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VICTORIA & VANCOUVER ISLAND'S
BEST KEPT SECRETS
An Insider's Guide to Victoria & Southern Vancouver Island,
the Gulf Islands and NOW, all of Vancouver Island
VICTORIA'S
BEST KEPT SECRETS is a 60 page insider's guide jam-packed with travel
information and tips for people visiting Victoria BC. It now only comes in the PDF format. This on-line version has colour photographs, book-quality pages, and hundreds of links to places, activities and information and NOW has links to 27 video clips (and counting) so you can see live action of places to visit. The latest version recommends the best places to visit, eat and stay in each of the 7 Tourism Regions on Vancouver Island.
The video clips have been presented to give you a taste of what you might see and do when you visit. This is live action which is much better than still pictures. Check out this example: Oak Bay Marina - Harbour Seals
Current videos include: Butchart Gardens, Finnerty Gardens at UVIC, Butterfly Gardens, Cathedral Grove (big trees), Trail to the Secret Sea Lion Caves, Botanical Beach, Sombrio Beach, China Beach, Mystic Beach, French Beach, Whitty's Lagoon, the Sooke Potholes (fav. swimming hole), Elk Lake Prov. Park, the Dallas Road Breakwater, Victoria's Inner Harbour, the 3-Hour Sail on the Victoria Waterfront, the Kinsol Train Trestle (very high), the Discovery Forestry Centre in Duncan, Quw' utsun' Cultural Centre in Duncan (First Nations History), Race Rocks Light Station (sea lions above and below the water-a great tour or dive site), the Salt Spring Island Saturday Market, Feeding Harbour Seals at Oak Bay Marina, Uplands (Victoria's finest homes-drive by shooting), the Goldstream Park featuring the salmon spawn, and there will be more!
The booklet is also jammed with links to just about everything mentioned, so you can with a mouse click get more information, making this guide quite phenomenal. Here is an example of just one of the 60 pages, showing the number of links. Everything underlined is a link when you purchase the booklet. Here is a note from one of our customers: "Ron, I just wanted to drop you a line to say how helpful your Best Kept Secrets of Victoria book was to our recent trip to Victoria. All the tips and links to various websites were invaluable in helping us find all the interesting places to see, places to eat and things to do that made our vacation great. Victoria is wonderful and we can't wait to go back - with your book in our luggage of course!!!" Wayne J. Dundas Ontario, Canada.
Ron, thank you so much for the download link to the pdf version of your Best Kept Secrets of Victoria publication. The process was seamless. We are long time locals of the Victoria area and still had NO IDEA how much was available to do. We plan to use your detailed info, contacts, hyperlinks and video clips to plan our weekend bike jaunts over the summer. Well done! Regards Rob & Kathy, Victoria BC
I have met guests in Victoria carrying a copy of my book in their hand. I know it will help you too. Ron K.
If you intend to order this pdf version, please download the latest FREE version of Adobe Acrobat Reader.
The printed version was a black and white
photocopied manuscript and is no longer available.
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This guide was written by Ron Kirstein, owner of Vanisle
Travel and Tourism Services. Ron was a yearly visitor to Vancouver Island
for more than 10 years before he moved to Victoria. He has now lived in
Victoria for well over 30 years and has continued to be an active tourist, continually searching
out new and exciting places to explore, visit, shop, eat, and have fun. True, a Victoria visitor
could find all of the information in this book, provided he or she was willing
to put in many days, weeks, or even years, of searching.
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Our guide makes it easy
for you to fully enjoy your visit to Victoria and Southern Vancouver
Island without having to do an exhausting amount of research beforehand. Here, you'll find everything you need to know, all in one place! If you would like to purchase your own copy of the Best Kept Secrets of Victoria, please GO TO OUR ORDER FORM |
Here
is what you get when you order the BEST KEPT SECRETS OF VICTORIA:
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- A
review of the 4 top world-class tourist attractions in
Victoria
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- Recommendations
of where to eat - good restaurants, pubs, and fine dining
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- Hundreds of links to more information on just about everything mentioned in the "Best Kept Secrets of Victoria Booklet" PDF Version only
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- Video clips of live scenes to many of the special places you can visit
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- Where
to get discount coupons and where to save your money!
