Bar Harbor and Halifax: your recommendations please

I just booked Anthem of the Seas 5 day sailing which stops at Bar Harbor and Halifax.

While I'm adventurous and a runner, I'll be traveling with my mom, who is 70 and not quite as active as myself. But she is mobile -- just not likely to go on major hiking trips. ;)

I'd love some advice on excursions and tour companies that I can look up and book.

Thanks!!!

Have you looked at Tom's Port Guides? Lots of good info.

http://www.tomsportguides.com/port-guides.html#bh-maine

Here's the one for Halifax by rental car:

http://www.tomsportguides.com/uploads/5/8/5/4/58547429/halifaxrentalcar-04-04-2017.pdf

Hope these help.

I'll check that out. Thank you.

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Ollie's Trolley gives a nice tour in Bar Harbor.

For Halifax, Check out Halifax Taxi Tours website.

There were a group of us from our roll call that took the tour.

This was one of the best tours I have been on.

If walking is not a problem then you can have an inexpensive day just walking the Halifax waterfront. You could check out the Harbour Hopper tour for an overview. Check out www.destinationhalifax.com

Or you could rent a car and go to Peggy's Cove and possibly on to Lunenburg.

Which of the tours from them did you take? Thank you!

For Halifax, Check out Halifax Taxi Tours website.

 

There were a group of us from our roll call that took the tour.

 

This was one of the best tours I have been on.

Thank you!

If walking is not a problem then you can have an inexpensive day just walking the Halifax waterfront. You could check out the Harbour Hopper tour for an overview. Check out www.destinationhalifax.com

 

Or you could rent a car and go to Peggy's Cove and possibly on to Lunenburg.

Thank you - I will check that out.

Ollie's Trolley gives a nice tour in Bar Harbor.

Which of the tours from them did you take? Thank you!

We did Higlights of Nova Scotia/Peggy's COVE.

Les also took us to the Swiss air crash sight memorial.

I used Bruce's Taxi Tours last fall. This was the best excursion on our trip. Bruce was great and helped set up some great photos. He has a great eye for photography. Took us to many great spots. Would highly recommend.

Halifax: We did a great food walking tour here this past fall.

It was fun to stroll around Halifax and sample some local, tasty foods we wouldn't normally have visited.

This would be perfect for your mom. The tour begins and ends at the cruise ship pier in Halifax. The walking distance is not far at all. the food was delicious.

Here's the website and the somo tour we did.

http://localtastingtours.com/somo-food-tour/

Jonathan

I just booked Anthem of the Seas 5 day sailing which stops at Bar Harbor and Halifax.

 

While I'm adventurous and a runner, I'll be traveling with my mom, who is 70 and not quite as active as myself. But she is mobile -- just not likely to go on major hiking trips. ;)

 

I'd love some advice on excursions and tour companies that I can look up and book.

 

Thanks!!!

While I appreciate that this entails walking this may have some interest factor...

https://solentrichardscruiseblog.com/2015/09/11/one-way-to-do-halifax-nova-scotia-second-edition/

Here's the one for Halifax by rental car:

http://www.tomsportguides.com/uploads/5/8/5/4/58547429/halifaxrentalcar-04-04-2017.pdf

Hope these help.

We are booking a minivan as there are 6 of us and we like to do our own thing. This guide looks a great resource. Thanks for sharing.

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Does anyone know how closely you can bring a rental car to the ship?