Smartphone Audio Walking Tour: Halifax Churches, Gardens & Graveyards Exploration
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12 Ratings
Halifax
Experience a smartphone audio walking tour of Halifax's churches, gardens, and graveyards. Explore historical buildings, artwork, and statues while listening to tour guide commentary and playing a trivia game.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • South Park Street & South Street - On this 5 km tour, as well as the churches, gardens and graveyards, you’ll explore the many tourist attractions, historical buildings, artwork and statues that make up this must-see section of the city.

Highlights include Victoria Park, the Old Burying Ground, St. Mary’s Basilica, the Halifax Citadel, the Old Town Clock and more!

Don’t just see Halifax, 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.

What's Included
  • Offline access: No signal or data needed after initial download
  • Live GPS map with route and current location
  • Keep your tour: Flexibility to enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours
  • Accessible customer service through phone and email
  • Automatic tour guide commentary at each point of interest
What's Not Included
  • Attraction tickets
  • Headphones (optional - audio will play from device speaker too)
  • Smartphone or tablet
  • **Recommended attractions may be closed/inaccessible due to season or reasons beyond our control.
Additional Information

Embark on this 5 km journey, featuring churches, gardens, and cemeteries, along with a multitude of sightseeing locations, historic edifices, artworks, and sculptures that constitute this must-visit part of town.

Key attractions encompass Victoria Park, the Old Burying Ground, St. Mary’s Basilica, the Halifax Citadel, the Old Town Clock, and beyond!

Experience Halifax, don’t just gaze upon it!

A real-time GPS map indicates your current location and your next destination. Engage with the automated tour guide commentary as you approach each site.

The tour also integrates a location-specific trivia game for added fun. Once the commentary concludes, check your device and take a stab at the correct answer.

Retain the expertise of a professional tour guide, while avoiding crowded tour showings, rigid schedules, and hefty costs.

Partake at your leisure, not solely on your reservation date. Pause & resume anytime along the route.

The number of tourists you designate corresponds to the number of devices that can download the tour.

Confide in the platform with more than 75 tours and over 10,000 satisfied customers.

Location
1193 South Park St
South Park Street
The tour starts at the Holy Cross Cemetery.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(12 Ratings)
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Lindawc363cw
Sep 1, 2023
Definitely worth it - The app was easy to use, and I loved the narrator’s voice. The entire tour was very informative, and I loved seeing Halifax in a new light.
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Lyn
Aug 12, 2023
Terrific Tour - This tour is terrific! It was easy to download, easy to use, gave the written as well as the audio information. I’ve never done a self guided tour like this before but I highly recommend it! Lyn Canada
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Voyage305737
Apr 24, 2023
Exercise + history = awesome way to spend an afternoon - Great walking tour of Halifax, especially if you like history. The narration was informative and entertaining and it was nice to go at your own pace without a crowd.
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24startover
Mar 17, 2023
A fantastic walking tour that’s worth the time and few dollars. - This tour was easy to use and navigate. The information was fantastic and very informative. I loved that I could go at my own pace and spend extra time when I wanted to, no worries about a group leaving without me.
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Michelle
Oct 9, 2022
A tour I would highly recommend - The audio commentary was not only very informative but fun and very interesting. I love how you do not have to use up your phones data by downloading the interactive tour which was super easy to navigate. The tour itself brought me to so many beautiful and historic places I didn't know existed.
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Kamillak903
Aug 21, 2023
Great app! Get familiar before you travel. - Great app and easy to use! That said, you need to be somewhat technically inclined to get the audio tour going and coordinate with the map if you aren't used to the technology. A great way to see Halifax and get some history. As my first time in Halifax, I realized that the Titanic graveyard is further out of town and is not part of this tour.
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Anonymous
Jun 18, 2023
Fun if quirky - It is an interesting technique to give a self guided tour. The mapping technology is a bit buggy, but not insurmountable. The tour is interesting, but I found some of the stops really uninteresting. “The oldest outdoor park in Canada.” Okay, kind of cool, but it just looked like a park. :) Fun, if you have the time.
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Valeriaph6134gu
May 30, 2023
Good - Nice but there's no smooth transition between the destinations. You have to have your phone open all the time.
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Ann_z
May 30, 2023
It took a little time to... - It took a little time to figure out the navigation. The information was interesting. My traveling partner was unexpectedly unable to go on the tour, but enjoyed listening to the commentary afterwards.
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Natalie_w
Oct 22, 2023
Halifax Tour Was Ok - I liked the app in general and how it would start playing as u approached the point on the tour. However, the tour points were not that interesting. Instead just walk to the public gardens and Citadel since those were the most interesting parts.
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