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Fisgard Lighthouse sits perched on volcanic rock on Vancouver Island's Fort Rodd Hill, where it has helped to guide ships safely to Victoria Harbor since 1860. It was the first permanent lighthouse on Canada's west coast, and is a Canadian National Historic Site. Fort Rodd Hill is a coast artillery fort built in the late 1890s to defend Victoria - similar to those found in Washington State, such as Fort Worden in Port Townsend and Fort Casey on Whidbey Island.
The lighthouse and fort sit on a beautiful piece of land overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, with Victoria to the east. Washington's Olympic Mountains rise in the distance, making it a very photogenic spot. Garry Oaks dot the landscape, and harbor seals and sea lions lounge on the rocks; birdwatchers will want binoculars to scan the horizon for great blue herons, bald eagles, and a variety of other winged creatures. A trip to Fisgard Lighthouse makes a terrific afternoon excursion from Victoria.
In addition to a beautiful natural setting, the Fisgard Lighthouse features interesting exhibits on the the light itself, its keepers, and "the graveyard of the Pacific" (as the waters off this coast were once known).
2010 20th Anniversary Special: $20 Round Trip to Victoria/Port Angeles
Take advantage of our 20th Anniversary Special and travel between Port Angeles and Victoria for only $20 round trip.
Travel for a day or take the weekend off and have a great time. Bring the kids or finally make the time for that romantic getaway together. No matter what, Victoria Express can help make all your travel arrangements, including accommodations in Victoria and Port Angeles. Call 360-452-8088 or email
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Victoria's Killer Dinner Theatre
Presents
“Murder on the Oriental Rug!”
Move over -- or roll over-- Agatha Christie! Victoria's Killer Dinner Theatre is about to unveil a mystery dinner show that spoofs old-fashioned whodunits, the medical profession, “female problems,” and theater folks!When half the cast of “Murder on the Oriental Rug” bails out, the remaining performers are stuck playing all the roles. During the first act, you’ll meet a Shakespearean actor with a drinking problem, a washed-up former child star, a bimbo with a short memory, and a hapless costumer who finds herself onstage -- playing a man.
During the “play within a play,” you’ll visit the exclusive clinic of Dr. Charles Ovary, renowned hot flash specialist who’s secretly treating a famous actress trying desperately to regain her youth. You’ll get to know the doctor’s devoted but clueless wife, his passionate female protégé, the actresses’ hunky husband, a flighty French maid, a shifty handyman, and an inspector investigating the dead body on the Oriental rug.
Will the play make it to Broadway? Will the performers remember their lines? Will the Shakespearean actor fit into the maid’s costume? Will the chalk outline come out of the rug? Will the inspector solve the murder? Will another murder occur?
Before the evening’s over, someone else will be ruthlessly murdered, and it’s up to the audience to solve the crime.
Victoria's Killer Dinner Theatre is presented at the Travelodge Victoria, 229 Gorge Road East.
Tickets are $39.99 and includes a 3 course dinner plus the show. (drinks excluded) The show opens Saturday June 26, and runs Fridays & Saturdays throughout the summer beginning at 6:30pm.
Reservations can be made by calling 250-361-6246.
$20 Round Trip Special Ferry To Victoria
Come to Victoria this weekend and take advantage of our 20th Anniversary - $20 Round Trip to Victoria special fare. Make plans for a fun day trip of make it a weekend. There are enough attractions in Victoria to last a lifetime. Victoria Express can make all of your 'Staycation' travel arrangements. Call today - 360-452-8088 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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The Maritime Museum of BC has a wealth of artifacts and history and is a fantastic place to get a glimpse back into the nautical customs of the North Pacific. With exhibits ranging from pirates to heritage vessels and Victoria’s original 1889 Courtroom, the MMBC is always a fascinating visit.
20th Anniversary - $20 Round Trip to Victoria
Come visit the fleet in Victoria this weekend and take advantage of our 20th Anniversary - $20 Round Trip to Victoria special fare. Make plans for a fun day trip of make it a weekend. There are enough attractions in Victoria to last a lifetime. Victoria Express can make all of your 'Staycation' travel arrangements. Call today - 360-452-8088 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Victoria is a great place to travel with the entire family. Children as well as adults will enjoy a romp in Beacon Hill Park, a day at Butchart Gardens, and hours at the Royal BC Museum. Succumb to amazement at the Bug Zoo, and take in a movie at the Imax Theatre. The list goes on and on.
Perhaps the best part of travel to Victoria with children is that it doesn't need to be expensive. Let's face it - these days, most everyone has to consider the cost/benefit ratio of everything.
Days Inn Victoria on the Harbour has comfortable, affordable lodging for the whole family. Between April 1 and June 31, rooms start at $98, and children under 12 are free. Save money by booking a room with a kitchenette, where food may be prepared to feed ever-hungry growing children.
