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Elegant Empress Hotel

Victoria-Basics Walk  


• When: You decide. Available daily, rain or shine, by reservation only.

• Duration: 2 hours (approximately)

• Some key sights:      
  • Imperial Oil and the Visitor Information Centre
  • Belmont Building and the strange Time Ball
  • Hudson Bay Fort (we were a fort!)
  • Empress Hotel--a mortal headache for its creator.
  • Gold Rush invasion--that is our why!
  • Captain Cook and George Vancouver were here?!
  • Legislative (Parliament) Buildings controversy
  • Queen Victoria's Monument (Queen or Empress?)
  • Monument to the Glorious Dead
  • Mifflin Gibbs' Missing Monument
  • Excentric Emily Carr's Monument
  • The Netherlands Carrillon story
  • The Royal Museum (it was Douglas')
  • Our First Nations Totems explained
  • Crystal Pool and Tarzan
  • What is Helmcken's House?
  • St. Ann's First School
  • (human) Birdcage Walk
  • The Robson's House
  • Emily Carr's House ...and much more!
   

• Note: After this ultra-enjoyable walk you will enjoy and understand Victoria much better. It includes over 20 main city landmarks (different from our other walks). This is not a strenuous walk. Snacks, drinks, hotel pickup, transportation, foot massage, mid-life-counseling, good sense of humour and gratuities are not included (actually massage, counseling and good sense of humour are not even available!)




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Basics Walk Highlights Walk Fullday Walk
Elegant Empress Hotel

Victoria-Basics Walk  


• When: You decide. Available daily, rain or shine, by reservation only.

• Duration: 2 hours (approximately)

• Some key sights:      
  • Imperial Oil and the Visitor Information Centre
  • Belmont Building and the strange Time Ball
  • Hudson Bay Fort (we were a fort!)
  • Empress Hotel--a mortal headache for its creator.
  • Gold Rush invasion--that is our why!
  • Captain Cook and George Vancouver were here?!
  • Legislative (Parliament) Buildings controversy
  • Queen Victoria's Monument (Queen or Empress?)
  • Monument to the Glorious Dead
  • Mifflin Gibbs' Missing Monument
  • Excentric Emily Carr's Monument
  • The Netherlands Carrillon story
  • The Royal Museum (it was Douglas')
  • Our First Nations Totems explained
  • Crystal Pool and Tarzan
  • What is Helmcken's House?
  • St. Ann's First School
  • (human) Birdcage Walk
  • The Robson's House
  • Emily Carr's House ...and much more!
   

Note: After this ultra-enjoyable walk you will enjoy and understand Victoria much better. It includes over 20 main city landmarks (different from our other walks). This is not a strenuous walk. Snacks, drinks, hotel pickup, transportation, foot massage, mid-life-counseling, good sense of humour and gratuities are not included (actually massage, counseling and good sense of humour are not even available!)



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