Be a Tourist in Your Own Home Town
Tickets are on sale right now for Victoria’s “Be a Tourist in Your Own Home Town,” which goes from March 2 – 6 this year.
Tickets are $10.50 each or 5 for $42.00 (including taxes).
Tickets can be purchased at the following locations:
* Tourism Victoria’s Visitor Information Centre
* Thrifty Foods (NOTE: Vancouver Island Stores only)
* Participating BC Lottery Outlets
* CFB Canex Stores
* People’s Drugs (Fairfield Plaza)
* Sooke Region Museum
* Participating Peninsula Co-Op stores
* Online
What do you get for your ticket price? Well, you get a lot of 2 for 1 deals as well as 50% off deals and you are eligible for some great prizes. Click here to find out all the deals that you get for your $10.50 ticket price. Some people are cynical about it and say that it is all just two for one deals, etc. However, even at that, there are some really good deals.
However, there are some things you get for FREE — i.e. you just pay your $10.50 for the ticket and then it covers all of these things — and I have taken those things and listed them all separately here. Skeptics say that the free attractions are “always free,” but although I have not gotten around to looking up absolutely every attraction, I have found that that is not at all the case. The only one that was normally free so far in my research was the guided tour through the legislature. Admittedly, the most exciting tourist attractions in Victoria are not giving away free admission, but this is still a great chance to explore some fun attractions for free and some even more exciting ones for a discount.
- Abkhazi Garden – FREE Admission (Adult admission is normally $10.00)
- Beacon Hill Children’s Farm (Petting Zoo) – FREE! (Admission is normally a suggested donation of $3.00)
- Glendale Gardens and Woodland – FREE Admission (Adult admission usually $11.00)
- Legislative Assembly of BC – FREE GUIDED TOURS (Guided tours are, umm… always free)
- Miniature World – FREE! (Adult admission is usually $12.00)
- Pacific Undersea Gardens – FREE! (Adult admission usually $10.95)
- Prince of Whales – FREE 20 Minute Harbour Cruise (A.M.Only)
- The Beach House – FREE order Fresh hand-cut fries
- Black Ball Ferry Line – FREE Ship Tour (Wednesday and Thursday only)
- Market Square – FREE 30-Minute Historic Walking Tour – afternoons only
- GoodLIFE Fitness – one month FREE!
- CFB Esquimalt Naval & Military Museum – FREE!
- 5th Field Regiment RCA (Bay Street Armory) FREE!
- Sidney Historical Museum and Archives FREE!
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