On a British Columbia getaway trip, we stayed at four different Victoria Canada hotels. Each Vancouver Island lodging property exhibits its own distinct luxury travel characteristics.
While I really enjoyed exploring vibrant Victoria and a little bit of natural Vancouver Island, I was struck by the fun variety of luxury lodging options in western British Columbia.
Read on to learn about a Lake Como inspired villa, a waterfront full service hotel with Japanese influence, a boutique property, and a luxury yurt. Yes, a yurt!
Thank you to Tourism Victoria for introducing us to these wonderful Victoria Canada hotels.
Victoria Canada Hotels: Amazing Places to Stay on Vancouver Island
1. Oswego Hotel
Oswego sits a block from the Inner Harbour and two blocks from Fisherman’s Wharf. Their 80 modern suites are spacious and comfortable; our room featured a living room, kitchen, balcony, and a fantastic view.
Seeing in-house made chocolate truffles when entering our room almost distracted us from the snow capped mountains on the horizon.
The Oswego Hotel: 500 Oswego Street, Victoria, BC V8V 5C1 | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
2. Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina (Coast Harbourside)
As a member of APA Hotels, Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina (formerly known as Coast Harbourside) offers Japanese luxury elements like electric bidet toilet seats and origami cranes. The onsite restaurant, Blue Crab, receives critical acclaim, including “best seafood in Victoria” by Frommer’s.
I loved the gorgeous inner harbour view from my room and made a friend in the lobby. This Victoria luxury hotel sits between Fisherman’s Wharf and Parliament Building, along the brilliant coastal walking path.
McCool Travel trivia: a friend‘s uncle built this hotel.
Coast Victoria Hotel & Marina: 146 Kingston Street, Victoria, BC V8V 1V4 | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
3. Merridale Ciderworks Luxury Yurt
Merridale Ciderworks produces award winning English style apple cider and also hosts weddings on their spectacular property. To support and encourage overnight guests—as well as wedding day prep areas and retreats for wedding participants—Merridale offers two yurts.
Our yurt contains luxurious furniture, decorations, furnishings, linens; everything is first class and it is an amazing glamping, luxury lodging experience! In spite of its country setting, Merridale is only 45 minutes from Victoria’s Inner Harbour.
Merridale Ciderworks: 1230 Merridale Road, Cobble Hill, BC V0R 1L0 | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
4. Villa Eyrie
Villa Eyrie is one of the top luxury hotels in Canada. While the spectacular world-class views are reason enough to visit, the property, service, facilities, dining, and lodging opportunities are also exceptional.
Villa Eyrie—about a 30 minute drive from downtown Victoria—partners with the nearby Vancouver Island Motorsports Circuit and caters to motor enthusiasts from Europe and around the world. If motorsports is not your thing, stay here for the views (of course) and proximity to golf, nature, and island activities.
Villa Eyrie: 600 Ebadora Lane, Malahat, BC V0R 2L0 | website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
Which is your favorite of these four distinct and varied Vancouver Island luxury lodging options? Choose from the boutique hotel, luxury yurt, mountain top villa, or harbourside hotel; or try all four, like we did.
Do you have any other favorite Victoria Canada hotels? See also our article about romantic hotels in North America.
Some of the best places to eat in Victoria BC include: 10 Acres. Blue Crab. Bridgeman’s (Mill Bay). The Dining Room (afternoon tea).
A few activities in Victoria BC to enjoy: Butchart Gardens. Eagle Wing Whale Tour. Kelp Reef kayak adventure. The Pedaler bike tour. Hiking at Cobble Hill and Kinsol Trestle.
We flew on the amazing Kenmore Air seaplanes between between Seattle lake Union and Victoria Harbor.
How nice to learn about a range of options and locations in Victoria’s luxury hotel category. I’ll definitely check these out next time we go to Victoria.
Superb. These are wonderful luxury lodging options in Victoria and spend enough time and discover more!
We have always struggled to find nice hotels in Canada but these look lovely.
Is that right? Hmmm, I should go find the luxury hotels in other parts on Canada. These were great!
Some top notch places on this round up. I especially like the yurt and that tub at Villa Eyrie, what a view!
Both are magnificent. The view is million dollar. The luxury yurt is so fun and elegant. Thank you for the note.
I love the mixture of hotels and locale and would probably stay in all of them. Looks like a fantastic visit and I haven’t been back to Victoria in a long time – need to go back again.
All of these luxury BC properties were great. Yes, definitely try them all!
I pick Villa Eyrie because it does remind me of a lovely place I stayed on Lake Como–Villa Serbelloni in Bellagio. I once stayed in a sweet English-style cottage hotel in Victoria. Would like to go back there, too.
That is their intent, to be like Lake Como. Magnificent place.
Victoria is such a lovely city! I’d love to return and stay at one of the luxury hotels you described!!
You have 4 to choose from. All different. All amazing.
I’m ashamed to say that my experience of Canada is very limited – a wonderful (if rather wet) few days in Vancouver a couple of years ago. But I’d love to go back and see more – that view from the Villa Eyrie is enough to tempt anyone!
I believe that Vancouver Island (where Victoria is) has different weather patterns than Vancouver city. When the weather is nice, wow this is a brilliant part of the world.
That view from Villa Eyre’s got me hooked, man. Great shots and words on some really awesome places I’ll hopefully get to visit! Had you ever been to BC before? Thanks for sharing, Charles.
Spectacular views from Villa Eyrie. First class place, too. I last visited Victoria and Vancouver Island about, errr, 25 years ago. I last visited BC (Vancouver, Whistler) about 10 years ago.