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VICTORIA PHOENIX WALKING FESTIVAL
Victoria, British Columbia,  Canada

 Festival opens at 8:00 am Friday and closes at 3:00 pm on Sunday 

What is happening!                                                                                      

• Seven walks will be available every day with 5, 6, 10, 11 or 12 km distances.                   
• One 21 km with open start available on Saturday.
• Want the challenge of a longer walk? Combine walks for 21, 32 or 42 km distances.
• If you collect Volkssport credits you will get credit for each walk.                                 
• All walks begin and end at the Greek Community Centre. 
• Walks available with open starts all three days and group walks each day with one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
• The popular swim event is offered again this year on Saturday & Sunday  
• Once again, lots of great prizes.  20 tickets included in your registration package to put in the prize boxes of your choice.
• Complimentary coffee available all day.  Goodies, cookies etc 8:00 until 10:00 am.  
• Lunch, snacks, beer & wine available for purchase from 11:00 onward.
• Meet & Greet on Friday with tasty variety of Greek snacks (included in registration fee).
• Dinner Saturday night will be the very popular Greek buffet with delicious pasta, meats salads, vegetables & dessert.  Sells out at each Festival.
• Cash bar available both nights.                                 

Other exciting news:                                                                                            

• There will be a pre Festival walk on Thursday evening which will take you to Beacon Hill Park, along the Victoria waterfront and Victoria Harbour. If you are staying in the downtown area and plan to walk to the start point, we have arranged for a walker to meet you on the grounds of the Legislature at the corner of Belleville Street and Government Street to walk to the start point to sign in and continue the walk with the group. For walkers driving to the start point, there is free street parking or pay parking in the arena parking lot across the street.

• After the Festival, there will be a post Festival six days of walking on Vancouver Island. 'Coast to Coast'
• Walks begin Monday morning with a walk on the trails through the Hatley Park National Historic site and along the waterfront of Esquimalt Lagoon.  Walks will continue up Island in Chemainus, Westwood Lake/Morrell Nature Sanctuary, Little Qualicum Falls, Cathedral Grove, Ucluelet, Tofino, Qualicum Beach, Parksville and ending in Nanaimo on Saturday, May 11th. 
• Join us for all the walks or one or two.  No advance registration required. 
• See Coast to Coast Walk page for walk schedule and suggested accommodation.           

                                      
Changes to the Festival:                                                                                     

This year in our efforts to be more environmentally aware, we will not be supplying single use disposable bottles of water.  We will instead have water coolers available to fill your own bottles.  Please remember to bring a water bottle.                                                                 

We look forward to seeing you all in May, 2019

Mail-in and online Registration is now open.