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Address: 800 Benvenuto Ave, Brentwood Bay, BC V8M 1J8
When the limestone quarry on the Butchart family estate was exhausted, Mrs. Butchart decided a bit of landscaping would spruce up the area. A few years later in 1904, the magnificent Sunken Garden was opened to the public. Since then the family has added a rose garden, an Italian garden and a Japanese garden. More...
Category: Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: 2616 Pleasant St, Victoria, BC V8T 4V3
Built in 1862, Point Ellice House was the O'Reilly family home until 1977. This Italianate villa overlooks Upper Harbour and the Gorge Waterway. To enhance the romance of your visit, arrive by water on the Victoria Harbour Ferry. Take an audio tour of the house to see Western Canada's largest collection of Victorian...
Category: Museums - Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: 675 Belleville St, Victoria, BC V8W 9W2
This is one of Victoria's premier attractions, and Canada's most visited museum, dedicated to teaching about the land and people of coastal British Columbia. The Natural History gallery presents BC's coastal and rainforest ecosystems from the ice age to the present, the Modern History gallery features a real frontier...
Category: Tours and Excursions - Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: Belleville St and Menzies St, Victoria, BC
What could be more fun than touring Victoria in a horse-drawn carriage? Tally-ho Tours has been leading excursions since 1903. Tours meet at the corner of Belleville and Menzies Streets. Public tours leave on the half-hour, and private tours are available.
Category: Attractions - Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: 631 Courtney St, Victoria, BC V8W 1T7
Love bugs? This museum has over 30 species of insects and arachnids including live scorpions, tarantulas, beetles and grasshoppers. The tour guides will even let you hold some of the gentler insects on display. After your tour be sure to stop in the gift shop for some honey or, for the brave at heart, edible insect...
Category: Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: East of Douglas St., South of Southgate, Victoria, BC
Tired of shopping and sightseeing in downtown Victoria? Get a lunch-to-go and walk a short way to Beacon Hill Park. This hilly 200 acres of land boasts fabulous mountain and ocean views, and has been popular with Victorians since it was established in 1882. In addition to walking and jogging trails, there is a cricket...
British Columbia Aviation Museum
Category: Museums - Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: 1910 Norseman Rd, Victoria International Airport, Sidney, BC V8L 5V5
This unique museum is dedicated to Canada's history in aviation. In addition to pictures and memorabilia, you can view over 20 restored vintage aircraft, including WWII fighters, a 1929 Eastman Flying Boat, and a Gibson Twin that was built in Victoria in 1911. Thursdays are "work days" so visit then to watch the...
Category: Attractions - Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: 1964 Fairfield Rd, Victoria, BC V8S 1H4
In 1946 the exiled Georgian Prince Nicholas Abkhazi and his new wife Marjorie (Peggy) Pemberton-Carter began what would become an ever-evolving landscape masterpiece. The grounds consist of a series of "rooms," each with its own distinct personality: a Rhododendron Woodland Garden, the open space of the South Lawn,...
Category: Museums - Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: 649 Humboldt St, The Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, BC V8W 1A7
If you happen to be in Victoria during one of its rainy spells, this is the ideal attraction to visit. Spend a couple of hours examining dozens of tiny exhibits depicting scenes from all over the globe. You'll visit the Great Canadian Railway, European castles, Olde London Towne of 1670, outer space, the Canadian...
Old Cemetery Society of Victoria
Category: Tours and Excursions - Victoria Attractions & Activities
Address: 1516 Fairfield Rd, Victoria, BC V8S 1G1
Looking for an unusual evening activity? Try a Lantern Tour of the Old Burying Ground (also known as the Quadra Street Cemetery or Pioneer Square), led by the Old Cemetery Society. Historians might prefer a tour of the Ross Bay Cemetery. It is one of the best examples of a Victorian era romantic burial ground, and...
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