If your going to be in Victoria, make sure you have high tea at the beautiful Fairmont Empress Hotel. The dining room is beautiful. The food is abundant and delicious with a variety of sandwiches, scones, and desserts. The hotel is on the waterfront. We did not stay at the hotel, but I am sure the accomodations are quite nice. Oh, and they have a nice little gift shop across from the dining room where you can buy some English tea or beautiful tea cups to take home as souvenirs or gifts for your friends. It took my husband and he loved it, but a group of ladies would really enjoy it for sure. It is the nicest place I have had tea, after the Ritz in London of course!

You must stop in here - for tea/brunch or lunch or even drinks in the exoctic/retro BENGAL ROOM. Great property, wonderful ice cream on the balcony in front by the entrance. Highly recomended, stroll the grounds as well. Then go get lost in Victoria's charming Chinatown

This is a great hotel, both for comfort and tourism. While its many amenities serve to make your vacation relaxing, the hotel's fascinating history excites your inner tourist. Be sure to have the afternoon tea!

Amazing Hotel! Beautiful castle like walls, wonderful wooden architecture on the inside, and a spacious greenhouse/sunning area. No experience in Victoria is complete without tea at the Empress.

Overlooking the harbor, the views are stunning, the hanging baskets of flowers are abundant at every turn. The entire inner harbor is very picturesque.