Day Trip from Vancouver to Victoria is enough ?
 

I am going to spend 6 nights, 5 days in Vancouver next week and I have planed to spend 3 days in Vancouver, 1 day trip to whistler and 1 day trip to Victoria.
I have just realized that it is going to take me at least 3:30 hs to get to Victoria, and more 3:30 hs to get back. Since I would like to visit the old town, the museum and the gardens I think it will be impossible to do it in just one day.
What is your oppinion ??

Thanks
Claudia

That´s what I intend to visit in each place
Vancouver ( 3 dias)
Canada Place
Harbour Centre (Lookout)
Stanley Park
Aquário
Granvile Island ( mercado )
Robson Stree7 ( shopping )
,Vancouver Trolley (http://www.vancouvertrolley.com/city...tions_tour.php) para to see points like : Gastow - Water Street, Yaletown, Fairmont Hotel, Vancouver Art Galery ( Café),etc

Grouse Mountain
Capilano Bridge

Victoria ( 1 dia ) - day trip from vancouver
Old Town, Harbour, gardes, Royal Museum

Whistler ( 1 dia) - day trip from vancouver
Just walk around and take the gondola

Hi Claudia_Neves,
Unfortunately, you can't do Victoria in one day. One night would be tough. Whistler will be ok for a day trip, although I thoroughly enjoyed staying a couple of nights. We had more time, though.

i'd stay overnight--not sure what you mean by old town though. you can see the gardens and museum plus spend a bit of time walking around the inner harbour (downtown) area in 24 hours.

Hi Claudia,

While it's perhaps physically do-able to get to Victoria and back to Vancouver in a day trip (question mark for me is if there's actually physical time to explore Butchart Gardens and the Royal BC Museum in the fragment of a day you'll have, but perhaps), it sounds much too harried to me. Even if you're a high-octane traveller, I'm going to chime in with the others and recommend at least an overnight in Victoria. (I spent three nights in Victoria when I went for the first time, and never ran out of things to do.)

Enjoy that beautiful part of the world! Daniel

"""I have just realized that it is going to take me at least 3:30 hs to get to Victoria, and more 3:30 hs to get back."""

(I just HAD to come here and borrow these telling words, for another thread)

{sigh}

Hi Claudia,

I used to make monthly trips to Victoria from Vancouver, and if you are taking the ferry - time will be tight especially if you are driving. There may also be possible ferry wait if you don't have a reservation.

I would suggest you take a one-way ticket on a float plane into Victoria Harbour in the morning (less than a 30 min ride), enjoy your time around the city and the museum because everything is walking distance. Then, I suggest you can take either a public bus (#75) to Butchart Gardens (40mins, will need to bus/taxi to ferries after) or a Pacific Coachlines Charter that stops at Butchart Gardens before taking you to the Swartz Bay ferry terminal and back to Tsawwassen where you can park (about $100).

The float plane ride is just a tad pricier than taking the ferry with a vehicle, but you save a lot of time since you can fly out of downtown vancouver or richmond.

Hope that helps and enjoy your trip!
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