Travelling to Victoria
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Travelling to Victoria Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island which is approximately 100 km distance from Vancouver. Although on a map, it looks to be a short distance, it requires some planning and time to get to Victoria from Seattle or Vancouver and back to Vancouver by air, sea or land. Transportation Information By Air By Sea Located thirty minutes from downtown Victoria, Victoria Victoria is well-connected to mainland British Columbia International Airport serves daily flights to and from and Washington State by vehicle and passenger ferries Vancouver International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma Airport and high-speed catamarans. (Sea-Tac), as well as other points in Canada and the United States. Regular floatplane and helicopter service to Downtown Victoria Clipper: Passengers-only catamaran. Trip Victoria is available from Vancouver and Seattle. takes 3 hours. Seattle’s Pier 69 to Downtown Victoria’s Inner Harbour. http://www.victoriaclipper.com/ Air Canada: http://www.aircanada.com/en/home.html Westjet: http://www.westjet.com/ BC Ferry Corporation: Car and passenger ferry from Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal (30 minutes from Helijet Airways: Daily flights from Vancouver and Downtown Vancouver) and Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, Seattle to Downtown Victoria’s Inner Harbour. near the town of Sidney (30 minutes from Victoria). http://www.helijet.com/ Winter odd hour sailings 7 am – 9 pm. The trip takes 1 Harbour Air: daily flights between downtown hour 35 minutes. http://www.bcferries.bc.ca/ Vancouver and Victoria. http://www.harbour-air.com Alaska Air: Daily flights between Seattle, Victoria and By Land Vancouver International Airports. http://www.alaskaair.com/Default.aspx?ASDBD=J1 Scheduled coach service is available for travel from Vancouver (via ferries) to Victoria. Kenmore Air: Daily flights between Seattle, Victoria and Vancouver. https://www.kenmoreair.com/ BC Ferries Connector Bus: Take the BC Ferries Connector, a coach-style bus that transports you from downtown Vancouver, onto the ferry, and directly downtown Victoria (and back to Vancouver). Reservations recommended. http://bcfconnector.com/ .