Victoria Butterfly Gardens : Located near Butchart Gardens the Victoria Butterfly Gardens are indoor tropical gardens desgned to house up to 75 species of exotic butterflies and moths plus some birds fish and reptiles. An interesting indoor landscape incorporates waterfalls trees and flowers.
Address: 1461 Benvenuto Ave, Central Saanich.
Hatley Park National Historic Site: Hatley Park National Historic Site consists of a castle built in 1908 by former British Columbia Premierand coal baron Jemes Dunsmuir and an Edwardian estate with Japanese Italian and rese gardens. Visitors can choose to walk through the gardens or take a guided tour of the castle now the base of Royal Roads University.
Address:2005 Sooke Rd, Victoria
Maritime Museum of British Coloumbia: The former Court House (1869)in Bastion Square is now the Maritime Museum of British columbia displaying a host of items from the age of sail. A centerpice to the museum is the Tilikum a large Indian canoe in which at the beginning of the century some fearless souls voyaged to England. Also commemorated approprietely enough in the old Court House is the legendary Richard Matthew Begbie whose administration of justice at the end of the 19th century led to his being christened the Hanging Judge. Surrounding Bastion Square are the principal thoroughfares of Victoria's Old Town Wharf Street Government Street and Johnson Street Yates Street and Fort Street Yates. Alovely area to stroll Old Town boasts some historic buildings and old shioned shops such as Roger's Chocolate and the tobacconist E.A. Morris. Address : 28 Bastion Square Victoria
Fort Rodd Hill National HistoricSite: The gun batteries at fort Rodd Hill National Historic Site about 13 kilometers west of Victoria used to guard the shellered waters of Esquimalt Harbour once a British naval base. The guns were in service from 1895 to 1956 Today the well preserved fortress can be visited. Nearby the point's Fisgard Lighthouse was the first on the west coast of Canada and is a defifitive local landmark.
Address : 603 Fort Rodd Hill Rd, Victoria.