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- A
tour for your children - where to go what to see when you
have you kids along
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- Secret
West Coast Beaches including helpful, specific directions
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- A
special trail to Sea Lion Caves with the copy of a secret
map
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- A
secret hideaway swimming hole
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- An awesome hiking and biking trail that is over
45 km in length
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- A
Botanical Beach with gigantic tide pools and fantastic
seascapes!
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- Where
to go to see sea life: up close and personal!
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- Details
of key island marine parks
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- Directions
to some of the most fantastic scenic views Victoria has to offer
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Directions to exotic and spectacular gardens and
great places to go for a walk!
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- Excellent places
to bird watch
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- Scuba
Diving secrets - only the very best diving sites!
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- Fishing
spots, including shore locations where you can salmon fish!
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- Fun and challenging places
to rock climb
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- Links
to provincial campground reservations
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- A
detailed guide to our spectacular marine drive describing unique
places to stop!
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- Where
to get goodies (high tea, chocolate, ice cream, fish and
chips, fresh fruit and vegetables)
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- Exciting day trips from Victoria to surrounding areas
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- Interesting
locations for history buffs!
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- Best places to find antiques!
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- A
list of 101+ things to do in Victoria
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- Science
buff stuff and great places to take your children
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- Special
info about Victoria's Inner Harbour
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- How to horseback ride around a scenic lake
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- All
about the Victoria's magical blue Johnson Street Draw-Bridge
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- Tips, secrets and unusual things you can find in Downtown Victoria
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If
you would like to obtain a guide to "Victoria's Best Kept Secrets"
please
click on our
ORDER FORM
and submit it to Vanisle Travel and Tourism.
VICTORIA'S BEST KEPT
SECRETS PRICE LIST
(PRICES
ARE IN CANADIAN DOLLARS AND INCLUDE ALL TAXES
)
Canadian
Funds: $9.99 for PDF Version
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Canadian
Funds: $24.99 for Hard Copy (photocopy),No longer available.
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We accept Visa and Master Card payments will be submitted
in Canadian funds and converted to US funds if you are an American
customer. If you are from any other country a similar conversion
will be done by the Credit Card company. We use the most
sophisticated encryption software available to secure your order.
Mail orders and/or payment to: VANISLE TOURISM, 625 Windman Court, Victoria, BC, V9B 6N4. Once payment is received, your copy will be forwarded by E-mail (if you've ordered the PDF version). Our order form
is very secure. If
you do not wish to use your credit card on the Internet, however, you can phone our Toll Free Number:
1-888-472-2143, leave your card number, expiry date, and your
name on the answering machine. Please SPELL your name
on the answering machine, to ensure clarity. Then send an E-mail order indicating
you have phoned in your card information. Your copy of Secrets will be sent via
return e-mail.
Victoria's Best Kept Secrets is a compilation of over 30 years of knowledge
and experience from Ron Kirstein as well as other individuals and families who have visited
Victoria for years and now live here.
As
a tourist you might uncover some of these special places and things
to do, but you may not. With this guide,
you will be able to pick and choose among many special opportunities
and design your best holiday yet. Local residents are privy to
in-depth information through publications and articles as well
as having much more time to explore. Victoria's Best Kept Secrets gives you this advantage. There is something for everyone!
You will be given special knowledge about places to
eat, have tea, sight see, relax, get away, explore nature, find
unusual things to do, and much more. You will have the advantage
that a guest of a resident would have! The author of this document
is the owner of VANISLE TOURISM SERVICES and has a wealth of
experience for you to share. For a small fee, you can be privy
to this insiders guide to a wonderful Victoria experience.
You
can order your copy today by mail or online using our handy ON-LINE FORM
Order Now! GO TO OUR ORDER FORM!
Mail orders to VANISLE TOURISM, 625 Windman Court, Victoria, BC, V9B 6N4
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