]

Ally , so loved the intro / trailer… now really waiting eagerly for the 4 part series…

[@alysmalls]

Yay! I can't wait to get the rest of the videos out, the trip gets better and better!

[@puma509]

Thanks Aly, Great Video! Might just have to visit!

[@spencerheinrichs]

Thanks! You completely sold me on a Halifax trip.

[@donstravelsandrants.]

It looks great. I must visit. Thanks Aly. 👍😊🇮🇪🇨🇦

[@cbhighlander2195]

OK Ally - you have to stop promoting Nova Scotia. I live in Halifax in the winter months and spend the summer and fall months months in Cape Breton on the Cabot Trail. You have done such a good job - we are going to be overrun by visitors. You and your partner did a wonderful job of capturing the area. One oversight though was the Fortress Louisburg. I guess you will have to come back and check that out.

[@artiomthomas7040]

lol beautiful place. cannot wait to get back for visiting

[@alysmalls]

Here's my blog about things to do in Halifax: likewhereyouregoing.com/2-days-in-halifax/ and we stayed at the Prince George Hotel: bit.ly/3YuGIpf

[@TheRealSnukers]

Love the video! Looks like a good time.

[@phineasp.quimby3162]

Coming here in summer of 2024🤗

[@SaltwaterSean]

Great guide Aly.

[@alysmalls]

Thank you :)

[@sirrom5155]

Thanks for this video which was jam-packed with hella-facts.

[@kevinpellerin6715]

That corvette you show at 4:26 is the only one left. Also when I was a kid, I thought real cannon balls came out of the Citadel and were making a pile in the harbour. The sad thing about how Halifax treated the Titanic graveyard is at the time, Halifax was smaller, and they did not want the Titanic graveyard inside their city. Now, Halifax is much larger but you wouldnt know that otherwise. Glad you enjoyed the “chickens of the sea”. Also the Pizza Corner had one of the places replaced with one like yogurt shop or something. If you go to Edmonton, they do have a place called “Grafton and Blowers” which are the 2 street names.

[@Del-Halifax]

The cannon balls are actually piling up. Soon they'll break the surface.

[@KevinSmith-wj1hp]

Got to go to King of Donair the Donaire is the official food of Halifax, not lobster fun fact

[@alysmalls]

yep!

[@marinagusova]

@@alysmallsCould you please tell that are there any of those rag head “Khalistanis 👳🏿‍♂️” out there in Halifax ?? Like is it safe out there in Halifax ?? I’d love to visit Halifax but the “Khalistan” 👳🏿‍♂️👳🏿🇮🇳problem out there currently in Canada has got me real nervous …. Kindly let me know.. Thank you

[@john-fm6re]

@@alysmalls can't afford lobster ... I live here. Donair is a tourist thing.

[@Hicks-g1m]

I would love to go back home to Canada and go to Halifax Aly I've never been there before and Halifax looks amazing. Good lobster yummy 😋😋

[@alysmalls]

You should definitely go!!

[@nepalaairbusiness]

Watching from Nepal

[@fernandoabreu2507]

❤thank you for you lovely job..

[@HalifaxHappyHours]

Also check out all the happy hours!

[@RebelforAll]

Yes 👍

[@eightness888]

I remember this zombie book, love from Oregon in us

[@jeremythebeer8609]

That pizza looks so good.

[@stefandee1970]

Like ur video. For me was always expensive to travel inside canada, never visited more east then qc.

[@MulunaLewi]

Where can I find Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles?

[@yakubalabuxalabux4962]

Very good city

[@docadams7099]

For years I've felt that Halifax would be a great NHL city. The NHL does well in Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal, and Vancouver, so why NOT Halifax? Hockey is very popular there, it's a very big city, there's no other NHL team nearby, so to me locating an NHL team there would be great for the city.

[@Del-Halifax]

Would you like to know more?

[@lawrenceluh9978]

Enjoyed watching your well made Vlogs especially at Nova Scotia, Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper.👍 Please be advised that I was a senior banker from the Bank of Nova Scotia. Lawrence Luh from Taiwan🇹🇼

[@alanmullen5417]

??? Me.??? Ashamed. ??? Before.??? Proud.

[@BEUSA42]

Excellent video We are neighbors Greetings from Essex !

[@TrustAtlanticC]

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[@TravelingWanderer17]

What is the language in nova Scotia

[@nathanventura548]

English

[@ricardogarcia98]

Gratidão 🇧🇷🇨🇦

[@ClaraAnna-u3j]

Miller Mountain

[@WarnerNetz-b3o]

Parisian Summit

[@Hakimw21]

serious question but are there a lot of black people in halifax? would i be looked at as an outsider if i were to go there

[@BuckarooBanzai333]

I grew up there, I can't speak of really how many black people live there though, there are defineitly some! My experience is that Nova Scotians are laid back and quite welcoming. There are also many tourists over the Summer from all over the world coming from different cultures and ethnicities. I wouldn't think you would feel out of place.

[@nicolapicola4502]

There are heaps of all kinds of people.

[@colloelias]

I have been there. Amazing place amazing people as well. You'll be fine.

