Victoria Culinary Walk: in Partnership With Food & Wine Magazine

[Northern Bear]

I am not finding a lot on information on this. Has anybody done this? We are on a HAL ship but I'm sure its similar across all ships.

 

From the summary it says there is a stop at a fish and chips place but from the description it only mentions stopping for desert type items. Is there a stop for anything besides sweet treats?

 

It also mentions taking a shuttle back to the ship at the end but nothing at the beginning I take this to mean its a walk from the terminal to the starting point?

 

TIA

[cruiseryyc]

Quite frankly I would save some money and just get off the ship and start walking by yourselves!

 

Head towards Fisherman's Wharf and get fish & chips at Barbs

 

https://www.tourismvictoria.com/see-do/activities-attractions/attractions/fishermans-wharf

 

https://www.barbsfishandchips.com/

 

Then start checking out the plethora of craft beer pubs downtown.

 

https://bcaletrail.ca/ale-trails/victoria-ale-trail/

 

Either walk back to the ship or catch a cab

 

[martincath]

Regardless of where the stops are, it's godawful value (a quick skim of HAL website shows prices FROM $140pp? Kids price I guess without the booze option so cheaper?).

 

Similar local tours run significantly less, are priced in CAD, and unless it's a specifically-dessert-focused tour tend to run a much more balanced menu.

 

Personally I find even the well-reviewed local food tours bad value because I'm both a foodie and an amateur history buff, so it's rare I learn anything about the city or the food items - I only book them if there's a hefty Groupon or similar discount as you could literally buy a full-size serving of everything you eat for half the price these local tours run. But if you're new to Victoria, I think that a couple of hours of informed chat with an array of samples is pretty fairly-priced at the CAD$80pp mark of the linked tour above... well under half what the ship tour costs by the time you convert from USD!!!