Vancouver/Victoria Island…. Days needed
Aug 6th, 2023 | 08:52 AM
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Vancouver/Victoria Island…. Days needed
Planning trip to Vancouver/Victoria Island then to Seattle in late May-June 2024. Thinking 3-4 days in Vancouver sightseeing then to Victoria Island for 2 days. Best form public transportation from Vancouver to Victoria? Then back to Vancouver airport. Don’t want to drive to Seattle. Transportation to airport from Island? Another?… should we just stay in Vancouver and do a long day tour instead?? Forgot staying on island?? Any suggestions please. Thank you!
Aug 6th, 2023 | 01:29 PM
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It’s Vancouver Island.
Victoria is the largest city on Vancouver Island. Compared to Vancouver, Victoria is a small sleepy seaside city famous for its quaint and charming historic English colonial architecture, botanical gardens, whale watching, craft breweries, and afternoon tea.
Vancouver is on the mainland. It’s a much larger cosmopolitan international city, kindred spirits with San Francisco. It’s famous for its restaurants (especially authentic Asian cuisine), craft brewery districts, its quirky neighborhoods, its dramatic scenery (rugged alpine mountains, sandy beaches, ocean inlets, rainforest wilderness parks with waterfalls) and having wilderness and nature immediately accessible in the city. There are also many botanical gardens and whale watching tours out of Vancouver, too.
It takes about four hours to get from Vancouver to Victoria by car/bus and ferry. It takes 35 minutes to fly between the cities by seaplane.
Generally speaking, if you haven’t been to this part of the world before, you’d want to have at minimum three full days in Vancouver and two full days for Victoria.
If you want to explore Vancouver Island beyond Victoria, you’d want to have a car and set aside at least two weeks.
Victoria is the largest city on Vancouver Island. Compared to Vancouver, Victoria is a small sleepy seaside city famous for its quaint and charming historic English colonial architecture, botanical gardens, whale watching, craft breweries, and afternoon tea.
Vancouver is on the mainland. It’s a much larger cosmopolitan international city, kindred spirits with San Francisco. It’s famous for its restaurants (especially authentic Asian cuisine), craft brewery districts, its quirky neighborhoods, its dramatic scenery (rugged alpine mountains, sandy beaches, ocean inlets, rainforest wilderness parks with waterfalls) and having wilderness and nature immediately accessible in the city. There are also many botanical gardens and whale watching tours out of Vancouver, too.
It takes about four hours to get from Vancouver to Victoria by car/bus and ferry. It takes 35 minutes to fly between the cities by seaplane.
Generally speaking, if you haven’t been to this part of the world before, you’d want to have at minimum three full days in Vancouver and two full days for Victoria.
If you want to explore Vancouver Island beyond Victoria, you’d want to have a car and set aside at least two weeks.
Aug 6th, 2023 | 06:38 PM
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OOPS -- Sorry. Duh 
I had initially typed 'Victoria & the Island' then for some reason inserted a second 'Victoria'. Of course its Vancouver Island - but my point is the same -- no reason to go back to Vancouver (the city) if Seattle is the end destiation.
I had initially typed 'Victoria & the Island' then for some reason inserted a second 'Victoria'. Of course its Vancouver Island - but my point is the same -- no reason to go back to Vancouver (the city) if Seattle is the end destiation.
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