Southern Island blends nature
with aura of Victorian elegance

Southern Vancouver Island is the perfect combination
of elegant sophistication, traditional European appeal and
rural charm.

Golf courses, cycling routes, hiking trails, diving sites,
sheltered waters tor kayaking and caroeing, and an abun-
‘dance of wildlife to watch and learn about — South Island
has it all. And it’s all offered in — or within an hour's drive
of — British Columbia's capital city, Victoria.

_ Victoria has been rated by Condé Nast Traveler magazine
readers as the sixth-best city destination in the world and
is renowned for its tea rooms and flower gardens.

A sophisticated area of approximately 326,000 residents,
Victoria and environs welcome upwards of four million vis-
itors annually. Restored historic buildings, horse-drawn

carriages and ships moored in Inner Herbour contribute to
“the Old World charm of this elegant city by the sea. You'll
find international shopping, art galleries and restaurants
with menus that incorporate the best of the Pacific's bounty
and reflect the cultural diversity of the city.
North of Victoria lies the pastoral landscape of the
Saanich Peninsula, where farms and pocket communities
_ blend with forests, lakes and parks. Surrounded on three
sides by beautiful coastline and sheltered waters, the penin-

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Clarion Hotel
Grand Pacific
www.hotelgrandpacific.com

450 Quebec St., on the Inner Harbour,
Victoria, BC, Canedo V8V 1W5

Information
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sula offers a world of scenic delights and fresh-air activities.
Both Victoria International Airport and the Swartz Bay
ferry terminal are located here, near the town of Sidney, a
little seaside town noted for its picturesque marinas.

West of Victoria, che scenery of parks, marinas and resi-
dential neighbourhoods in the West Shore Communities
becomes progressively wilder as you enter the Sooke region
and travel along the rugged shoreline, past coastal rain forests
and windswept beaches overlooking the Juan de Fuca Strait.
The West Coast Road, or Highway 14, leads to the rugged
splendour of the west coast beaches and the hiking chal-
lenges of the Juan de Fuca Marine Trail.

But even when strolling Victoria’s Inner Harbour over-
looked by the famous Empress Hotel and the Parliament
Buildings, the serenity of nature isn’t far away.

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