Flavours of Victoria Package with Victoria's Historic Inns

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, March, 2011: Immerse yourself in Victoria's food scene for a few days and you'll soon be addicted to the fresh produce, adventurous charcuterie and exotic, mouth-watering dishes that abound. Victoria's Historic Inns has created a two-night Flavours of Victoria package to help you uncover the city's vibrant food scene.

Victoria has embraced the slow food movement with gusto, adding affordable food trucks, special-occasion bistros, produce stands, farm tours, wineries and cider works to its culinary roster. Vancouver Island's oceanic climate is a boon to growers and restaurateurs who are among the world's leaders in all-things organic. Tasting local, seasonal food in Victoria is easy, the key is knowing where to start. Victoria's Historic Inns guides you in the right direction with this appetizing package.

Guests will begin the day with breakfast at the Inn, specially prepared with fresh ingredients, served with style and imagination. For lunch, a gourmet picnic basket waits to be filled with ingredients of your choosing. Innkeepers will provide the basket, a bottle of wine and a map of some of the cities secret culinary gems. From where to find the freshest fish tacones, to the source of the richest chocolate truffles, guests will receive insider tips on the best places in town. Once you've worked up an appetite filing your basket with gourmet delights, time to pick a place to relax. Open the map provided by your expert Innkeeper and pick from the most scenic and romantic locations in Victoria to enjoy your leisurely afternoon picnic.

For dinner, Victoria's Historic Inns has partnered with five of Victoria's culinary masters, Bon Rouge, Cafe Brio, Camille's, Paprika and Pescatores, to give you a memorable epicurean escape that will satisfy all of your cravings. As a token, guests will take home a basket of culinary gifts when they leave.

The Flavours of Victoria Package includes:

Two nights' accommodation
Two scrumptious breakfasts
A picnic basket for the day, in which to gather individually selected ingredients
A map of unique, high-quality shops and stores for foraging
A bottle of fine VQA BC wineA map of the local picnic spots where you can lie back and enjoy your feast
A $100 gift certificate to one of our gourmet restaurant partners
A take-home gourmet gift basket

The Flavours of Victoria Package starts at $180.00 CAD per person, based on double occupancy. An extra night can be added. Please speak to your Innkeeper for details.

The Inns: Victoria's Historic Inns is a unique collection of seven heritage properties. A reminder of Victoria's past, each inn extends to guests the luxury of a fine hotel with the personalized service and warm hospitality of an owner-operated inn. Each property has been fully inspected by Tourism British Columbia and the BC Innkeepers' Guild. The Inns are located a short walk or drive from Victoria's Inner Harbour and the City's many attractions.

For more information:
Jayne Lloyd-Jones
Spectacular Ink
604.925.8187
jayne@spectacularink.com
liz@spectacularink.com

Posted March 21, 2011