World Travel Guide Search for a City   Destination Guides > North America > Canada > Maritime Provinces > Nova Scotia > Halifax Halifax -- Neighborhoods -- Downtown Outer fortifications Waterfront -- Sights -- Citadel Old Burying Ground and the Nova Scotia Museum .  Halifax   · The City .  Arrival .  Information .  Eating And Drinking .  Nightlife And Entertainment .  City Transport .  The Halifax Explosion .  Listings .  Explore Halifax .  Hotels in Halifax HALIFAX - THE CITY Hotels in Halifax   .  The Citadel Hotel Halifax Halifax from  $114.18  USD     .  Four Points By Sheraton Halifax from  $98.20  USD     .  Radisson Suite Hotel Halifax Halifax from  $98.20  USD   More Hotels in Halifax >> With its shopping malls and brusque tower blocks, the commercial and social heart of modern Halifax clambers up the steep hillside from the harbourfront, its narrow streets dotted with scores of bustling bars and restaurants. The city's main attractions - most notably the Art Gallery , with its eclectic collection of modern Canadian paintings, the Maritime Museum and the Georgian Province House - all huddle close together in the lower part of town beneath Halifax's star turn, the Vaubanesque Citadel . On a sunny day, a pleasant diversion is a trip to see a couple of the outer fortifications built to defend Halifax harbour, and you can also catch the ferry over to neighbouring Dartmouth , home of the old Quaker House.