This cruise we decided to tour the city on our own and used a pedicab which is located at the end of the dock from the ship. We were able to park our electric scooter in the customs/immagration terminal and went for a two hour pedicab ride through downtown. The driver was local, of course, and knew the best coffee shops to go to. Excellent. ...
The port itself REEKS. The seagulls have obviously been using the roof of the port building to gut, store and eat their fish. Even with our balcony door closed our room and the whole hallway on board smelled of rotting fish. It completely ruined the fun of being able to watch the ship arrive/leave from your balcony. ...
Arrival at 6:00 pm. Sailing at 11:59 pm ? We are from the Seattle area and have been to Victoria. It is an all day or two town to visit, not hardly worth getting off the ship for us. Too bad the ship docked with out balcony right next to and above the flat roof of the big port building with a dead and rotting seagull carcass laying there on the roof nearby with a large number of seagulls ...
Victoria was beautiful, had a vibrant downtown and a ton of places to eat. Bad part: the port doesn't offer a free shuttle, so shell out $13 or walk 30 minutes. Good part: Once you get downtown, you'll forget about all of the terrible jewelry shops from your previous ports. Friendly Canadians, comic books stores, restaurants, boutique clothing stores and some great bars. Wish we could have ...
arrived after dark, was raining and only had 4 hours to run through customs and try to see something. didn't even bother to leave the ship. Was confused why Princess even stopped here, not worth the effort ...
Unfortunately it rained during our time in Victoria but loved the beauty of the city and the landscape. Loved walking the streets and seeing everything. ...