A long but relaxed day: the crossing, the gardens, then on foot from the Parliament Buildings past the Empress and the Royal BC Museum to Chinatown.
مقاطع
- The ferry through the Gulf Islands
Tsawwassen ferry terminal ← Swartz Bay ferry terminal
Ferry crossing
Head for the outside deck as the ferry approaches Active Pass, the narrow, winding channel between Galiano and Mayne islands where the big ships pass each other close enough to wave. Watch for seals, eagles and, with luck, orcas. About 1 hour 35 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Active Pass is a strait separating Galiano Island in the north and Mayne Island in the south in the southern Gulf Islands, British Columbia, Canada. It connects the Trincomali Channel in the west and the Strait of Georgia in the east. The pass stretches 5.5 km from northeast to southwest with two roughly right-angle bends, one at each end.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Miranda.Kopetzky · CC BY-SA 4.0 - Butchart Gardens
Butchart Gardens entrance ← Butchart Gardens entrance
Paved garden paths with some steps
A family's exhausted limestone quarry turned into the Sunken Garden in the early twentieth century, and the gardens grew around it into one of the most visited sights in British Columbia, now a National Historic Site. Walk the Sunken Garden from the lookout, then the Rose, Japanese and Italian gardens. About 2 hours.
عن هذا المكان
The Butchart Gardens is a floral display garden in Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, located near Victoria on Vancouver Island. The gardens receive over a million visitors each year. The gardens have been designated a National Historic Site of Canada.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: w4nn3s · CC BY-SA 3.0 - Parliament Buildings
Inner Harbour causeway ← British Columbia Parliament Buildings
Flat harbourfront promenade
Start on the harbour, where floatplanes taxi in front of the neo-Baroque legislature designed by Francis Rattenbury and opened in 1898, with a gilded statue of George Vancouver on its dome. Free guided tours have typically been offered; check the legislature's site for current times. About 45 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings are in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and are home to the lieutenant governor and the Legislative Assembly.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Ryan Bushby (HighInBC) · CC BY 2.5 - The Fairmont Empress
British Columbia Parliament Buildings ← The Empress hotel
Flat city sidewalk
Across the harbour corner stands the ivy-framed Empress, also by Rattenbury, opened in 1908 as a Canadian Pacific Railway hotel. Step into the lobby even if you are not staying for afternoon tea. About 20 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
The Fairmont Empress, formerly and commonly referred to as The Empress, is one of the oldest hotels in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Located on 721 Government Street, it is situated in Downtown Victoria, facing the city's Inner Harbour. The hotel was designed by Francis Rattenbury, and was built by Canadian Pacific Hotels, a division of the Canadian Pacific Railway company. The hotel is presently managed by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, part of AccorHotels since 2016. It is owned by Nat and Flora Bosa of Vancouver.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0 - Royal BC Museum and Thunderbird Park
The Empress hotel ← Thunderbird Park
Flat city sidewalk
The provincial museum covers the natural and human history of British Columbia; some galleries have been closed or reworked in recent years, so check what is open. Next door, Thunderbird Park holds a collection of totem poles and the carving shed. About 1.5 hours.
عن هذا المكان
The Royal British Columbia Museum, founded in 1886, is a history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a royal tour of that year. The museum merged with the British Columbia Provincial Archives in 2003.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Michal Klajban · CC BY-SA 4.0 - Chinatown and Fan Tan Alley
Thunderbird Park ← Fan Tan Alley
Flat downtown streets
Walk north along the harbour and Government Street to Fisgard Street and the Gate of Harmonious Interest, the entrance to Canada's oldest Chinatown. Fan Tan Alley, which once led to gambling dens and opium factories, is barely wider than your shoulders at its narrowest point. About 45 minutes.
عن هذا المكان
Fan Tan Alley is an alley in the Chinatown neighbourhood of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada that is known for being the narrowest commercial street in North America, being less than 0.9 m (3.0 ft) wide at its narrowest point. It runs south from Fisgard Street to Pandora Avenue at the block between Government Street and Store Street. Named after the Chinese gambling game Fan-Tan, the alley was originally well known for opium factories that produced opium until it was made illegal in 1908.
اقرأوا المزيد في ويكيبيديا صورة: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0
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