Private Luxury Halifax Tour: Balance of History and Scenic Coastal Drive

This tour is unique because it is a private tour in a late model luxury vehicle. It provides a good balance of history, along with scenic coastal driving and exploring.

Duration: 5 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Halifax Citadel National Historic Site - The British ran the Halifax Citadel site as a fortress until 1906. Guests can drive up to the top of the hill and take some photos of the Old Town Clock and the downtown Halifax area from the high ground.
  • Sir Sandford Fleming Park (The Dingle) - This is a beautiful 95-acre park. Its memorial tower was built in 1908 to commemorate 150 years of democracy. It also has beautiful trails along the ocean.
  • Halifax Public Gardens - Guests can take a leisurely stroll through this downtown garden. It is a picturesque Victorian garden that is 154 years in the making.
  • Fairview Lawn Cemetery - Guests can visit the final resting place of over 120 victims of the 1912 Titanic disaster. Among the victims was the unknown child, who through DNA testing has now been identified.
  • Peggy’s Cove - Granite rocks are white-washed into the ocean, left from the Ice Age 10,000 years ago. Artists love to paint here because of the strong contrasts among the ocean, rocks and lighthouse.
What's Included
  • Private transportation
  • Driver / Transportation
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
What's Not Included
  • Dinner
  • Snacks
  • Lunch
  • Breakfast
Location
1040 Marginal Rd
Marginal Road
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Ed_k
Jul 16, 2024
Perfect. - Just perfect. Excellent knowledge, very friendly, flexible and considerate. Clean and comfortable vehicle. Very happy.
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Melisbry
Jul 12, 2024
BLT Limo is the Best Limo in Town! - BLT Limo is a wonderful car service that I would highly recommend. Stewart, your driver, is a lovely man with a lot of knowledge about the history of Nova Scotia. My two kids and I did a full day tour including Lunenburg and Peggy's Cove and it was wonderful. We liked Stewart so much that we hired him at the end of our trip to take us to the airport as well. I was traveling alone with two kids and felt very safe and well taken care of. I highly recommend BLT Limousine and Stewart.
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John_b
Jul 11, 2024
A great tour of Halifax, Fairview Cemetary, and Peggy's Cove - We had a wonderful tour with Stewart. We were picked up at the cruise port and had a full agenda, but not rushed at all. The Public Gardens were an unexpected delight and Stewart provided great info about the sights and area throughout the day. He was a wealth of information... We really got to know Halifax and the outlying neighborhood for the first couple hours, then headed to Fairview Cemetary and Peggy's Cove. He asked if we wanted to stop by the Acadian Maple Syrup Factory store...a definate "yes" ... where we tasted all kinds of maple syrup and products. Overall a great tour ...would highly recommend to anyone visiting the area.
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Marie
Jul 9, 2024
Stewart was an excellent choice for a tour guide! - What a great tour! Stewart was waiting for us at the cruise terminal ready to go. He showed us all around Halifax and explained to us what we were seeing and the history of the area. We also saw the Titanic memorial and then out to Peggy’s Cove. He highly recommended a lobster roll at a take out place! It was amazing!!! Stewart also saw us back to the port. We were a party of 4 and would highly recommend Stewart!
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Dixie_h
Jun 18, 2024
Great introduction to Halifax - We thoroughly enjoyed this personal tour of Halifax and Peggy's Cove. Stewart was friendly and knowledgeable about the sites, providing a great historical backdrop to our visit. I highly recommend this tour.
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Dnemesi
Jun 3, 2024
Halifax and Peggy’s Cove - Stewart did an exceptional job giving us an overview of Halifax and surrounding areas. I would highly recommend his tour.
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Gail_k
May 15, 2024
Exceeded our expectations! - One of my friends previously took this tour with Stewart and she highly recommended it. We were not disappointed!!. Stewart showed us even more than expected of the Halifax area. We learned a lot of the history of the area and the pace was perfect and relaxing. Since we were new to taking cruises, I was nervous about booking any shore excursion other than a cruise line sponsored one, but communication with Stewart was easy regarding where and when to meet and we were back to the ship exactly when we expected. This excursion exceeded anything the cruise ship offered.
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Susan
Oct 29, 2023
Great day with a great tour guide! - Stewart was a very informative and friendly driver. He was very friendly and knowledgeable and took us all over the place!
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James_p
Jun 27, 2024
Stewart’s historical... - Stewart’s historical narration was terrific. Enjoyed tour of public gardens. Hope to return to Halifax soon.
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Travelingbill
Jul 20, 2024
Why does a Canadian tour include a lecture on how Americans should vote? - There are several things to like about this tour; on time, generally good information, lots of sights to see. However, Stewart's (a Canadian citizen) decision to lecture us, (four American tourists), on how foolish everyone who might vote for Donald Trump is and how Canadians should help determine who our President is, was extremely inappropriate. He interjected his opinions on our political decisions with NO request from us. We did not ask his opinion or attempt to include him in our personal decision making process. He apparently thought we were unable to make an informed decision and needed someone to tell us what we should think and do. His opinions are not a requirement of the tour and have NO PLACE as part of the tour. The final 45 minute lecture from him destroyed a otherwise good tour.
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