From the Swartz Bay ferry terminal, board bus numbers 70 or 72 to travel to downtown Victoria. Bus n

Victoria [1] is the capital of the province of British Columbia , Canada . It is located near the southern tip of Vancouver Island . It is a medium sized (approx. 350,000 in Greater palatino hotel rome italy Victoria, including the Saanich Peninsula) and beautiful city. Nicknamed the Garden City for Butchart Gardens and much green space. It is also said to lie within the world's most northern Mediterranean climate at a latitude of 48.5 North.
The main way to get to Vancouver palatino hotel rome italy Island and Victoria is via BC Ferries , 1-888-223-3779, [2] which operates a ferry from Tsawwassen (south of Vancouver ) to Swartz Bay, a half hour drive north of Victoria. Travel palatino hotel rome italy costs are currently $47.25 per regular sized passenger vehicle ( not including the driver) and $15.60 per driver or adult passenger (12 years and over) one way. Children between the ages of 5 and 11 are $7.25. Children under the age of 5 are free.
Payment can be made by cash or credit card, and debit cards can be used at an automatic ticket terminal for foot passengers, but not on the ferry or at the vehicle toll booths. Service runs on the odd hours between palatino hotel rome italy 7AM and 9PM during the winter (with extra sailings at busier times) and every hour during the summer. The ferry ride is 1 hour and 35 minutes. Reservations are not required but recommended during palatino hotel rome italy peak travel times, including weekends throughout the summer months. There is a $15 charge for reservations made 7 days in advance; $17.50 if less than 7 days. Vehicles without a reservation sometimes have to show up a few hours before they can actually board (there can be multiple sailing waits during peak travel times), so make sure that you check their website to see what the wait is, and make sure that you allow plenty of time to catch your sailing; as the ferry's capacity is usually palatino hotel rome italy limited by the amount of space on the car decks, foot passengers can usually get on if they show up 15-20 minutes before their sailing.
From Vancouver International Airport or downtown Vancouver, palatino hotel rome italy take the SkyTrain (Canada Line) to Bridgeport Station and then change to bus number 620. From other locations in Vancouver, catch bus number 620 from either palatino hotel rome italy Bridgeport Station or Ladner Exchange. Bus fare is $4.00 from Vancouver International Airport and $5.50 from Vancouver palatino hotel rome italy proper when zone travel is in effect. On evenings after 6:30PM and on weekends and holidays, bus fare is $2.75. Exact fare is required. Translink [3] has detailed information about routes and fares.
From the Swartz Bay ferry terminal, board bus numbers palatino hotel rome italy 70 or 72 to travel to downtown Victoria. Bus number 70 is an express bus and still takes about an hour to travel from Swartz Bay to Victoria. Buses 72 stop in Sidney and Saanichton. Bus fare is $2.50; exact change is required. You can purchase a $5 day pass in the gift shop on the ferry. BC Transit's Victoria Regional Transit [4] provides detailed information about routes and fares.
Pacific Coach Line , 1-800-661-1725, [5] offers an express coach service between Vancouver (downtown, Vancouver Int'l Airport, Cruiseship Terminal) and downtown Victoria. This bus service runs on BC Ferries, and tickets can be purchased onboard for the trip into town. Cost from downtown Vancouver to downtown Victoria is approx. $53 one way, or approx. $15 for the trip into town.
Victoria Clipper , 1-800-888-2535, [6] operates a modern ultra-fast catamaran ferry from downtown Seattle . Fares $US66-80 less for seniors, palatino hotel rome italy half price for children. Service is once a day in the winter and up to 3 times a day in the summer. The sailing time is 2.5 hours.
MV Coho/Black Ball Ferry Line , +1-250 386-2202 CA 1-360-457-4491 US, [7] is a passenger and vehicle ferry running from Port Angeles , Washington across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Crossing time is 90 minutes, and fares are US$57.00 for car and driver palatino hotel rome italy and $15.50 per passenger ($7.75 for children under 11 - Free Summer 2011). Cyclists pay $23.50 for one way. Service runs all year except for an annual refit for one week in Winter time. In the winter, this ferry runs 2 sailings a day and in the summer up to 4 sailings per day each way are scheduled.
Washington State Ferries , +1-206 464-6400, palatino hotel rome italy [8] operates a passenger vehicle ferry between Anacortes and Sidney (about half an hour from Victoria) through the San Juan Islands . Passenger or pedestrian fare is US$17.50 palatino hotel rome italy each way, vehicle fare including driver is US$46.50 (increases to $59.85 May-October). This service does not operate during the winter season, generally from the second week of January until the end of March.
Victoria is a popular palatino hotel rome italy destination for boaters from the U.S.A. as well as the Vancouver area. The trip is a long one; the leg across the Strait of San Juan de Fuca from Puget Sound is over 50km. Because of frequent gales and small craft warnings, the boating palatino hotel rome italy trips may be rough, and the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority has a "no one turned away policy".
