Fairmont Empress
Victoria's 'Castle on the Coast', opened in 1908 on the Inner Harbour beside the Parliament Buildings, famed for afternoon tea, with Q at the Empress and the Fairmont Spa.
Oak Bay Beach Hotel
A seaside manor-style hotel in Oak Bay, rebuilt in 2012 on the site of a 1927 original, with oceanfront mineral pools, the Boathouse Spa and views across the Salish Sea.
The Magnolia Hotel & Spa
A locally owned boutique hotel steps from Victoria's Inner Harbour, with marble bathrooms and floor-to-ceiling windows, The Courtney Room restaurant and the seven-room Spa Magnolia.
Long Beach Lodge Resort
A beachfront lodge on Cox Bay near Tofino, with oceanfront rooms, rainforest cottages, a fireside Great Room facing the surf, a surf club with cedar sauna and a spa.
Brentwood Bay Resort
An adults-only, 33-room waterfront resort on the Saanich Inlet near Victoria, with a marina, boat shuttles to the Butchart Gardens, a spa with heated outdoor pools and The Arbutus Room.
Hastings House Country House Hotel
A Relais & Châteaux country house on 22 oceanfront acres above Ganges Harbour on Salt Spring Island, with a 1939 Sussex-style manor, 18 suites and cottages, Manor Dining and a barn spa.
Inn at Laurel Point
A waterfront hotel on its own point in Victoria's Inner Harbour, with an Arthur Erickson-designed wing, Japanese-inspired gardens, harbour-view rooms and the waterfront restaurant Aura.
Sooke Harbour House
A celebrated oceanfront inn facing Whiffin Spit, forty kilometres west of Victoria, with 30 rooms, most with sea views and wood-burning fireplaces, gardens, a restaurant and a deep wine cellar.
Pacific Sands Beach Resort
Beachfront suites and villas on Cox Bay near Tofino, facing one of the west coast's best-known surf beaches, with full kitchens, ocean views and Pacific Rim National Park Reserve close by.
