Harbour Towers Hotel And Suites Victoria

Stayed for three nights in mid-July 2004. Room with no harbour view on 4th floor was $99/night. Great location. Spacious and very clean. No air conditioning, which was alarming at first but was mitigated by a large ceiling fan (with one speed - high). I would have preferred AC, as noise level from fans below was too high to keep the patio-type window open, plus there was no screen. Luckily, it was not scorchingly hot outside. Water pressure in the shower was *extreme* and reminded me of the power washer I use to clean my car! That was great for about two minutes (I felt squeaky clean and fully exfoliated!) but was annoying after that - no way could I enjoy a long shower. Restaurant on-site was competitive with nearby restaurants for breakfast, but priced a bit high for other meals. Free high speed internet was a nice bonus that I did not know about at time of booking. Parking was only $2/night. Would stay again due to good price and location, but would ask for AC if available.

Stayed at the Harbour Towers from Mar 17 - 19th, 2004. Booked a harbour view room and were given an upgrade to a suite on the top floor overlooking the harbour. Great view and easy walking distance to all attractions. Shuttle available which took us to the Bus Depot on departure. Great value for the money - I would go back again.

Recently returned from a weekend in Victoria with my family (hubby and 2 kids)...our 1 night stay here was not bad. Due do a convention in town, we were unable to get a suite here, but they did give us a nice standard room on the 8th floor, with sweeping views of the harbour. A beautiful view! Although small for 4 people, the room was clean and comfortable and had everything we needed. We used the pool, which was ok, although a little small and with no "shallow end", not very kid-friendly (at least for kids under 6-7 yrs old). The staff was friendly, and I thought it great that they offered free shuttle service to anywhere downtown (although we didn't use it...much nicer to walk when the location's this great!). The only major complaint I had here was the showers....VERY poor water pressure (but what's new? most hotels are like this!)..most of all though, was the constant fluctuation of the water temp! My husband and I both left in the morning with very red skin from being scalded in the shower!!

Thankfully my children didn't use it! A hotel of this caliber shouldn't have this kind of problem. All in all, a pleasant stay, although would probably stay elsewhere, or at least get a suite here.

My husband and I stayed here in Spring 2003, it was absolutely gorgeous. Our room was big and comfortable and the hotel is in a nice location. It is set far enough away from the waterfront that you do not hear the noise, but close enough that you can easily walk to all the Victoria B.C. attractions and tour buses.

The only things I can fault this hotel on is that the hotel food at the resteraunt downstairs (at least for dinner) was really expensive and just was not anything special for that price. And the parking garage when we stayed there was completely full. We had to wait a bit to get a parking spot in their garage.

Other than that we had a great time and we will definitely be back to stay at this hotel!

We spent four nights in mid-January in a spacious one-bedroom suite.

After checking several travel web sites and calling the hotel, the rate of $99 CAN for the sea view on the hotels web site was $25 CAN less than the hotel was offering when I called and about the lowest available on the travel websites. The hotel is one block from the Victoria Clipper dock so it was very convenient. Even though we arrived at 11:00 A.M., before the check-in time, we were given our room right away. The bedroom had a king bed and plenty of closet space and the kitchen had everything needed to prepare a breakfast or light meals.

There were TVs in both rooms. The desk told us where the nearest grocery store was located. The windows are single pane and the heat is hot water baseboard and the room seemed chilly but we just set the thermostat higher and were quite comfortable. Our room was on the 10th floor and the view was of the Strait of Juan de Fuca from large windows in both rooms and the bedroom had a small balcony. Our stay was quiet and peaceful. We usually walked downtown but used the hotel complimentary shuttle one day. Another day we purchased oneday bus passes and caught the bus at a stop within two blocks from the hotel.

The hotel restaurant features 15% discount for hotel guests and there are several other restaurant choices within walking distance of the hotel, including an excellent French restaurant one block north. I checked out the pool and workout room but I did not use either, but they seemed to be more than adequate. As we closed our room door after checking out via the hotel menu on the TV, workmen were going to our room to install Internet access. A free national newspaper was available. Only knock on the hotel for us was not having free local calls and a free local newspaper.

We spend two nights in a one bedroom suite around Christmas at the Harbor Towers and ran into two problems that I didn't expect to see at a 3/4 star hotel.

First, the only heating element inside the entire one bedroom suite is the baseboard heating beneath the windows in the living room. There is no heat in the bedroom. Since the windows are single pane windows, it gets very cold real fast in the bedroom at night time when it's near freezing outside. We didn't realize this until we woke up from cold on our first night. We called the front desk and they sent us a small space heater, but it would be nice if they told us that there was no heat in the bedroom when we checked in and they gave us a space heater that can shut itself off after the room has reached a certain temperature.

Second, the sink in the kitchen was clogged. It would take 15 minutes to drain the water that was used to wash a single milk bottle. We left a message and was told that the maintenance would look at it right away, but no one showed up to fix the since during our entire stay.

Your experience might be better if you stay off their one bedroom suite because you won't have a separate bedroom and a kitchen sink. I just expected a bit more from a full service hotel.

We stayed at the Harbour Towers in August 2003. We arrived in Victoria on the Port Angeles ferry and were pleased to find that we were within walking distance of the pier and the downtown area. The hotel has a great location and the rooms are excellent. Our room was very clean and just beautiful. We will stay here EVERY time we come to Victoria.

Very good accomodation-amazing value for the price. $109 Cdn/night got us a king-size bed, efficiency kitchen and balcony. The suite was large and very clean with a fabulous view of the Inner Harbour and within easy walking distance of everything. Did not try the restaurant, but Santiago's across the street has amazing breakfast. I would stay here again.

We stayed here in September & found that it was a great spot to walk to all the attractions & harbour. Our room was clean & modern, although a bit small. It also had a balcony which was nice. Buffet breakfast was quite good. We'd definitely stay again.

My wife and I stayed at the Harbour Towers in early May 2003. It is in a very centrally located area in the Inner Harbor. While the Inner Harbor area can be quite busy and noisy, Harbour Towers is about a five-minute walk away from the most crowded section but it is still on the Inner Harbor (best of both worlds.)Don't be put off by the uninspiring look of the building (looks like it was build in the late 1960s). The interior of the lobby and rooms has had a full makeover lately and it very nicely done. We found the staff to be very helpful and courteous. I would stay there again without hesitation.