Attractions

Located a short drive or a leisurely walk from the downtown harbour, just off Fort Street at 1050 Joan Crescent, Victoria, BC, Canada, Craigdarroch Castle is a beautiful historic Victorian-era mansion, built in the 1890s by wealthy BC coal baron Robert Dunsmuir.

Beacon Hill Park is located along the south shore of Victoria, British Columbia and the Juan de Fuca Strait. It has been a park belonging to the city of Victoria since 1882. Scottish architect, John Blair, won a competition to landscape the park and about 2000 trees and shrubs were brought in.

The park hosts a combination of native habitats and landscaped areas throughout the manicured gardens.

Hatley Park is considered one of the finest examples of an intact Edwardian estate and was designated a National Historic Site in 1995. Situated near the Pacific Ocean at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, the 565-acre property reflects the richness and diversity of British Columbia.

The Victoria Bug Zoo™ is home to some of the worlds most incredible insects, arachnids and other really cool and fascinating creatures.
Call us at (250) 384-BUGS (fax: 389-BUGS).

We have a variety of live creatures for your viewing enjoyment - scorpions, tarantulas, mantis, centipedes, Giant stick insects, colourful beetles, huge grasshoppers and more! Our friendly tour guides will even offer to let you hold some of our multi-legged creatures.

The Maritime Museum of British Columbia is committed to promoting, presenting and interpreting to the residents of British Columbia and their visitors our vibrant maritime heritage, through stimulating exhibits and dynamic educational and performing arts programs. On an ongoing basis, the museum will collect, document, preserve, store, study and display artifacts, scientific and technological specimens, works of art and archival material of maritime interest.