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Kid-friendly places in Victoria

Chateau Victoria Hotel and Suites

Hotel with kitchenette suites, an indoor pool and a rooftop restaurant.

Best Western Plus Inner Harbour

Hotel with an indoor pool, kitchenette suites and free breakfast.

Huntingdon Manor

Hotel with kitchenettes, a pool and free breakfast.

Abigail's Hotel

Tudor-style inn with suites and free breakfast.

Fairmont Empress

Grand old harbourfront hotel with an indoor pool and suites.

Hotel Grand Pacific

Harbourfront hotel with an indoor pool and suites.

Hotel Zed

Retro, colourful hotel with a pool, suites and kitchenettes.

Inn at Laurel Point

Waterfront hotel on the harbour, with an indoor pool and suites.

Coast Victoria Hotel and Marina

Harbourside hotel by a marina, with fridges in the rooms.

Magnolia Hotel and Spa

Boutique hotel with a spa and a pool.

Flying Otter Grill

Grill on the water where floatplanes take off and land right alongside.

Frankie's Modern Diner

A diner with a kids' menu.

My-Chosen Cafe

Cafe that also does pizza, with a kids' menu.

900 Degrees Neapolitan Pizzeria

Neapolitan pizza out of a wood-fired oven.

Beacon Hill Children's Farm

Petting farm in the park, with goats to meet up close.

Beacon Hill Park

Big park with a petting farm and a playground.

British Columbia Parliament Buildings

The province's legislature, a grand stone building with guided tours inside.

Butchart Gardens

Famous display gardens with a hand-carved carousel.

Centre for the Salish Sea

Small aquarium with touch pools of local sea life.

Craigdarroch Castle

Castle-style mansion museum with stained glass and a tower you can climb.

Dino Lab

Shop and working lab full of fossils and dinosaur pieces.

Eagle Wing Whale Watching

Whale watching trips by boat, out of the harbour downtown.

Fisherman's Wharf

Floating homes and food stands on the docks, with seals that swim right up.

Goldstream Provincial Park

Rainforest trails along a river under huge old trees.

Jam Cafe

Breakfast and brunch all day, with big stacks of pancakes.

Malahat SkyWalk

Treetop walkway out to a spiral lookout tower, with a slide back down.

Miniature World

Rooms of tiny hand-built scenes and dioramas, with model trains running through.

MOD Pizza

Pizza made fast at the counter, with your own pick of toppings.

Munro's Books

Huge independent bookstore in a grand old bank building.

Oak Bay Beach Hotel

Oceanfront hotel with an indoor pool and a spa.

Prince of Whales Whale Watching

Boat tours out on the water to see orcas and humpbacks.

Red Fish Blue Fish

Fish and chips from a takeout shack right on the dock.

Royal BC Museum

Big museum with natural history galleries, including a life-size woolly mammoth.

Thunderbird Park

Small park full of tall carved totem poles.

Victoria Bug Zoo

Small indoor zoo of live insects and spiders, some of them yours to hold.

Victoria Butterfly Gardens

Indoor tropical garden with butterflies flying free all around you.

Willows Beach

Sandy beach with a playground close by.

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