(Market Square)

Victoria Highlights Walk

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

• Duration: 3 hours (approximately)

• Key sights:      

Homecoming Sailor's emotional monument Dominion (e.i. British) Customs House Windsor Hotel ridiculous explosion Roger's Chocolates a tragic success story Pemberton, Weiler and Union Club Bldgs (Victorian old-timers) Bank of BC, a bard and a banker--Robert Service's story Royal Bank robbery (Munro's) Morris the Tobacconist (and his standing lighter) Fort's yellow brick road Bastion Square (what were the brideships?) ex-Maritime Museum (jail, and gallows, and...) Rithet Bldg. and the old fort well Wharf St. (Finlayson & Yates fur storehouses) (poor) Waddington Alley (sodas before Coke) Johnson St. & defunct Strauss' Bridge: a Golden Gate precursor where is Market Sq. roof gone? Chinatown, taxes and discrimination

Old Opium Factories (yes, we had twelve!) Fan Tan Alley, gambling & police action Gate of Harmonious (compound) Interests Yen Wo Society Bldg. and a half Chinese Benevolent Associations: have an orange? Chinese Pharmacy & School Masonic Temple (yes, masonic founders) The new old Hudson Bay Bldg. City Hall Oldest Synagogue in Canada St. Andrews Roman Catholic Cathedral Carnegie-donated Library old Fort St. 'Antiques Row' St. Andrews Presbyterian Church Weiler's Bldg. sub-sidewalks and fun Pagliacci's Eaton Centre contraption Trounce Alley--our first street-malls ...and much more!

• Note: After this ultra-enjoyable walk you will seriously understand Victoria much better. It includes over 30 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!)