At Days Inn Victoria on the Harbour, you may spend hours in the protected heated pool any time of year. During the summer months, enjoy the outdoor heated pool. Swimming is perhaps the best and most affordable entertainment there is.
$20 Round Trip To Victoria - Special Anniversary Pricing
This season, take advantage of the 20th Anniversary Special at the Victoria Express Ferry to Victoria. Round trip travel between Port Angeles, WA and Victoria BC is just $20. Children under 5 travel for free. Make memories your children will cherish forever.
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Travel between the United States and Canada requires a passport or enhanced driver's license. Visit our ID Requirements for more details.
The Natural History Gallery at the Royal BC Museum in Victoria brings visitors back in time to experience dramatically different environments. Lush tropical forests and ice-bound tundras were both part of the landscape of British Columbia at one time. Mammoths, giant bison, and mastodons walked where we now dwell. The next time you visit Victoria, why not explore the ancient history of this ever-changing planet and learn about its present and future.
Your chance to see what goes on behind the curtain at the Royal BC Museum begins on June 25, 2010, when Royal BC Museum: Behind the Scenes opens. This is an ideal activity for families visiting Victoria. Meet the researchers who dive, dig and dredge during their search for scientific discoveries, and learn about what they do. New and ancient specimens will be on public display for the first time. And be sure to take your children to the new Amuseum - specifically designed for them - where the theme is sustainability. Children and parents alike will find this a fascinating exhibit.
Be among the first to experience this new exhibit, which runs through Monday, October 10, 2011.
Travel to Victoria from the Olympic Peninsula via Victoria Express. Victoria is easily accessible without a car, so don't bother bringing your automobile. You can spend a day or a week exploring the attractions in and around the Inner Harbour of Victoria.
$20 Round Trip Port Angeles / Victoria Special
Our 2010 sailing season between Port Angeles and Victoria starts May 28; call 360-452-8088 or email
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for details about travel to Victoria, BC. Be sure to ask about our 20th anniversary $20 round trip special!
Choose eco-friendly travel this weekend and take the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria for an experience you won’t soon forget. Canada’s most authentic Pink Floyd Tribute Band will be performing at the Alix Golden Hall 900 Johnson Street in Victoria Saturday, September 19th. The band has been amazing audiences since 2008 with their authentic re-creation of one of the world’s favorite rock groups.
The performance looks, sounds and feels like the real Pink Floyd in their hey-day: the 70’s. You can expect long, psychedelic jams with songs as ‘Shine on You Crazy Diamond’ and ‘Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun’ as well as ‘Comfortably Numb’ and ‘Us and Them’.
Travel back to the 70’s with the band’s amazing showcase of lights and visuals.
Share this musical adventure with friends and family….Victoria Express ferry to Victoria BC can make all of your travel reservations – Call today to book your hotel accommodations.
While in Victoria, take advantage of the free shuttle bus in the downtown Victoria area. Running every fifteen minutes between 10:30 and 5pm, this shuttle service provides a great service to travelers and locals alike. Hop on and off the shuttle as you visit different areas of town, from LoJo to Chinatown.
Travel between the United States and Canada requires a passport or enhanced driver’s license.
Welcome To Forks...
What is it about VAMPIRES?
How do they manage to get under our skin, and keep us up at nights thinking about them, reading books about them, watching movies about them? It seems that most everyone goes through a vampire stage at some point between adolescence and the golden years – they are so alluring, mysterious, and strangely attractive. Bram Stoker knew their appeal. So did Anne Rice. And now Stephenie Meyers has tapped into the world of the Undead with her Twilight series. The books are wildly popular, as was the first film. The second film, New Moon, is due out late this fall.
Those of us who live in the Pacific Northwest are proud of Forks, Washington, which is home for the Cullen family. We want to show visitors around. Twilight fans from Victoria will be pleased to learn that they may go from Victoria to the land of Vampires and Werewolves in Just One Day.
The passenger ferry from Victoria to Port Angeles departs at 9:45 AM; upon arrival in Port Angeles, visitors will be swept away to Forks in style by Dazzled by Twilight Tours , where you will have time to explore the town where the Cullens don’t sleep and Chief Swan keeps law and order. At 3pm you will be taken to the house Bella and Charlie call home, the Cullen House, The Hospital where Dr. Cullen works and the Police Station where Chief Swan spends his days when he isn’t out fishing.
Across the treaty line in Werewolf territory, you will learn the history of the Quilieute People while gliding past some of the most incredible scenery in the northwest – the Washington Coastline. You will see where Jacob went to school and where he lives now. And of course, no Twilight Tour is complete without a stop in Port Angeles, where Edward and Bella had their first date. You’ll have time to visit local Twilight landmarks before boarding the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria, which departs at 9:30pm.
