The Fairmont Empress Hotel overlooks the harbourfront, bustling with the activity of yachts, ferries and floatplanes.


A national historic site, Craigdarroch Castle is a historic Victorian style Scottish baronial mansion in Victoria.


Victoria has developed a reputation for its high quality local produce.


reasons Victorians love their city. You can step outside your hotel door and within a few short steps be cycling, kayaking or whale watching right from Victoria's Inner Harbour, or be hiking through a rainforest within a 20-minute drive. Beyond the traffic, locals love to cycle; so much so that the city has been dubbed the “Cycling Capital of Canada”. Ac- cording to the City of Victoria, cycling accounts for 10 per cent of commuter travel — more than any other city in the country. When it comes to attractions, Victoria has everything


from castles and hands-on education centres to kid-friendly activities. Te city’s many museums focus on a variety of subjects: art, military, maritime, agriculture, pioneer and natural history, as well as First Nations culture. Moreover, Victoria’s only natural and human history museum, the Royal B.C. Museum, is also acclaimed for its outstanding touring exhibitions.


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Victoria is known as the cycling capital of Canada.


Located just north of Victoria, the world-famous Butchart Gardens are open year round with an abundance of floral displays.


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Photo by Jondolar Schnurr.


Photo by Davgood Kirshot. Photo by Marc van der Chijs.


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