Downtown Victoria hotels

Magnolia Hotel is a gem of a find. We usually avoid boutique hotels, but decided to take a change on this one based on the Expedia reviews. We were glad we did. The hotel is only blocks away from the harbor, the museaum, the Empress Hotel, and Government Street. The hotel staff were welcoming, had lots of good information that they passed along when we checked in and offered to reserve or book anything that we were interested in. They also took care of arranging the airport shuttle pick-up for us, so it was a pretty worry free vacation for us.

Friendly, informative staff. Clean comfortable rooms. Washer/dryer in our suite. Reasonable rates and good location. Easy walk to inner harbour. And a movie theatre! So impressed. :)

We have stayed at the Empress and love the ambience and service from the staff. A wonderful location with great view of the harbor.

We started our vacation on Vancouver Island in Victoria and ended it there about 10 days later. This is a lovely hotel, very central, walking distance to the water, to main thoroughfares - Douglas, Government, etc - chock full of restaurants, bars, stores, coffee houses, pubs, and still walking distance, maybe about 10 minutes to Empress Hotel. We found it good value, very well maintained, very clean, and with an exceptionally nice staff. Our first time, 3 nights, we had a room on the 5th floor, near the elevator . We did not hear the elevator. There is a restaurant in the hotel - Stone's Throw - where we had a substantial breakfast and good service. When we checked out and reminded the young woman at the reception that we will be back for one more night, she offered us complimentary upgrade to a larger room with a kitchen. indeed, when we returned to Victoria after a fabulous excursion through the gorgeous Vancouver Island, we were taken to our larger suite on the 4th floor, a large spacious room with a full kitchen, and a sitting area. Excellent hotel!

Great hotel. Great price, great parking, great service, great soap, great kitchenette... I consider this hotel a superb find and will stay again. :)

Perfect location if you want quiet time. No night club in this hotel...just restaurant, pool and comfortable rooms. Yet located within easy walking distance to wharf, restaurants, and shopping.

I always stay here when I'm in town. The staff is so nice and the hotel is in the heart of downtown. So easy to walk wherever I want to go!

We had an absolutely INCREDIBLE weekend at the Rialto. What a beautifully restored hotel in an ideal location downtown. We were celebrating our 3rd wedding anniversary and the hotel went above and beyond to make our weekend incredible and romantic. The welcome cheese plate was to die for! Michael the concierge was so amazing, he gave us the best suggestions for food, entertainment and things to see. He even booked us on an amazing whale watching and gardens tour! Honestly without his expert recommendations and local knowledge we would have missed out on exquisite meals and little known gems. The room was delightful, very well appointed and just the right size. We really enjoyed the heated bathroom floor. We will definitely be planning a return trip to Victoria and of course the Rialto. We cannot recommend this hotel enough, seriously go there, now!

This is an excellent hotel to stay at. It is right downtown and we did not need to rent a car, we were able to walk everywhere. Would absolutely stay here again as the hotel was very clean and I cannot say enough about the location. I was travelling with another adult and am not sure if I would bring my child to stay at the hotel with me as it is on a very busy street and there is not much to do for children.

Our room was a spacious suite with a loft! The kitchen had everything we needed. The view of the water was amazing.