It is a full day, to be sure, and it is well worth it. If you are visiting the Pacific Northwest, when is the next time you will be able to get such a glimpse into the Forks of Twilight? If you live in the Pacific Northwest, you simply must experience the Forks of Vampires and Werewolves. Call the Victoria Express for details.
Travel between the United States and Canada now requires a passport or enhanced driver’s license.
July 1 was Canada Day, when Canadians in Victoria stepped out in great numbers to celebrate being Canadian. Victoria was hopping all day to the sounds of live music as people created an enormous living Canadian flag, participated in walking tours, rode in horse-drawn trolleys and strolled through Market Square. Enthusiastic fans also attended a baseball game.
Take the passenger ferry to watch the Victoria Seals
Baseball, you say? Yes, Victoria has its own team, the Victorian Seals, and fans are not merely Canadians. Some folks on the Olympic Peninsula consider the Victorian Seals to be their home team. It’s true, although they don’t say that too loudly for fear of insulting fans of the Seattle Mariners. But you have to admit that it is easier to ride a passenger ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria than to drive all the way to one of those other ferries in order to cross Puget Sound.
The Victoria Seals are at this moment engaged in a four game series with the Tucson Toros. It’s not too late to be spontaneous and catch the last game of the series, on Friday evening. Or plan ahead a bit: the Seals will be hosting the Edmonton Capitals and the Yuma Scorpions over the coming days, and will play at home frequently during July and August. Check out the Seals‘ schedule.
The ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria offers numerous specials that include lodging in Victoria; they are a great value. Make a long weekend out of it, or a mid-week vacation, and take in a game while you are there. See how the Canadians put their own twist on baseball.
Passports or enhanced drivers licenses are now required for travel between the United States and Canada.
There is a lot going on in and around Victoria, BC this weekend. Since this is also the last weekend when travel between Canada and the United States is permitted without either a passport or an enhanced driver’s license, why not hop on board the passenger ferry from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC and have a little holiday?
Plan on spending Saturday night listening to four of the greatest voices in the world. Il Divo creatively blends opera with popular music, and the results are out of this world. In fact, they have awed audiences around the world with their versions of “Amazing Grace” and “Power of Love”, among others. David Miller, Carlos Marín, Urs Buhler & Sébastien Izambard are not to be missed.
Canadians have been fans of Il Divo since their inception, and Saturday’s concert is guaranteed to leave listeners breathless. Staged and choreographed by William Baker (Kylie, Jamiroquai) on a state of the art set, with a tour wardrobe designed by Giorgio Armani, the show will certainly look as good as it sounds.
Saturday night is set. Now, what to do the rest of the weekend? The Selkirk Waterfront Festival is one thought. Sponsored by the Burnside Gorge Community Association, and located on the beautiful Selkirk Waterfront, this event is perfect for the whole family. There will be live cultural performances, interactive workshops, a family fun zone, food and vendors. This is a perfect way to be out in the great weather and experience a little culture, too.
Or, take the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria and attend Fired-Up! Contemporary Works in Clay. This pottery show at Metchosin Hall in Metchosin, BC has been going on for 25 years. The combined experience of participating potters adds up to 750 years, which means a lot of clay has passed through these able hands. This show will display a great deal of innovation and even more talent, and should be seen by anyone who enjoys the ceramic arts.
Victoria Express offers a number of overnight specials in Victoria. So why not plan to spend a sunny, fun filled weekend in Victoria now?
The Victoria Express begins service this summer on May 22, just in time for Memorial Day weekend. Plan to ride the ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria, BC during that long weekend, and take advantage of some of the spectacular special deals offered by Victoria Express.
Victoria Express trips to Craigdarroch Castle
Their Afternoon Express Special Includes round trip ferry tickets from Port Angeles to Victoria and a Grand City Drive tour. At $53.50 per person, it is an affordable way to leave the country for the day. Victoria Express takes care of all of the details – you simply sit back, relax, and take in the glorious views of the Straits of Juan de Fuca and the city of Victoria.
If you would like to add a taste of old Scotland to your day trip, check out Package 3a, which adds a trip to Craigdarroch Castle. According to the castle’s website, “Craigdarroch was built between 1887-1890 for Robert Dunsmuir, a Scottish immigrant who made his fortune from Vancouver Island coal. This legendary Victorian mansion, built on a hill overlooking the City of Victoria (Craigdarroch means “rocky, oak place” in Gaelic) announced to the world that Robert Dunsmuir was the richest and most important man in Western Canada…. The immense fortune of the Dunsmuir family is reflected in the four floors of exquisite stained glass windows, intricate woodwork and fabulous Victorian era furnishings.” A trip to the castle makes a delightful outing for anyone interested in Victorian architecture.
Take some time to plan your summer getaways on the Victoria Express. Remember that as of June 1, 2009, travelers between the United States and Canada will need passports or an enhanced driver’s license.
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