The Arts

The Royal & McPherson Theatre Society

The Royal is home to the Victoria Symphony and Pacific Opera Victoria, as well as being Vancouver Island's premiere venue for touring attractions.

The McPherson Playhouse hosts a variety of professional, community and amateur events.

Art Gallery
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is one of Canada's finest art museums with a permanent collection of 15,000 objets d'art. Gallery information, exhibition archive, virtual exhibitions, calendar of events, information for educators

Cathedral Festival Orchestra
Victoria, British Columbia

Early Music Society
Based in Victoria, BC, the Early Music Society of the Islands (EMSI) is a non-profit, fully volunteer society founded in 1985 to present concerts featuring internationally renowned soloists and ensembles. EMSI also presents early music concerts by accomplished local musicians.

Victoria Symphony
Launching our 31st season, Victoria's premiere arts organization brings the wonder and awe of symphonic music to the area.

Local Adventures & Attractions

Attractions Victoria
Attractions Victoria is a non-profit association of major sightseeing Attractions in Victoria. Our association was formed to promote and maintain the high standards expected by the hundreds of thousands of people who visit us each year.

BC Marine Adventures
The most comprehensive and complete web site of British Columbia marine tourism activities and opportunities.

Blackfish Wilderness Expeditions
Sea kayaking and sailing eco-tours around Victoria and Vancouver Island featuring Blackfish Wilderness Expeditions’ giant West Coast Canoe as a tour and kayak support vessel.

The Butchart Gardens
In 1904, the concept of The Butchart Gardens began with an effort to beautify a worked-out quarry site on the 130-acre estate of Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Butchart, pioneers in the manufacture of Portland Cement in Canada. Their endeavour became a family commitment to horticulture and hospitality spanning more than 90 years and delighting visitors from all over the world. From the exquisite Sunken Garden to the charming Rose Garden, this 55-acre show-place still maintains the gracious traditions of the past, in one of the loveliest corners in the world.

Coastal Mountain Air
Coastal Mountain Air offers chartered flights throughout Southwestern BC, aswell as vacation packages, and scenic flights.

Craigdarroch Castle
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. It is now owned by the Craigdarroch Castle Historical Museum Society and almost totally funded by its 150,000 annual visitors.

Great Pacific Adventures
Great Pacific Adventures Whale Watching. The best most reliable whale watching in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Ask us about guaranteed sightings!

Inner Harbour Centre
The Inner Harbour Centre boasts a year-round destination for a wide variety of superb outdoor adventure tours.

Island Adventure Tours
offers Canadian adventure tours, corporate adventure programs, eco-tours on Vancouver Island British Columbia, kayak rentals, kayak rentals Victoria, whale & bear watching, aboriginal culture tours, rainforest nature walks, wildlife hikes and Native Culture.

Maritime Museum
The Maritime Museum of BC is a principal maritime museum on the Pacific Coast of Canada, and one of the major maritime museums on the West Coast of North America.

Mount Washington Alpine Resort
Located on Vancouver Island in British Columbia Canada. Featuring skiing, snowboarding, snowtubing, cross country and snowshoeing during the winter.

Orca Spirit
Orca Spirit Adventures, Victora, BC, British Columbia, Canada, Guided Tours, on board naturalist, whale watching Victoria.

Prince of Whales
the largest, SAFEST, most reliable whale watching company in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Easy access from Vancouver and Seattle.

Royal BC Museum
The Royal BC Museum anchors an area bounded by Douglas, Belleville and Government Streets, steps from Victoria's Inner Harbour and across the street from BC's Legislature Buildings. This cultural precinct includes the BC Archives, Helmcken House, St. Ann's Schoolhouse, the Netherlands Carillon Tower, Thunderbird Park and Mungo Martin House - Wawadit'la.

SeaFun Safaris
Whale Watching with Seafun Safari: an action-packed marine whale watching adventure in one of the most spectacular settings on earth, with exclusive hydrophones to bring you the sound and feel of Orca, the killer whale

Springtide
Choose to have your excursion on exhilarating 28' open Zodiacs or a beautiful 46' MotorYacht.

Tail Out Fishing Adventures
Salmon Fishing Charters Victoria BC Vancouver Island Sportfishing Outfitters Chinook Coho Pink Flyfishing, Tail Out Fishing Adventures offers an exhilarating saltwater sport fishing and sight-seeing experience from the Victoria waterfront, to Sooke and up the west coast as far as Port Renfrew.

Tally-Ho Sightseeing
Tally-Ho Victoria carriage tours -- the best Victoria BC sightseeing.

Victoria Butterfly Gardens
Walk with free-flying butterflies in an indoor tropical rainforest full of exotic plants and birds in Butterfly Gardens, Victoria, BC.

Victoria Carriage & Trolly Tours
Tour through Victoria's oldest park, along our scenic waterfront, by our Heritage Homes, or experience our historic downtown by reserving an elegant white single horse drawn carriage. Come snuggle in our warm lap robes and enjoy a complimentary beverage while touring in comfort and style. Carriages can be fully enclosed for rain or shine.

Golf

Golf Vancouver Island
Resources and golf packages for golf vacations on Vancouver Island - from airfares, ferry reservations, tee times, accommodations and après golf activities.

Bear Mountain

Olympic View

Arbutus Ridge

Cordova Bay