Spring Garden Road

The basics

In the heart of the city’s business district, Spring Garden Road and the streets around it are usually busy with office workers, local shoppers, and tourists. From big-name stores to local boutiques and plenty of coffee shops and restaurants, the area is rich with choices for visitors to the city.

There are also two public parks nearby—Halifax Public Gardens and Victoria Park—where you can head to rest your feet after some serious shopping; the Halifax Cital National Historic Monument is also just a short walk away.

Things to know before you go

• Many shops and restaurants in the area are wheelchair accessible.

• There are often special events in Spring Garden, from late-night shopping sessions to free yoga classes in the park.

• The area is named for the freshwater spring that runs beneath Spring Garden Road.

How to get there

There’s plenty of parking (including accessible parking) in the area, and several bus routes run along Spring Garden Road, including #1 and #4. Spring Garden is walkable from the waterfront and Halifax Ferry Terminal.

When to get there

Most of the shops and restaurants in Spring Garden are open daily. For more information about special events, check the Spring Garden website before visiting.

Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

There’s a lot more to Halifax than great shopping and dining—you can learn more about the city’s (and the Maritime Provinces’) seafaring history at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. At the museum, you can go onboard the CSS Acadia, a British-built survey ship that once sailed the waters of northern Canada, and see the poignant exhibit of items belonging to passengers who drowned in the Titanic disaster in 1912; the bodies of many of those who perished were taken to Halifax in the days after the event.