111 Places in Victoria That You Must Not Miss

by Dave Doroghy, Graeme Menzies

• The ultimate insider's guide to Victoria, British Columbia, for locals and experienced travelers • Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides • Part of the international 111 Places series with over 650 titles and 3.8 million copies in print worldwide • Appeals to both the local market (more than 92.000 people call Victoria home)and the tourist market (nearly 4 million people visit Victoria every year!) • Fully illustrated with 111 full-page color photographs Authors Dave Doroghy and Graeme Menzies take you to find the cool, the quirky, and the unusual places hidden in Victoria amidst the fascinating architecture and glorious outdoor scenery. Visit the place where author Rudyard Kipling slept. Explore Canada’s largest ant farm. Answer the call of nature in a pub’s haunted loo. Or take a date to a secluded, waterfront fish-and-chips shop. See the world’s tallest totem pole while it still stands. If it’s history you’re after, consider that James Cook was the first non-indigenous person to set foot near here in 1778. Later, the Hudson’s Bay Company established the spot as a trading post, naming it Fort Victoria after the reigning British queen. Vestiges of the old British Empire can still be spotted in the majestic colonial buildings in the inner harbor, the red double decker buses on its busy streets and the occasional old fashioned British telephone booths. God Save the King!

240 pages, Paperback

Published October 3, 2023

Reviews

[Ang · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great little book about places to check out in Victoria. If you are interested in learning a few juicy tidbits about the history of Victoria, this is a good reference guide. I have lived here for most of my life and have only seen half of these. Of those places I have seen, but didn’t know the whole story behind it, I now have a much better understanding!

[Viber · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book to read even for a local like me. I learned a lot and saw some places I didn't know about. There were a few mistakes, however, one for example saying the Rockhound Shop is downtown Victoria when it is actually Saanich/Uptown area, and a few other things like this, but overall a great read.