Fools Rush In

The clinking of glasses in saloons, the smell of canvas and horses, and twenty men to every woman. The Fools Rush In Walk takes you through the rollicking times in the city’s history when the promise of fortune made a boomtown of the sleepy little trading post. The light of the gas lamp flickers. A cool breeze blows in from the Inner Harbour, bringing a chill to the night air. Suddenly, from the shadows, a woman screams. Someone else calls for the police, as a number of dark figures – miners, perhaps, lured her by the Gold Rush, or a local lumber baron, in his top hat and greatcoat – slip into the darkness.
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Forbidden City

The Forbidden City Walk takes you back to a time when a collision of cultures defined the secret city within a city. You begin your journey at Market Square and go back in history to when Canada’s first Chinatown was born.
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Hauntings

Ghosts, ancestral spirits, strange disappearances – expect the unexpected when you step into Victoria’s past. The Happy Hauntings Walk is a mystery tour through the most haunted city in Canada. As you wander the quaint streets and tourist shops, understand that the difference between the normal and paranormal is sometimes very uncertain.
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Law & Disorder

Robbery, murder, and deadly lovers’ triangles – Victoria’s history is part Gothic romance, part wild wild west. There are more than just flowers in Canada’s City of Gardens. The Law and Disorder Walk takes you back to secret stories of the crimes, the criminals, and the men who fought to keep order in those rowdy times.
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