Urban Activities
Victoria
Located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, Victoria provides its own unique experience when it comes to shopping, dining, outdoor activities and tourist-type attractions. You can stroll its downtown streets browsing through quant boutiques and small shops selling wares of all nature from designer fashions to hand-pulled toffee and everything in between. If you prefer the convenience of shopping in a mall Victoria has several well appointed malls, both downtown and in the surrounding areas.
When those hunger pangs strike Victoria has a wide variety of options to help satiate your appetite. Being a city with international culinary influences you can find a dining experience to suite any taste. Whether you crave a quick meal in a small sidewalk cafe or a sophisticated and elegant dining affair Victoria is sure to serve up a memorable culinary encounter every time. From Great pub fare to high tea at the historic Empress Hotel to fresh seafood prepared in a west coast style to whatever you fancy Victoria can serve it up to you!
Outdoor activities in Victoria are numerous and wide ranging. The simple pleasure of a stroll around Victoria's world famous inner harbour, watching street performers on the harbour's causeway, the coming and goings of its traffic both water bourn and aircraft can be an entire afternoon's entertainment in itself. Follow that up with a wander through Beacon Hill Park with its myriad of beautifully manicured flower beds and duck ponds and you will have no doubt as to why Victoria is called 'The Garden City'.
Views of the Olympic Mountains across the Strait of Juan de Fuca can be taken in along the entire waterfront off Dallas road where kite flyers and joggers enjoy the expansive view year round. Other local attractions like the world famous Butchart Gardens and Butterfly World are within easy reach of downtown Victoria.
The Royal BC Museum, located by the inner harbour, is a 'must see' attraction that showcases the province’s natural and cultural heritage with displays the bring history to life for both young and old alike.
Some of the other events to be taken in are:
- JazzFest International
- The Fringe Theatre Festival
- Luminara Festival
- Uno Live Theatre Festival
However, Victoria is not the only urban centre on Vancouver Island to find adventure in.