While Victoria is on an island, it is accesible from the rest of the island by roads and from the mainland by taking one of the car ferries described in By boat . Victoria is connected to Nanaimo and other northern points palatino hotel rome italy by the Trans-Canada palatino hotel rome italy Hwy 1. BC-4 connects Victoria to Sooke and Port Renfrew . BC-17 connects Sidney (and Vancouver palatino hotel rome italy via BC ferries) to Victoria. You can also bring your car on the Black Ball ferries to Port Angeles, WA and the Washington state ferries palatino hotel rome italy from Sidney to the San Juan Islands and Anacortes, WA.
Each year, from April through October, over 200 large cruise ships dock at the Ogden Point cruise ship terminal, with berths for three cruise ships and about 2.5km southwest palatino hotel rome italy of the downtown inner harbor, and disembark more than one-third million visitors to the greater Victoria area. Ogden Point is a transit port for cruise ships, typically coming from or going to San Francisco or Seattle, i.e., no cruise ship is home ported at Victoria.
To get to downtown Victoria from Ogden Point, cruise ship visitors have many options: take a pleasant 30-minutes walk through the James Bay residential area (Dallas St. along the Strait of Juan de Fuca, then north on Menzies St.), hop on ($2.50) the public bus #30 or #31 that runs along Dallas St., use the Cruise Victoria shuttle [12] at the terminal, or hail a taxi/limo lined up at the pier.
Bus companies travel to Victoria from Vancouver (including Vancouver International Airport), Seattle and from other points on Vancouver Island. Buses travelling to Vancouver Island use BC Ferries, so you still get to enjoy the ferry ride. Some bus companies will make announcements on the Tsawwassen-Swartz Bay ferry inviting foot passengers to purchase bus tickets for the ride into Victoria. This option is faster than the public transit option noted above, but also more expensive.
Pacific Coach [13] daily bus service from Vancouver or Vancouver International Airport; takes almost 4 hours to get to downtown palatino hotel rome italy Victoria, leaves every two hours from YVR, and costs ~$48 adult one way.
Victoria International Airport ( IATA : YYJ ) is located 30 minutes north of Victoria (off the Pat Bay Highway, on the way to the ferry terminal). Multiple flights per hour to and from Vancouver. Also from Seattle by Horizon Air [16] and with lesser frequency palatino hotel rome italy direct from San Francisco (United), Calgary (Air Canada and WestJet), Edmonton (Air Canada and WestJet), and Toronto .
Public transit from Victoria International to the city is not that great (routes 83, 86, and 88 go there but somewhat infrequently), but the AKAL Airport Shuttle Bus picks you up from the airport and takes you many downtown hotels (tel 1-877-386-2525, [17] , 45 minutes one-way, adults $15).
You can also get into Victoria quickly and easily from Vancouver by either palatino hotel rome italy helicopter or floatplane. Helicopters into the city operate from Vancouver Harbour or Vancouver International Airport (YVR) by Helijet [18] with prices from $119 each way; this will take you close to the center of Victoria. Floatplanes land in Victoria Inner Harbour (YWH), just meters from the Fairmont Empress Hotel and the BC Parliament buildings. Frequent floatplane service by Harbour Air [19] operates from Vancouver Harbour, with prices from $99-190 each way. Harbour palatino hotel rome italy Air also flies from a terminal just south of Vancouver International Airport (YVR), with a shuttle service provided from the main terminal. These flights tend to be less expensive than flying from downtown Vancouver. Daily scheduled floatplane service to the Inner Harbour is also available palatino hotel rome italy year round from downtown Seattle's Lake Union on Kenmore Air [20] . Fares, which include complimentary shuttle transfers to/from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) range from $108 to $169 each way. Kenmore Air also provides year-round service to the Pat Bay Seaplane Base, just west of Victoria International Airport (YYJ).
Walking is an easy, free, and fun way to explore the entire downtown area. Make your way from hotel to museum to shops; stop for coffee; stroll along the harborside; grab a pint and some fish-n-chips - take it in!
Buses run by BC Transit [21] , (automated information line), form the mainstay palatino hotel rome italy of Victoria's public transit network. Regular fares are a flat $2.50. Children aged 5 and under are free. Bus tickets can be purchased in books of ten, and give a slight palatino hotel rome italy discount (buy 9 get 1 free). Day passes are also available; they cost $5 flat for everyone and adults with a pass can have up to 4 children 12 and under ride with them for free. Transfers may be requested once you have paid your fare. They are good for 90 minutes of travel. Victoria, palatino hotel rome italy along with Kelowna , Toronto and Ottawa , is one of only a few cities in North America palatino hotel rome italy which use double palatino hotel rome italy decker buses in their city transit systems.
Rental Cars are available for those who need them. There are seven different car rental locations in Victoria, and their prices can be compared at places such as VroomVroomVroom.ca [22] . All major companies such as Avis, Hertz, Budget, and Enterprise, are available.
Biking Victoria is one of the most bike-friendly cit