Location

We are keen to share our beautiful home, city and island with visitors. Every day we feel thankful that we are able to live in these magnificent surroundings, and we enjoy passing on our enthusiasm to others. Whether you visit Victoria in spring, summer, fall or winter, it is always picturesque and attractive, with plenty to see and do.

Our convenient location is:

• 15 minutes from downtown Victoria

• a five-minute walk to Arbutus Cove

• close to the scenic coastal route

• 2 minutes from UVic (University of Victoria)

• close to a city bus route with frequent service, and connections to all parts of the city and major attractions

• just a few minutes from several golf courses, Cadboro Bay Village, beaches, Royal Victoria Yacht Club

• a pleasant 25 minute drive to Butchart Gardens

• 30 minutes to the BC Ferries for the mainland and Gulf Islands

The Arbutus Tree

The Arbutus is a beautiful and unusual tree found almost only in the Pacific north-west, in particular on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Its yellowish-green bark gradually turns to a rich reddish-brown during the summer and peels off like a layer of paper. It is deciduous but never without leaves, even in the winter – the glossy dark green leaves fall during the spring as new ones appear.

It thrives in harsh conditions, and grows close to the ocean facing the wet and snow in winter and parched conditions in summer. It is found on rocky headlands clinging to clefts in the rock and often growing in tortuous shapes to find the sunlight among other trees.

As its name indicates, Arbutus Cove has a large concentration of Arbutus trees, and they are found throughout the coastal areas around Victoria and the west coast of Vancouver Island. For more information about them, click here.

Directions from BC Ferries terminal (Swartz Bay):

• Follow Highway 17 (Pat Bay Highway) south from the BC Ferries terminal

• Turn left onto Royal Oak Drive

• Continue onto Mount Douglas Park Way (Cordova Bay Road)

• Just past the entrance to Mount Douglas Park, turn left onto Ash Road, which becomes Grandview, Ferndale and Gordon Head Road

• After Arbutus Cove Lane on the left, fork left onto Arbutus Road

• Turn next right onto Ebony Terrace, and then immediately right onto Tashy Place.

Directions from downtown Victoria:

• Follow Johnson Street, which becomes Begbie and then Shelbourne Street

• Turn right onto McKenzie Avenue

• Turn left onto Gordon Head Road

• Turn right onto Arbutus Road

• Turn next right onto Ebony Terrace, and then immediately right onto Tashy Place.

(or follow the scenic coastal drive eastwards, all the way round the coast to Arbutus Road, and after passing the Stop sign at Finnerty Road take the second left onto Ebony Terrace.)

No. 2232 is the second house on the right (red brick front, white garage doors) in Tashy Place.

To find out more about our accommodation, please click here to see our guest rooms, or click here for details of our room rates.