Empress Hotel Victoria

... is one from a trip I took during the summer of 2005 to Victoria, for a close friend's 40th birthday party. It was a short trip, but we packed a lot into it, being able to see the world famous Butchart Gardens to enjoying tea at The Empress Hotel.

... "European chateau look" and are best exemplified by the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City, opened in 1893. The Empress Hotel here in Victoria was a part of that string of architectural pearls which, among others, included: the Algonquin, St. Andrews, ...

... hot. We had a refreshing lunch and lots of iced tea there by the Italian garden. Then we drove to Victoria. We had afternoon tea at the Empress Hotel at 5. Oh, I love those little tea sandwiches. We were the last seating, so our server brought us an ...

... close-up flower pictures) VICTORIA:  very busy big city; getting out of town is the really scenic part -- Empress hotel:  very impressive; saw Tiffany glass dome but room was locked;       Whale People ...

Lunch was at the beautiful, ultra-elegant Empress Hotel ... what I call "silverware left over" kind of dining. I couldn't figure out the need for 3 knives, so I had one left after my delicious fish and chips. **smile** We were on our own for ...

... are in a 2 bedroom suite which means the best location in the hotel...we overlook not only the harbor and boardwalk but the Empress Hotel and the Parliament building….all of which are lit up at night…breathtaking!!! Nap time over so we are ...

... bay on Vancouver Island and then a bus to Downtown Victoria. This cost us around 20 bucks. We were staying at the Empress Hotel in Victoria, another 30 dollar a night deal curtosy of Sarah as it was another Fairmont Resort. Its a Victorian style building, ...

... we've visited.  After a few hours of fresh air and sunshine we headed back into town to take high tea at the Empress Hotel.  Our waitress (aka old maid) was falsely over enthusiastic.  On presenting the tray of cakes and ...

... Vancouver, the first mariner to circumnavigate Vancouver Island. Another building overlooking the inner harbour is the ivy covered Fairmount Empress hotel built in 1908. Countless tour buses and cruise ships are drawn to Victoria to see these two ...

... have too many clothes! This followed by a delightfully exotic ham sandwich for lunch on the harbour front outside the famous Empress hotel (Wikipedia it). After this we went to the Royal museum of British Columbia which featured among other things, ...

... elegant hotels at Victoria (they also had a thriving Pacific steamship business), and plans for the Empress hotel took shape. If you entered the Victoria Harbor by boat, the British Columbia legislative building would be on the right, and the Empress ...

... from 12:00pm to about 4:00pm.  Trevor made reservations for us to have high tea at the Fairmont Empress Hotel http://www.fairmont.com/empress/GuestServices/Restaurants/AfternoonTea.htm  Reservations are important particularly if you want High ...