Victoria British Columbia Travel Guide

Located at the southern end of Vancouver Island is Victoria, the capital of British Columbia. While Vancouver is cosmopolitan and bustling, Victoria British Columbia is definitely more laid back and genteel, with an obviously British heritage.

Downtown Victoria is arranged neatly around the small, yet busy, Inner Harbour. The Legislative Buildings, outlined at night with 3,330 lights, sit adjacent to the renowned Royal British Columbia Museum, rated as one of the finest natural history museums in the world.

Victoria is known as the city of flowers, and indeed everywhere you look, is gardens. During the summer, the downtown lampposts are decorated with magnificent hanging flower baskets. The most stunning display of flowers, though, is the Butchart Gardens. Once an old quarry, it has been transformed since the early century into one of the world's best-known gardens.

Sightseeing, dining and shopping opportunities abound in this fair capital city.