Hotel and Travel Information
for SIAM
DM06 All prices
are in Canadian Dollars
For maps and other information, see the Tourism Victoria website,
or VancouverIsland.com. Travel
Information is at the bottom of the page.
On Campus -- UVic Residences
Office: Housing, Food and
Conferences Services
Craigdarroch Office Building
Parking Lot#5, Off Sinclair Road
Victoria, BC
2006 Prices Single (shared gender specific
bathrooms): $45, including taxes
and breakfast Twin (shared gender specific
bathrooms): $55, including taxes and
breakfast Cluster Housing (4 br.,
kitchen, living room, 1.5 bath): $180
Reservations
can be made by telephone, email, or surface mail. Tel: 250-721-8395 Fax: 250-721-8930 E-Mail:housing@uvic.ca Website:
housing.uvic.ca
(the Visitor
information is relevant)
Mailing Address
Housing, Food & Conference Services
University of Victoria
PO Box 1700 STN CSC
Victoria, BC
V8W 2Y2
Off Campus -- A selection of
downtown hotels in alphabetical order See below for
detailed information and websites. Prices do not include taxes
(10% hotel tax + 7% GST).
Executive House Hotel ($140)
Harbour Towers Hotel and Suites ($129)
Hotel Grand Pacific ($189)
Laurel Point Inn ($169)
Travellers Inn ($79.95)
Victoria Marriot Inner Harbour ($165)
Note: DM06 is
at the University of Victoria main campus, which is not
downtown
Victoria
Transit System Information in green: Schedules, Routes, etc.
at www.bctransit.com
Executive House Hotel
777 Douglas Street
Victoria, BC, Canada V8W 2B5
#1 Marriott
in North America, Overall Guest Satisfaction Information on travel to Victoria, both
downtown and UVic
Please look at UVic's
comprehensive travel
info page. Also, below you will find travel info for:
Seattle - Victoria
Vancouver - Victoria
Victoria Airport to downtown or UVic
downtown to UVic
UVic parking info
Note: Victoria Airport is
served by three major airlines: Horizon
/ Alaska Airlines (from Seattle, Portland and elsewhere) Air Canada, and Westjet (from the US and Canada). Seattle - Victoria travel
options include:
Kenmnore Air float plane
from Lake Union (downtown Seattle) to Victoria Harbour.
The Victoria Clipper catamaran
from Pier 69 (downtown Seattle) to Victoria Harbour. Does
not take cars.
Drive to Anacortes and then drive onto Washington State Ferries
to Sidney BC, 28 kilometres north of Victoria.
Drive to Port Angeles (on the Olympic Peninsula) and then drive
onto the Coho ferry to
Victoria Harbour.
Drive to Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal (32 kilometres south of
Vancouver) and then drive onto BC
Ferries to Swartz Bay Terminal (33 kilometres north of
Victoria). Reservations recommended.
Take Amtrak or Greyhound from Seattle to
Vancouver, and then Pacific
Coach Lines (PCL) from Vancouver to Victoria. The PCL fare
includes the ferry.
Pacific Coach Lines
(PCL) bus from downtown Vancouver to downtown Victoria. The PCL
fare includes the ferry.
Pacific Coach Lines
(PCL) bus from downtown Vancouver to the Swartz bay Ferry Terminal, and
then the number 70 bus to
downtown,
and the number 4, 11, or 14 bus to UVic. Please carefully check
the bus schedule!
Drive to Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal (32 kilometres south of
Vancouver) and then drive onto BC
Ferries to Swartz Bay Terminal (33 kilometres north of
Victoria). Reservations recommended.
Victoria Airport - downtown or UVic
travel options include:
Rent a car and drive. Rental car companies at Victoria
Airport include Avis, Budget, Hertz, and National.
Airport Shuttle
($13.00) to
downtown hotels or UVic. It is also possible to take the Airport
Shuttle Shuttle to
MacTavish Park 'n' Ride ($2) and then the number
70 bus to downtown ($2.75), and transfer to the number 4, 11, or 14
bus to UVic.
Please carefully check the bus schedule!
Take a taxi at a cost of about $50. There are taxis and
vans (on special request) available from Empress Taxis.
Downtown to UVic travel options
include:
Take a taxi at a cost of about $15-$20.
Take the transit bus
($2.00)
See the hotels page for information about which bus is nearest your
hotel. Please check the schedule carefully!