Halifax, Nova Scotia: Travel Guide for First Timers!

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  • Опубліковано 26 сер 2024

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  • @ChrisR57
    @ChrisR57 Рік тому +8

    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!!

  • @well-blazeredman6187
    @well-blazeredman6187 6 місяців тому +2

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

  • @Hummingbirds2023
    @Hummingbirds2023 Рік тому +4

    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! 🎉

  • @cbhighlander2195
    @cbhighlander2195 5 місяців тому +6

    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
      @artiomthomas7040 Місяць тому

      lol beautiful place. cannot wait to get back for visiting

  • @BCosindas3
    @BCosindas3 6 місяців тому

    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.!

  • @puma509
    @puma509 Рік тому +2

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

  • @NodesofTravel
    @NodesofTravel Рік тому +1

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

    • @alysmalls
      @alysmalls  Рік тому

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

  • @TheTrueCand1n
    @TheTrueCand1n Рік тому

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

  • @KevinSmith-wj1hp
    @KevinSmith-wj1hp Рік тому +9

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

    • @alysmalls
      @alysmalls  Рік тому +1

      yep!

    • @marinagusova
      @marinagusova 10 місяців тому

      @@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

  • @TETRARCHFREAK
    @TETRARCHFREAK Рік тому +1

    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
      @alysmalls  Рік тому

      You should definitely go!!

  • @kevinpellerin6715
    @kevinpellerin6715 2 місяці тому

    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
      @Del-Halifax 2 місяці тому

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

  • @shelleylarose
    @shelleylarose 6 місяців тому

    I live here and love it in the summer

    • @princessomolade1236
      @princessomolade1236 6 місяців тому +1

      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

  • @hockeyking99
    @hockeyking99 7 місяців тому

    Thanks! You completely sold me on a Halifax trip.

  • @TheRealSnukers
    @TheRealSnukers Рік тому +1

    Love the video! Looks like a good time.

  • @sirrom5155
    @sirrom5155 11 місяців тому

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

  • @madmat3940
    @madmat3940 9 місяців тому

    Planning to go next summer. Can’t wait!

  • @SaltwaterSean
    @SaltwaterSean Рік тому +1

    Great guide Aly.

  • @donstravelsandrants.
    @donstravelsandrants. 8 місяців тому

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

  • @HalifaxHappyHours
    @HalifaxHappyHours 7 місяців тому

    Also check out all the happy hours!

  • @lawrenceluh9978
    @lawrenceluh9978 Рік тому +2

    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🇹🇼

  • @jeremythebeer8609
    @jeremythebeer8609 Місяць тому

    That pizza looks so good.

  • @stefandee1970
    @stefandee1970 11 місяців тому

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

  • @phineasp.quimby3162
    @phineasp.quimby3162 9 місяців тому +1

    Coming here in summer of 2024🤗

  • @eightness888
    @eightness888 11 місяців тому

    I remember this zombie book, love from Oregon in us

  • @yakubalabuxalabux4962
    @yakubalabuxalabux4962 Місяць тому

    Very good city

  • @johnt8636
    @johnt8636 11 місяців тому

    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
      @alysmalls  11 місяців тому +1

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

    • @johnt8636
      @johnt8636 11 місяців тому

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

  • @BEUSA42
    @BEUSA42 11 місяців тому

    Excellent video
    We are neighbors
    Greetings from Essex !

  • @catfish9539
    @catfish9539 Рік тому

    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.

  • @nepalaairbusiness
    @nepalaairbusiness 9 місяців тому

    Watching from Nepal

  • @MulunaLewi
    @MulunaLewi 2 місяці тому

    Where can I find Ricky, Julian, and Bubbles?

  • @docadams7099
    @docadams7099 Місяць тому

    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.

  • @IntegratedMarketingHalifax
    @IntegratedMarketingHalifax 6 місяців тому

    👍👍

  • @Del-Halifax
    @Del-Halifax 2 місяці тому +1

    Would you like to know more?

  • @ricardogarcia98
    @ricardogarcia98 10 місяців тому

    Gratidão 🇧🇷🇨🇦

  • @alanmullen5417
    @alanmullen5417 3 місяці тому

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

  • @TravelingWanderer17
    @TravelingWanderer17 4 місяці тому

    What is the language in nova Scotia

  • @Hakimw21
    @Hakimw21 11 місяців тому

    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
      @BuckarooBanzai333 11 місяців тому +3

      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
      @nicolapicola4502 11 місяців тому +4

      There are heaps of all kinds of people.

    • @colloelias
      @colloelias 10 місяців тому +2

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

    • @drinkmoreagua8984
      @drinkmoreagua8984 8 місяців тому +2

      There is a pretty large black population

    • @corinnemcleod1804
      @corinnemcleod1804 7 місяців тому +1

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

  • @monikamichaelis-iw3to
    @monikamichaelis-iw3to 3 місяці тому

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

  • @user-lx6uv9nk7v
    @user-lx6uv9nk7v 8 місяців тому

    ترجم بي العربي

  • @arttificcer2324
    @arttificcer2324 24 дні тому

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

  • @nicolapicola4502
    @nicolapicola4502 11 місяців тому

    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
      @drinkmoreagua8984 8 місяців тому

      It’s vibrant in the summer

    • @corinnemcleod1804
      @corinnemcleod1804 7 місяців тому +2

      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
      @vincentprice4076 6 місяців тому +1

      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

  • @alysmalls
    @alysmalls  Рік тому +1

    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

  • @umbrollo
    @umbrollo 4 місяці тому +1

    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

  • @austinstitzel
    @austinstitzel 3 місяці тому

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

  • @WhiteyMcCrackerson
    @WhiteyMcCrackerson 6 місяців тому

    i want to move here

  • @alanmullen5417
    @alanmullen5417 3 місяці тому

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

    • @sojourn1544
      @sojourn1544 2 місяці тому

      Why is it not nice now?

  • @TrustAtlanticC
    @TrustAtlanticC 9 місяців тому

    👍👍