Gateway to the 'New World'

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Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, 1675 Lower Water Street, phone 902/424 7490; www.maritime.museum.gov.ns.ca/. Admission is about $6.50 adults, $5.50 seniors, and $3 for children 6-17, though those prices are cut in half between November and April. Open Wednesdays through Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Halifax Citadel National Historic Site, Citadel hill, phone 902/426-5080; www.pc.gc.ca/lhn-nhs/ns/halifax/index_e.asp. Admission from June through September is about $8 adults, $7 seniors, $4 youth 6-16. In spring and fall prices drop by $1.50 in each category. Free in winter when the grounds are closed. In July and August, the Park is open from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. in June and September.

Pier 21, 1055 Marginal Road on the waterfront, phone 902/425-7770; www.pier21.ca/. May through November daily 9:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m., December through April Tuesday through Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday noon-5 p.m. Admission is $6.50 adults, $5.50 seniors, $3 children 6-16.

Sweet Basil Bistro, 1866 Upper Water Street, 902/425-2133.

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The Fairview Lawn Cemetery is located at Chisholm Avenue off Conaught Avenue. It keeps daylight hours year round.

Peggy’s Cove is located 26 miles Southwest of Halifax. Take Highway 103 to Exit 5.

The Memorial to Flight 111 is a short drive from Peggy’s Cove in nearby Whalesbeck. It’s open during daylight hours.

Halifax Public Gardens, at Spring Garden and South Park Street. Admission is free and the gardens are open from 8 a.m. to dusk from spring to late fall.

A number of boat companies cruise of the harbor or go further, offering 5 hour fishing expeditions. To see all your options head to Cable Wharf, near George Street where a number of the boat companies are located.

Salty’s on the Waterfront, 1869 Upper Water Street right on the water, phone 902/423-6818; www.saltys.ca

Lower Deck, on the Pier, part of the Historic Properties complex, phone 902/425-1501.

The Marquee, 2041 Gottingen Street, phone 902/423-2072.

The Attic, 1741 Grafton Street, phone 902/423-0909

Pauline Frommer is the creator of the new Pauline Frommer guides in bookstores now. Her book, Pauline Frommer's New York, was named Best Guidebook of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association.

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