Itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Vancouver Island, with the driving times and the stops that are worth the detour.
7 pieces, all free to read
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A Weekend in the Comox Valley: Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland
Two days across Courtenay, Comox and Cumberland: a fossil museum, a forest and beach walk, a harbour garden, a vineyard, three breweries and a night at the theatre.
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A Weekend in Port Alberni: Stamp Falls, the Harbour and Cathedral Grove
Two days in Port Alberni: the salmon run at Stamp Falls, a museum, the harbour quay, two breweries, the Sproat Lake petroglyphs and Cathedral Grove.
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A Weekend on Salt Spring Island: Ganges, a Summit and a Cidery
Two days on Salt Spring Island: Mount Erskine, a brewery, a show at ArtSpring, a working farm, Burgoyne Bay and a cidery, with Ganges as the base.
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A Weekend in Duncan and the Cowichan Valley
Two days that cover the Duncan market, totem poles, the Chaster Road breweries, a show, Chemainus, a cider farm and the Kinsol Trestle.
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3 Days in Tofino: A Romantic Weekend for Two
Low tide on Chesterman Beach, a boat to Hot Springs Cove, dinner at The Pointe and Wolf in the Fog, old growth on the Rainforest Trail and a sunset at Tonquin Beach.
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3 Days in Victoria, BC: Museums, Pubs and the Harbour
Three days in Victoria for two: the Royal BC Museum and Chinatown, Craigdarroch Castle and the brewery taprooms, then whales and The Butchart Gardens, with dinner sorted each night.
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7 Days on Vancouver Island: A Road Trip from Victoria to Tofino and the Comox Valley
Seven days by car: two nights in Victoria, the Cowichan Valley and Nanaimo, Cathedral Grove and Port Alberni, two nights in Tofino, and the Comox Valley before the ferry home.