Discover the Past — Local services in Victoria

My gorgeos love and I took this Ghost tour in August 2021, Brynne was our guide and she was great! We had a spooky time on a creepy night and learned much of Victoria's haunted sites. Can't wait to go back for Xmas. Thanks so much Brynne! (PS: tip your tour guide people!!!!)

FOLLOW UP: We just returned from Victoria in the cold snow and once again took in a walking tour with Discover the Past... this time a Christmas Ghost tour with Chris on what was the coldest day I've ever been on Van Island for, boxing day... something like -10 but felt like -20.

The tour itself was similar to the August tour we had with Brynne, with a few of the initial stories overlapping from our first experience but some neat Christmas ones through the middle of the tour.

As with the first tour we stayed back with Chris and were treated to a great story about the B&B we were staying in up the road on Fort Street.

Again, great experience and if you want to learn history about Victoria there's no better way to do it than with...

June 27, 2025 We decided to do a ghost tour that was supposed to go to St Anne’s Academy and Beacon Hill Park. We had Brynn as our tour guide, and as people have stated, she is a good storyteller and tries to engage with the audience. Our tour started at the Visitor Information center, went across to the Empress Hotel, to the Emily Carr statue, then across the street by the Royal BC Museum, the houses behind the museum and then to St Anne’s Academy, which is where the tour ended. We did not go to Beacon Hill Park at all. That was disappointing as the name of the tour is literally St Anne’s Academy and Beacon Hill Park tour. I suppose that the tour could be improved by actually going to all of the locations that are in the title of the tour. Given that we missed half of the locations listed in the titled, I would rate the...

My fiancé and I were fortunate to join for 2 tours in one day -- The Chinatown Tour and the History of Victoria Tour. Both John and Chris were fantastic tour guides. The histories and stories that were told are genuine and relevant. You can tell how passionate they are about the history of Victoria. This is not a job to them, but rather a passion they have dedicated their live to. Certainly one of the best tours I have ever been on!

On a practical note, I did not find this to be too much walking, it was a good balance of walking, but also stopping and discussing important parts of town and history. (After all, we did 2 in one day!) And pups are allowed to join along too! :)

Thank you...