Belleville Park, Home to Victoria's premier Hotels, The Huntingdon Hotel and Suites and The Gatsby Mansion Inn and Hotel is centrally and conveniently located downtown. Stay right on the Inner Harbour and take in the wonder and beauty of Belleville Park, Artisans Lane and the beautiful well maintained gardens that encompass it. When you stay at Belleville Park you are only blocks from a majority of Victoria's major attractions. Right across the street from The Victoria to Seattle Clipper and The Coho Ferry from Port Angeles you are within steps from two of the many transportation services in Victoria's Inner Harbour.
Victoria is not only Canada's Pacific Gateway, it's also the capital of British Columbia, and therefore, a hub of cultural activity.
It's location on Vancouver Island, however, does allow island residents a less frenetic lifestyle than that of their mainland counterparts, thereby earning Victoria the reputation of Canada's leisure capital. But make no mistake, Victoria is 'alive' and always in season. It is so green that flowers literally fall out of the sky, and even the lampposts bloom!
Vancouver Island's spectacular topography, (rugged mountains, sunlit valleys, thousands of lakes and streams supporting North America's most diverse and numerous species of flora and fauna), and temperate climate, (Sub-Mediterranean zone), - warm summers with plenty of sunshine and mild winters that rarely include snow, make Victoria and Vancouver Island an ideal destination for vacationing year round.
Thinking of a skiing vacation? No problem, the mountain slopes, featuring world-class runs and resorts are nearby!
In fact, this unique combination of factors - a relaxed, sophisticated lifestyle - access to a huge array of cultural venues - and a geographical region that is arguably one of the most beautiful, unspoiled areas in the hemisphere, led a Condé Nast lifestyle poll to proclaim Victoria:
"The Number One City in the Americas!"
There is so much to see and do in and around Victoria.
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