About Victoria
Breakaway Vacations offers a variety of vacation rentals in Victoria. If you haven’t booked yet, visit our Victoria BC Accommodations to see what is available.This page has some information about Victoria and what to do during your vacation there.
A Unique Vacation Spot
The City of Victoria offers the best of both worlds in a vacation. It’s downtown area has an urban feel with great shopping and restaurants, yet it still maintains a certain charm characteristic of island towns. Just minutes away from the downtown core, you’ll find quiet roads and a country atmosphere with the most beautiful character homes and gardens you’ll find anywhere. And you’re always just minutes away from beautiful beaches or ocean-side parks.
A Rich History
Victoria is also the capital of British Columbia and home to the province’s Parliament Buildings, located right downtown in the Inner Harbour. With it’s rich history and beautiful heritage buildings, Victoria makes for a picturesque vacation spot.
For a very unique and relaxing open air tour of the downtown area, hail a Kabuki Kab. The pedi-cab driver will huff and puff while taking you on a leisurely tour, almost anywhere you'd like to go. If you promise to tip well they might even agree to take you to Craigdarroch Castle, a beautiful historic Victorian-era mansion, built in the 1890s by wealthy BC coal baron Robert Dunsmuir.
Things to Do
There are so many wonderful things to see and do in Victoria and so many little neighborhoods to explore.
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