Victoria and Vancouver, BC
We are looking at flying to Seattle (much less expensive than flying to Canada) and doing a loop, starting in Seattle, going to Olympic NP, then over to Victoria, down to Vancouver, then flying out of...
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Victoria, in no particular order. Walk around Inner Harbour, take harbour water taxi to Spinnakers for craft beer lunch overlooking harbour, continue along Songhees Walkway to West Bay Marina and take harbour ferry back, walk other way around harbour to Fisherman's Wharf and have Fish & Chips at Barb's. (2nd lunch!). Walk back to Royal BC Museum, the best small museum I have seen, if there is a good IMAX show, watch that too! Walk over to The Empress Hotel, have tea, or go to the Bengal Lounge, have a curry or a cocktail or both! Walk up Government Street for tourist shops as far as Chinatown, which is centred on Fisguard Street. But don't go as far as Fisguard, but turn to left one block early on Pandora for 1/3 of a block and look out for the red 'Fan Tan Alley' sign. Turn right into the alley which is only 3' wide and enter Chinatown this way. The motor cycle scene from the Mel Gibson/Goldie Hawn movie "Bird on a Wire" was filmed here but they make it look about three miles long! Have dinner at the Scottish pub 'Bard & Banker' or Irish pub 'Irish Times' .
All these places can be walked to, but the walk to West Bay is the farthest.
Next day drive out to Butchart Gardens, via West Saanich Road, which almost looks like an English country road.If you are there July or August, they have a fantastic European style Fireworks. For lunch or dinner, you could carry on another mile on W. Saanich Rd in Brentwood Bay, where some very nice people live!
If you wanted to have a day trip out of Victoria, then you could easily make it as far as Cathedral Grove to see some of the biggest trees, and maybe stop in at Coombs to see goats on the roof of the market!
All these places can be walked to, but the walk to West Bay is the farthest.
Next day drive out to Butchart Gardens, via West Saanich Road, which almost looks like an English country road.If you are there July or August, they have a fantastic European style Fireworks. For lunch or dinner, you could carry on another mile on W. Saanich Rd in Brentwood Bay, where some very nice people live!
If you wanted to have a day trip out of Victoria, then you could easily make it as far as Cathedral Grove to see some of the biggest trees, and maybe stop in at Coombs to see goats on the roof of the market!
