This is Victoria's best kept secret. Primarily a senior residence, there is room for travelers to stay a night, a couple of weeks, a month. The house itself opens onto the Salish Sea. Across the road and over the water, hang gliders rollick the skies. Along the sea wall walkers, joggers, and cyclists take advantage of the miles'-long stretch of ocean. From Ogden Pt where the cruise ships put in to Finlayson Pt to Clover Pt to Gonzales Pt and on around the perimeter of Victoria.
Close by is Beacon Hill Park, Cook St. Village, and a 25-minute walk through the park to downtown's Inner Harbor. I loved the close proximity to everything: the Parliament buildings, the Provincial Museum, the Empress, the harbor ferries. To say nothing of the free wifi, street parking, a garden out back, a garden out front, and a statue of St. Francis of Assisi overseeing this pocket of paradise from a trickling fountain.
The room was compact, well-equipped, the residents friendly and helpful, and the managers so helpful. They go out of their way to accommodate. If I had but one word to describe this place it would be this: HAPPY.