Hotels in Victoria
Victoria has a wide choice of fine accommodations in all price ranges, most in the Old Town, in downtown, or around the Inner Harbour and within easy walking distance of the city's main attractions. As in Vancouver, you'll find a disarming friendliness when you check into a Victoria hotel.
Victoria has been welcoming visitors and adventurers for more than a century, so it knows how to do so with style. You'll find most of the accommodations downtown, Old Town, and the Inner Harbour. However, if you choose to stay farther afield, a half-hour drive takes you to all manner of marvelous resorts and inns, some on the ocean, some next to quiet bays and harbors, and some perched on mountaintops.
Getting the Best Deal
Hotels in Victoria fill up during the high season (June–Sept), with rates in the city fluctuating with the seasons. Most properties offer package deals outside the busy season; these are usually advertised on hotel websites. Spas are now an almost essential part of big hotels in Victoria -- so much so that the Inner Harbour has been dubbed Spa Harbour, with major spas at the Fairmont Empress, the Delta Ocean Pointe, the Hotel Grand Pacific, the Magnolia, and others throughout the city. Be sure to check the hotel websites for special packages, and promotional or seasonal rates cheaper than the summer rack rates listed here.
What You'll Really Pay -- Hotel listings provide the rack rates, or the rates you would receive if you walked in off the street and requested a room. The highest prices tend to be during high season from June to September. It is advised to make reservations well ahead for summer travel, but note that even stretches of April and May can be busy.
By checking the hotel's website, you'll almost always find lower rates, including special "romance packages" and weekend-getaway specials.
Prices quoted here don't include the 12% harmonized sales tax (HST).
Price Categories
Very Expensive C$275 and up
Expensive C$175–C$274
Moderate C$100–C$174
Inexpensive Under C$100
Reservation Services
You'll save big-time if you schedule your holiday from October to May. When the high summer season starts in June, rates tend to skyrocket, especially at the finer hotels. Reservations are essential in Victoria June through September. If you arrive without a reservation and have trouble finding a room, Tourism Victoria (tel. 800/663-3883 or 250/953-2033; www.tourismvictoria.com) can make reservations for you at hotels, inns, and B&Bs.
Alternative Accommodations
The majority of properties listed in this guide are hotels and bed-and-breakfasts. Bed-and-breakfasts especially can vary widely (from fussy frills to sleek and urban) and can be ideal for leisure travelers. For a list of quality local accommodations, check out the BC Bed & Breakfast Innkeepers Guild (www.bcsbestbnbs.com).
The Best Bed & Breakfast Registry -- If you prefer to stay at a B&B other than those listed here, check out www.BCsBestBnBs.com, which lists some great inns in Victoria as well as inns throughout the province, just in case travel plans take you farther afield. Canada-West Accommodations Bed & Breakfast Registry (P.O. Box 86607, North Vancouver, BC V7L 4L2; tel. 800/561-3223 or 604/990-6730; www.b-b.com) is another, much smaller outfit, which strives to match guests to the B&Bs that best suit their needs.
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Abigail’s Hotel
This may be one of the most romantic hotels in Victoria—or anywhere. Surrounded by gardens in a leafy residential neighborhood just east of downtown, it’s a boutique B&B housed in a sprawling 1930s heritage Tudor-style mansion. That heritage status means there’s no elevator, and…$$$Downtown
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Beaconsfield Inn
Staying in this 1905 heritage home is like stepping back into the city's Edwardian past. Stained glass windows and antique decorations give the rooms a period-perfect ambiance, while a recent upgrade that included new pillow-top beds, linens, and bathrooms with Jacuzzis provides…$$$Around Town - Hotel
Brentwood Bay Resort & Spa
This peaceful resort is tucked away on a quiet forested inlet across the bay from Butchart Gardens. It’s designed in contemporary West Coast style, all clean lines, big windows, and natural materials of wood and stone, with spacious guest rooms filled with cozy furniture and decadent…$$$Around Town - Hotel
Chateau Victoria Hotel & Suites
Terrific location, terrific value. The Chateau Vic is an 18-story property right in the heart of all the action. It was built in 1975 as an apartment building, so many of the units are quite large and have kitchens or kitchenettes. Over the past few years, the whole property has…$$Downtown - Hotel
Coast Harbourside Hotel
The Coast Harbourside offers efficient, business-like accommodations on the Outer Harbour in James Bay, a short walk to downtown. The relaxing, comfortable rooms were all renovated in 2010, and have large windows—many overlooking the water—and balconies with terrific views,…$$James Bay - Hotel
Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort
Just across the Johnson Street Bridge from downtown Victoria, this modern property offers superior service and one of the finest views of the Inner Harbour. At night, the lights of the Legislative Buildings, Empress Hotel, and downtown Victoria shining across the water create a sense…$$$Inner Harbour - Hotel
Fairmont Empress Hotel
Not just a place to stay, but Victoria’s most legendary landmark, with the best location of all, right at the heart of the Inner Harbour. The hotel was built in 1908, designed in the Chateau style by Victoria’s famous (and famously scandalous) architect, Francis Rattenbury. It still…$$$Inner Harbour - Hotel
Hotel Grand Pacific
