Victoria BC Hotels

Victoria BC Hotels

Hotels in Victoria BC are often required by people who need accommodation in the city. Some may need accommodation for a vacation or for work, study visit. Some may want to see a entertainment, sports or cultural or historical event in the city. Some may want to see great tourist attractions. Some may want large or small hotel. Some may want a cheap or luxury hotel.

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. Located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. The city also receives economic benefits from its close proximity to Canadian Forces Base Esquimalt, the Canadian military’s main Pacific naval base. Downtown Victoria also serves as Greater Victoria's regional downtown, where many night clubs, theatres, restaurants and pubs are clustered, and where much larger regional public events occur.

The landscape of Victoria was molded by water in various forms. Pleistocene glaciation put the area under a thick ice cover, the weight of which depressed the land below present sea level. These glaciers also deposited stony sandy loam till. As they retreated, their melt water left thick deposits of sand and gravel. Marine clay settled on what would later become dry land. Post glacial rebound exposed the present day terrain to air, raising beach and mud deposits well above sea level. The resulting soils are highly variable in texture, and abrupt textural changes are common. In general, clays are most likely to be encountered in the northern part of town and in depressions. The southern part has coarse textured subsoils and loamy topsoils. Sandy loams and loamy sands are common in the eastern part adjoining Oak Bay. Victoria's soils are relatively unleached and less acidic than soils elsewhere on the British Columbia coast. Their thick dark topsoils denoted a high level of fertility which made them valuable for farming until urbanization took over. The extensive system of parks in Victoria also includes a few areas of natural Garry oak meadow habitat, an increasingly scarce ecosystem that once dominated the region.

Visitor attractions in or to have been in the city or the area of the city include ;

Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, British Columbia, is an historic, Victorian-era mansion, British Columbia Legislative Buildings, The Empress Hotel, Victoria Police Department Station Museum, the gothic Christ Church Cathedral, Royal British Columbia Museum/IMAX National Geographic Theatre, Emily Carr House, Royal London Wax Museum, Victoria Bug Zoo, Market Square and the Pacific Undersea Gardens, Chinatown, Helmcken House, The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Royal British Columbia Museum and the Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Butchart Gardens, one of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory, Victoria Butterfly Gardens, Centre of the Universe planetarium, Fisgard Lighthouse, Craigflower Manor and Schoolhouse, Hatley Castle and Hatley Park and Fort Rodd Hill, Western Speedway.

The following is a list of neighbourhoods in the City of Victoria, as defined by the city planning department. For a list of neighbourhoods in other area municipalities, see Greater Victoria, or the individual entries for those municipalities.

Burnside, Downtown, Fairfield, Fernwood, Gonzales (Foul Bay), Harris Green , Hillside-Quadra, James Bay, Jubilee (North/South), North Park Oaklands
Rockland, Victoria West (Vic West)

Other city districts often regarded as neighbourhoods include:

Chinatown, Rock Bay , Oak Bay Border, Songhees, Selkirk

Beacon Hill Park is the central city's main urban green space. Its area of 75 hectares adjacent to Victoria's southern shore includes numerous playing fields, manicured gardens, exotic species of plants and animals such as wild peacocks, a petting zoo, and views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic mountain range. The sport of cricket has been played in Beacon Hill Park since the mid-nineteenth century. Each summer, Beacon Hill Park plays host to several outdoor concerts, and the Luminara Community Lantern Festival.

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