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Need-to-know travel info

TRAVEL SAVVY
GETTING HERE - BY AIR
The city is 30 minutes from Vancouver
and 45 minutes from Seattle. Victoria
International Airport - rated in a CNNgo
survey as one of the world's 10 most-loved
airports - welcomes more than 50 non-stop
flights every day from major North American
cities, including Seattle, San Francisco,
Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver.
Harbour floatplane service and charter
flights also are available through Kenmore
Air and Harbour Air Seaplanes, while Helijet
offers daily and chartered helicopter flights.

GETTING HERE - BY SEA
Passenger-only, high-speed catamaran
service between Victoria and Seattle is
available through Victoria Clipper. Black
Ball Ferry Line provides car/vehicle ferry
service between Victoria and Port Angeles,
Washington; Washington State Ferry offers
car/vehicle ferry transport between Sidney
and Anacortes, Washington. Whale-watch

AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
For more transportation information,
visit tourismvictoria.com, click on "Plan
Your Trip," then select "Getting Here."
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your way to Victoria from Vancouver with
Prince of Whales. Vehicle and passenger
ferries with BC Ferries sail between
Vancouver and Victoria several times daily.
V2V offers passenger ferry service between
Victoria and Vancouver. Bus companies
also provide service between downtown
Vancouver and downtown Victoria via ferry.
For an up-to-date list of all ferry transport
options, see tourismvictoria.com/plan/
getting-here.

GETTING AROUND - BY LAND
Once you've arrived, your travel choices
include taxi and airport service with YYJ
Airport Shuttle; the excellent public transit
system BC Transit; car and RV rentals; and
motorcycle, scooter and bicycle rentals.

PASSPORTS AND VISAS
Visitors from countries outside Canada, including visitors travelling by air from the U.S.,
must have a valid passport to enter Canada
and may require other documentation.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security requires all travellers, including citizens of
the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Central and South
America, the Caribbean and Bermuda, who
are entering or re-entering the U.S. to present
a valid passport, passport card or other travel

Black Ball Ferry

document approved by the Department of
Homeland Security. This law applies to travellers arriving by air, land or sea.
For the most up-to-date information,
visit the U.S. Customs and Border Protection
website, cbp.gov, or tourismvictoria.com/
plan/travel-tips/passports.

CUSTOMS
All persons entering Canada must complete
a Canada Customs declaration form. Apparel
and personal effects are permitted free of
duty. Persons 19 years and older may bring
into Canada up to 50 cigars, 200 cigarettes
and 200 grams (7 ounces) of tobacco. Persons
aged 19 years and older may also bring into
Canada 1.14 litres (40 ounces) of liquor, 1.5
litres (45 ounces) of wine or 8.5 litres (288
ounces) of beer or ale.
For more info, visit cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/travelvoyage or contact:
Revenue Canada, Customs and Excise
Victoria Downtown Branch
400-1321 Blanshard St.
Victoria, B.C. V8W 0B6
Victoria International Airport
201-1640 Electra Blvd.
Sidney, B.C. V8L 5V4
Canada Customs Airport Office
250-363-6644



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