Victoria-A Cross Between San Francisco and England

Victoria is really lovely-it reminds us of a cross between England and San Francisco with the gorgeous harbor surrounded by a charming city. We stayed at the Victoria Inner Harbour Marriott, a significant change from the Fairmont Hotels where we had stayed—very modern and new, very bright room and wonderful service-they were among the top 10 Marriott Hotels in the World in 2007! We were really lucky in that when we walked to the harbor (harbour as they say), the Swiftsure Ocean Racers were docked for the night and we got to see over 100 beautiful ocean racing yachts. It was really impressive to see that many of the taxis were either Prius or Camry Hybrids, great thinking by the city planners and taxi companies.

We ate dinner our first night at Camille's Restaurant, located in an old market square not far from our hotel, the restaurant is supposedly the most romantic place to eat in Victoria and we all agreed. The food was delicious, (except for Judy's tasty overcooled wild salmon) service was professional and excellent and ambiance were perfect, all in all a terrific recommendation.