[@drinkmoreagua8984]

There is a pretty large black population

[@corinnemcleod1804]

There are many different ethnicities living in Halifax, and the food and festivals reflect that

[@KingsleyRusk-r2o]

McLaughlin Drive

[@ramonavila8203]

Theodore tugboat 0:29

[@WhiteyMcCrackerson]

i want to move here

[@TerryEspinal-k3g]

Hammes Mall

[@deliamichaelson5868]

Conroy Point

[@kajalarora4540]

Mohit bhi aa rha hai

[@johnt8636]

Ooo!-Ooo!...I'm a maritime history buff. Me! Over here. Well, more of a Halifax & NS history buff. Freak, tho, is really the better term. Anyway..... Really nice video. Well done. Nicely worded. Now, at the risk of coming off as a bit of a knob, I really just want people to have ....the knowledge (dramatic music) The 5 Fish: Used to be Snow's Funeral Home, and they processed the 1st class victims of Titanic. 2nd & 3rd class bodies were laid out on the ice of the Mayflower Curling Club on Agricola St. Fort George aka The Citadel: Victorian era, yes, but it's a French design. What we see today is the 4th incarnation of the fort, this one being started in 1828, and completed in 1856, thereby setting the standard for gov't-funded construction projects in NS. ( I used to be one those guards, tho I wore the uniform of a different regiment. Maritime Museum of the Atlantic: Of the two ships out back, HMCS Sackville is a museum unto itself, and a memorial. It's actually not associated with the MMA. But the CSS Acadia, a survey ship, is the last vessel still afloat from the Halifax Explosion. Lot of people don't know that. Fairview Lawn Cemetery: There are 150 Titanic victims buried in Halifax. There 121 at Fairview Lawn, which is non-denominational,19 at Mount Olivet Roman Catholic cemetery, and 10 in the Baron de Hirsch Jewish cemetery, which is not open to the public, and has one non-Jew buried there. Halifax wasn't the closest port to where Titanic sank, St. John's Newfoundland was. But Halifax was far more modern and more importantly, it was on the mainland and had a rail connection to the rest of N. America. lol... wife & I stayed at The Prince George on our wedding night. Well, I hope I didn't come off too pretentiously, but history is my drug. Well, one of them 😉 Really enjoyed your video. Well presented.

[@alysmalls]

Cool, sounds like I was bang on with my info 👍 thanks for watching 🙂

[@johnt8636]

@@alysmalls My pleasure. I was a tour guide here in Halifax for 15 years.

[@GaryElliott-h3n]

Ivah Garden

[@FannyWilliam-z8h]

Jarrod Stream

[@AnthonyHernandez-u9y]

Rau Shoals

[@BurkeDaniel-s8e]

Alana Mews

[@MichelleWarburton-g9s]

Jermain Summit

[@monikamichaelis-iw3to]

Lobster has priced itself out. Who can afford it nowadays?

[@LizetteRieken-p8p]

Koss Turnpike

[@catfish9539]

Pity the sold Theodore tug boat to Ontario. It used to be an iconic landmark in Halifax. Halifax is a lovely city as long as you don’t have to drive in it. Too many one ways and crossings on corners.

[@prasanna2013]

I shall be coming in novascotia rgading job ib pharmaceutical company

[@kenansenol4158]

I need a driver who does Uber here. Is there anyone who does Uber here?

[@FranklinDean-i2x]

Otho Rue

[@dorothylivingston5437]

Gusikowski Ville

[@fernandoabreu2507]

Your

[@whounostentatious3821]

If you are planning to visit Halifax or Nova Scotia, please do not. Because local government does not like tourism, they are not welcoming tourist. The local government make new law to prohibit resident to operate short term rental form their property from 2025. If you like to visit Halifax, be prepared to pay 200% cost per night for your stay in hotel instead of Airbnb or booking f try on 2025.

[@EllaTab-t5g]

Gottlieb Heights

[@حسيناحمد-ط4ت8ع]

ترجم بي العربي

[@arttificcer2324]

Enjoy our shanty towns. Tourism and Airbnb s are causing a housing crisis. Think before you travel.

[@umbrollo]

I am here right now in Halifax it is utterly grim. Whole place is run down. The food is good but that’s about it. Avoid

[@slammerjammy22]

Ohhhh haha

[@nicolapicola4502]

Wow, vibrant?? I'm here now and it seems like a dive to me. Dirty, tents with homeless people living in parks. I am disappointed that I came. The Public Gardens were very mediocre. Admittedly the Maritime Museum was interesting. Some great old buildings downtown. But my overall impression is that I can't wait to leave! Probably having just come from the UK doesn't help.

[@drinkmoreagua8984]

It’s vibrant in the summer

[@corinnemcleod1804]

The prices here have skyrocketed making housing unaffordable to many. This is not the norm here and is a problem being actively worked on. If you find the unfortunate offensive then stay away. This is a world wide problem, but we don't hide it and we try to get our homeless as much help as we can. During the pandemic people moved here from all over Canada and the world, driving up the cost of housing and buying up all over the available property's. Increasing our population by almost 1/4 th in just over a year. We are now trying to catch up with demand and inflation has really affected our province.

[@vincentprice4076]

You went to the Public Gardens in Oct and found it “mediocre” and a city was filled with dirty tents and homeless people? Says more about you than Halifax, I’m afraid, but best wishes with that

[@lue1975lue]

Visit, don't move here.... nothing worth moving for.

[@JoseSanders-b8y]

Gaylord Passage

[@humble_integrity]

boooooooooring

[@austinstitzel]

I'm going to guess that you are a Pisces.

[@alysmalls]

Nope!

[@austinstitzel]

@@alysmalls what is your actual sign?

[@alanmullen5417]

*** Hey, Halifax WAS nice. *** ??? NOW ???

[@sojourn1544]

Why is it not nice now?

[@IntegratedMarketingHalifax]

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