Guidebook for Victoria
Essentials
Great grocery store only 12 minute drive from home. This is the one we go to the most.
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Quality Foods View Royal
27 Helmcken RdGreat grocery store only 12 minute drive from home. This is the one we go to the most.
Market On Millstream
2401 Millstream RdGrocery store 15 minutes from home.
Large selection of beer, cider, wine and spirits. Local and imported.
Cascadia Liquor - Eagle Creek Village
23 Helmcken RdLarge selection of beer, cider, wine and spirits. Local and imported.
Food Scene
Great Food! Locally owned and operated. We go here a lot. If you get before 5:30, or after 9pm, you can take advantage of the "Crooked Hour" specials! 12 Minutes from home.
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Crooked Goose Bistro
4136 Wilkinson RdGreat Food! Locally owned and operated. We go here a lot. If you get before 5:30, or after 9pm, you can take advantage of the "Crooked Hour" specials! 12 Minutes from home.
Delicious breakfasts! Open for breakfast and lunch. A 12 minute drive from home.
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Cherries Breakfast Bistro
4144 Wilkinson RdDelicious breakfasts! Open for breakfast and lunch. A 12 minute drive from home.
It's a 17 minute drive from home but the burgers are worth it! If you go after 9pm, they are half price with drink purchase.
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Bin 4 Burger Lounge
It's a 17 minute drive from home but the burgers are worth it! If you go after 9pm, they are half price with drink purchase.
A 20 minute drive from home but the best breakfast around! Often a line-up on the weekends so get there early!
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Floyd's Diner
721 Station AveA 20 minute drive from home but the best breakfast around! Often a line-up on the weekends so get there early!
Pub-style restaurant in Bear Mountain Village. 18 Minute drive from home.
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Jack's Place
2020 Country Club WayPub-style restaurant in Bear Mountain Village. 18 Minute drive from home.
16 minute drive from home. Four Mile Brew Pub is an English style Pub located just outside downtown Victoria which draws a large local clientele and visitors from around the Greater Victoria area. We offer upscale Pub fare which combines old world style with a distinctively West Coast influence;18 beers on tap and and extensive wine and scotch list; and a year round patio with fireplace.
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Four Mile House Restaurant
199 Island Hwy16 minute drive from home. Four Mile Brew Pub is an English style Pub located just outside downtown Victoria which draws a large local clientele and visitors from around the Greater Victoria area. We offer upscale Pub fare which combines old world style with a distinctively West Coast influence;18 beers on tap and and extensive wine and scotch list; and a year round patio with fireplace.
The closest cafe - a ten minute drive from home. Coffee, specialty coffees, sandwiches.
The Nest Cafe
2311 Watkiss WayThe closest cafe - a ten minute drive from home. Coffee, specialty coffees, sandwiches.
Entertainment & Activities
Langford Lanes
1097 Langford PkwyBowling! Also attached to a restaurant/bar which has darts.
Our closest movie theater - a 17 minute drive! Also has a Montana's restaurant nearby.
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SilverCity Victoria
3130 Tillicum RdOur closest movie theater - a 17 minute drive! Also has a Montana's restaurant nearby.
Great whale watching tours either on a zodiac or larger boat! Half hour drive from home on Wharf Street in downtown Victoria.
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PRINCE OF WHALES Whale & Marine Wildlife Adventures
812 Wharf St Great whale watching tours either on a zodiac or larger boat! Half hour drive from home on Wharf Street in downtown Victoria.
Sightseeing
Butchart Gardens is a 22 minute drive via Prospect Lake Rd and has stunning flowers and gardens year round. Fireworks display Saturday nights in the summer; and beautiful Christmas lights display in December.
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Butchart Gardens
Butchart Gardens is a 22 minute drive via Prospect Lake Rd and has stunning flowers and gardens year round. Fireworks display Saturday nights in the summer; and beautiful Christmas lights display in December.
This museum is fantastic! A half hour drive from home and worth it. You can also check-out the IMAX movie theater there.
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왕립BC박물관
675 Belleville StThis museum is fantastic! A half hour drive from home and worth it. You can also check-out the IMAX movie theater there.
Parks & Nature
Only a 4 minute drive from home to the start of the trail. Mount Work is one of the largest regional parks, and is the dominant hill on the horizon from many vantage points in Saanich, Victoria and the Saanich Peninsula. Moderate to challenging.
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Mount Work Summit
Only a 4 minute drive from home to the start of the trail. Mount Work is one of the largest regional parks, and is the dominant hill on the horizon from many vantage points in Saanich, Victoria and the Saanich Peninsula. Moderate to challenging.
An 18 minute drive from home. One of three lakes within Mount Work Regional Park, Durrance Lake is the most accessible and a favourite among families and picnickers. The water is cool and fresh for swimming. Can be busy in the summer, but it's great for swim!
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Durrance Lake
An 18 minute drive from home. One of three lakes within Mount Work Regional Park, Durrance Lake is the most accessible and a favourite among families and picnickers. The water is cool and fresh for swimming. Can be busy in the summer, but it's great for swim!
A 14 minute drive from home. Gowlland Tod Provincial Park provides excellent day-use recreation opportunities for hiking, nature appreciation and picnicking. More than 25 kilometres of trails, varying in degree of difficulty, offer spectacular views, as well as the chance to view animals in their natural environment. In spring and early summer, the moss-covered rocky knolls come alive with a carpet of colourful, vibrant wildflowers.
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Gowlland Tod Provincial Park
Ross Durrance RoadA 14 minute drive from home. Gowlland Tod Provincial Park provides excellent day-use recreation opportunities for hiking, nature appreciation and picnicking. More than 25 kilometres of trails, varying in degree of difficulty, offer spectacular views, as well as the chance to view animals in their natural environment. In spring and early summer, the moss-covered rocky knolls come alive with a carpet of colourful, vibrant wildflowers.
A 16 minute drive from home. Goldstream Provincial Park lies amid the splendour of an old-growth temperate rain forest. There you can see a world class salmon-spawning stream with thousands of Chum Salmon returning between October and December. It doesn't stop there. During this amazing time of year you can visit the park and it's always-changing Visitor Centre.
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Goldstream Provincial Park
A 16 minute drive from home. Goldstream Provincial Park lies amid the splendour of an old-growth temperate rain forest. There you can see a world class salmon-spawning stream with thousands of Chum Salmon returning between October and December. It doesn't stop there. During this amazing time of year you can visit the park and it's always-changing Visitor Centre.
Shopping
Millstream Village is 15 minutes from home and has a variety of well known shops. Definitely not as good as the shopping in downtown Victoria, but it is the closest.
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Millstream Village Shopping Centre
2401 Millstream RdMillstream Village is 15 minutes from home and has a variety of well known shops. Definitely not as good as the shopping in downtown Victoria, but it is the closest.
Johnson Street
Johnson StreetSo many great little shops on lower Johnson street in downtown Victoria!
26 minute drive from home. A good mall with many well known stores.
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Mayfair Shopping Centre
3147 Douglas St26 minute drive from home. A good mall with many well known stores.
One of the newer shopping malls - well known stores and amenities. 25 minute drive from home.
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Uptown
3440 Saanich RdOne of the newer shopping malls - well known stores and amenities. 25 minute drive from home.