This is probably Victoria’s best business hotel, but it’s also a lot more than that. Conveniently located next to the BC Parliament Buildings and across from the ferry terminal where the Clipper and Coho dock, the Grand Pacific is a great base for any visitor to Victoria. Its guest…$$$Inner Harbour - Hotel
Hotel Rialto
As makeovers go, this one was a doozy. Back in the day, this was the notorious Hotel Douglas, aka the Dougie, a rough, tough, slightly scary old joint. In 2000, it was bought by new owners who have lavished it with love and oodles of money. Now it is one of Victoria’s coolest…$$Downtown - Hotel
Hotel Zed
The Blue Ridge Inn was just another one of the many ubiquitous motels along Douglas Street. But in its new incarnation as the hip, happening Hotel Zed, it’s something else indeed. Think the vibrant, youthful style of the mid-20th-century Palm Springs. The whole place has been…$Around Town - Hotel
Inn at Laurel Point
With an enviable waterfront location near the entrance to the Inner Harbour, this elegant, art-filled inn is a favorite for weddings, conferences, and romantic getaways. Its sweeping, cool white lines are unusual in a city better known for the quaint and cozy—if you can, try to book…$$$Inner Harbour - Hotel
Isabella’s Guest Suites
Beautiful and homey, this cozy downtown B&B is a rare find. It features two beautifully appointed self-contained units with full kitchens in a building that dates back to 1887. Think bold colors, French doors, bow windows, and claw-foot tubs. But what really makes this such a…$$Downtown - Hotel
James Bay Inn Hotel Suites & Cottage
This historic hotel isn’t right on the harbor, but tucked away in the pretty residential neighborhood behind the Legislature and on the edge of Beacon Hill Park. It’s not the most luxurious of accommodations, but what it lacks in luxe, it more than makes up in price and location, not…$Inner Harbour - Hotel
Magnolia Hotel & Spa
Once you check into this discreetly gorgeous boutique hotel a block away from the harbor, you may never want to leave. A major makeover in 2013 cooled down what was a slightly fussy traditional decor, and left the rooms shimmering in elegant silver, smoke, and pearl. Tall windows let…$$$Downtown - Hotel
Oak Bay Beach Hotel
This luxurious seaside boutique resort property sits right at the heart of one of Canada’s toniest neighborhoods. Oak Bay is known for its genteel British heritage, not to mention its many Tudor-style mansions, a charming boutique-filled village, two marinas, three golf courses, and…$$$Around Town - Hotel
Ocean Island Backpackers
If you’re looking for a real bargain and don’t mind sharing a room, or at least a bathroom, then this character-filled hostel is the place for you. A heritage building in the heart of downtown, it has plenty of charm to go along with its bargain price. Bright, cheerful, and clean,…$Downtown - Hotel
Ocean Island Inn
Centrally located in the heart of downtown, across the street from Canada's oldest synagogue and a block away from City Hall, this warren-like, renovated heritage building provides cheap accommodations for its mostly young clientele. From four- or six-bed dorms to private rooms (the…$Downtown - Hotel
Oswego Hotel
Located in James Bay on a quiet street corner not far from the bustle of the Inner Harbour, the Oswego Hotel is an understated gem. Built in 2007 and big enough to require two elevators, the Oswego feels like a much smaller, contemporary boutique hotel. About two dozen of the units,…$$James Bay - Hotel
Paul’s Motor Inn
This retro motel is the real deal. In fact, not a whole lot has changed since it first opened in 1958. The diner still serves home-cooked meals, the staff is as friendly as ever, and the value is just as good as always. Rooms are clean and comfortable, with in-room coffee and tea,…$Around Town - Hotel
Sidney Pier Hotel & Spa
Sidney is a sleepy little seaside community just a few minutes from the ferry terminal, best known for its idyllic views, proximity to Butchart Gardens, the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre, and its many, many bookstores. This cool, West Coast–style boutique hotel is a lovely and restful…$$Around Town - Hotel
Sooke Harbour House
Long before barnacles and nettles and sea asparagus became a thing on every trendy menu, Sinclair and Frederique Philip had already gone full-on locavore. It was 1979 when they bought this clapboard farmhouse on a scenic spit in the village of Sooke, about a half-hour drive from…$$$Around Town - Hotel
Spinnakers Guesthouses
You’ll find this set of cozy—and affordable—guestrooms way on the other side of the harbor, in West Victoria. They’re perfect for the traveler who’s looking for charm and character, and doesn’t mind a touch of inconvenience. Five of the rooms are tucked away in a restored 1884…$$Inner Harbour - Hotel
Strathcona Hotel
Located in the heart of downtown and now run by the fourth generation of the original owners, the Strathcona has a beehive of options for a buzzing nightlife. The old hotel, built in 1913, is strictly utilitarian, with small, basic rooms, but if you're staying here you probably won't…$$Downtown - Hotel
Swan’s Suite Hotel
This funky, friendly, art-filled boutique hotel is located in a heritage building right by the Johnson Street Bridge, Market Square, and many of the city’s most popular bars and pubs. In fact, one of them is right downstairs—busy Swan’s Brewpub, which features live music every night.…$$Downtown - Hotel
Westin Bear Mountain Victoria Golf Resort & Spa
The ambience is all rustic western mountain resort, but with all the practical modern functionality you’d expect from Westin. And yes, that includes their Heavenly Beds and Baths. The hotel is part of a high-end resort-community development built around two championship golf courses…$$$Around Town
