Dave Smith wrote:
> lilacjennifer wrote:
>
> > We'll be staying in Victoria, BC about a week from now and have two full
> > days to tour. I've not been able to find a good tourist website listing
> > things to do in Victoria and would like to get some ideas of what's worth
> > doing.
> >
> > So far, I only know of Buschart (sp?) Gardens. Is everything in close
> > proximity? We won't have a car on the island--we're leaving it parked and
> > taking the ferry over from Port Angeles.
> >
> > Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> It's a nice city, but I don't know about 5 whole days without a car. The
> downtown area by the waterfront is very nice. There is a nice museum, the
> Emily Carr gallery, lots of interesting stores. It's small enough that you can
> see most of it in a day or two. Butschart Gardens is nice, but it is out
> of town so you would need to have a car or one of many tour buses. You might
> consider hopping on a bus to take you (by ferry) to Vancouver for a day. If
> you had the car you could take a drive up to Whistler. The drive up to
> Whistler is very scenic.
The OP is only in Victoria for two days... |