Vancouver & Victoria - Victoria (PDF Chapter)

This is the Victoria chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vancouver & Victoria guide-book.

Victoria has long traded on its British affiliations. But in Victoria 2.0, the food culture embrac-es fusion rather than fish and chips, the beer leans toward craft brews and the abundance of bi-cycles seems to have more in common with Holland than England.

• go full pelt or amble slowly on a bike through leafy woodland on Galloping Goose Trail, running to and from Victoria’s urban core.
• maps
• pay homage to Canada’s westernmost province and enjoy world-class temporary exhibi-tions in BC’s most prestigious museum, the Royal BC Museum
• transport
• reevaluate the decadent, sometimes squabbling lifestyles of Victoria’s Victorian pioneers at Craigdarroch Castle
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities, Sleeping.