A very busy port, situated around one of the world's biggest natural harbours, this Novia Scotia capital is home to Canada's largest naval base. The city is hilly and green with parks, and the waterside historic center is pleasingly compact. The former warehouses of the original commercial district - known as the Historic Properties - have been restored and transformed into shops, boutiques and restaurants. Nearby there's the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic featuring a bountiful Titanic display. And this Atlantic coastal city has a great aquarium.

The city's past importance as a British military base is brought to mind by the Citadel, a Halifax landmark and Canada's most visited national historic site.

Running south from Halifax is Nova Scotia's South shore, a fogbound, jagged coast dotted with rocky coves, fishing villages and historic towns. For tourist purposes it's been dubbed the Lighthouse Route and the gorgeous little shipbuilding town of Lunenberg is a World Heritage site.

Almost the entire Southern edge of New Brunswick is licked by the constantly rising and falling waters of the Bay of Fundy, home to the world's highest tides. The bay is dotted with the peaceful Fundy Isles, a wooded cluster of lobster wharves, whales and 'Old Sow', the world's second-largest natural tidal whirlpool. Campobello Island is a tranquil summer getaway for wealthy New Englanders. The excellent Gaspésie Park, located on the Gaspe Peninsula North of New Brunswick is a huge, rugged and undeveloped area of lakes and backwoods, with good fishing and hiking

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