Hop-On Hop-Off City Tour - Halifax, Nova Scotia

Johanne Dupont

Autobus typique, toutefois la mécanique est désuète, tellement bruyant qu'il est difficile d'entendre la narratrice. On a dû s'arrêter pour refroidir le moteur

De plus, la plupart des sites sont à proximité du lieu de départ.
Trop dispendieux pour ce tour. Il est étonnant que Gray line propose ce trajet qui ne ressemble en rien aux autres tours que nous avons effectués dans différentes villes et pays pour moins onéreux. Notez que le trajet n'est pas valide pour 24 heures. Évitez

vitikrater

Hatte eine sehr angenehme Tour mit sehr freundlichem und kompetenten Guide. Frequenz war gut, es war immer ein Platz zu bekommen. Einziges Manko, dass bereit um 14:30 Uhr die letzte Tour beginnt. Man sollte also früh starten, wenn man an mehreren Stops aussteigen und etwas erleben will.

Andy Hacker

Sehr schöne antike alte Doppeldecker Busse. Der Zustand der Busse könnte etwas besser gepflegt sein (Rost). Ansonsten sehr zu empfehlen, die Busse fahren sehr langsam und man kann alles sehr schön sehen und fotografieren. Das Personal an Bord sehr freundlich und kompetent.

Ashby Orgill

Please don’t waste your money and time on this service. The buses are hot, don’t have air conditioning, and the “antique” windows don’t roll down very much; just enough to let the black and smelly engine smoke waft in. The heat was blasting on old radiators which my grandma burned herself on. We felt nauseous with the heat and the smell. We waited over 30 minutes for the bus to arrive and not everyone could board. At nearly every stop we sat for around 5 minutes as they told people they couldn’t fit anybody else on. Lots of upset people left behind. The tour guide was kind of boring and my impression of Halifax is that it’s pretty bleak. Accessibility rating is 0. The only way to get on is climbing 3 steep steps and my grandmother collapsed trying to get on. They had no ramp. The old engine was so loud we could hardly hear each other, and sometimes not the tour guide either. Couldn’t wait to get off the bus back to our original stop. Again, please go somewhere else. You’ve been warned.

Lindsay Tennant

Do not waste your money on this tour with a cruise excursion. The woman told me at the front desk in the cruise port that they sold 500 tickets for the service and were running 11 buses. If only I knew how awful this was going to be I would have cancelled. Wait to get on the bus was over an hour and a half and cut into our limited time here in Halifax. We couldn’t even get out to see the titanic cemetery because we risked the next few buses being full and getting stranded there. Then when you want to hop back on every bus is full so the wait is like an hour. We only got a few minutes at the Citadel and Maritime museum because of this. You’ll end up needing a cab or Uber. Would not recommend. This is incredibly overpriced for the service you receive. Also our tour guide was a creep and literally grabbed a woman to move her and knocked her glasses off her head. This ruined our entire time in Halifax.

M L

We booked through our cruise ship. It was convenient to get on the bus right in front of the ship as stop 1 is there. We climbed aboard and sat in the lower level as my mom has a broken arm and could not climb to the top deck. The lower level filled up and a woman stepped aboard and looked at me and said “I need to sit there” and told us to “find other seats elsewhere on the bus.” At this point there weren’t any together. She didn’t identify herself she just told us that she had to sit in that seat. It turns out she is the guide but failed to mark the seats she was supposed to sit in. She was so rude she really ruined the mood as we had to scramble to find someplace to sit and we were no longer together. Every Canadian we encountered during our stay was friendly and kind and polite. Shari was the major exception. We all got off at stop 2 and changed buses. All of the other drivers we encountered were excellent. Shari needs to be retrained. Either mark the seat as other drivers did or just be polite and say I’m sorry as the guide I am required to sit there to give the presentation.

bob m

Great tour. I actually did not know the tour came with narration and we learned a lot about Halifax! I did not know the city had so much significant history. Kinda busy when we went due to three cruise ships in port but we got around. Great way to see the city and learn something! Ask about the great Scottish restaurant in town!

Matt Barnes

Great way to see Halifax! Super convenient, and not overbooked at all. Staff were accommodating. Double decker busses were a lot of fun. Busses also mostly ran on time. We were able to use this to get a tour and pop off to a couple museums and parks before getting back to the boat! Good value!