The Fairmont Empress

The famed Empress Hotel, now a member of the esteemed Fairmont chain, has been offering its guests premier service and amenities since the hotel first opened its doors in 1908. Guests enjoy the use of an atrium pool, hot tub, sauna, fitness center, and the award-winning Willow Stream Spa.

Business services—including faxing, printing, and photocopying, as well as "light" secretarial services—are available, and a business center in the reception lobby has a computer with high-speed Internet access (surcharge). Wireless Internet access is also available in the lobby (surcharge).

A scheduled airport shuttle is also available for a surcharge. The property features an onsite garage parking (surcharge) and valet parking is available.

• 24-hour front desk 
• Airport transportation (surcharge) 
• ATM/banking 
• Number of bars/lounges - 2 
• Breakfast available (surcharge) 
• Concierge services 
• Conference space 
• Fitness facilities 
• Dry cleaning/laundry service 
• Express check-out 
• Gift shops or newsstand 
• Limo or Town Car service available 

• Number of floors - 8 
• Multilingual staff 
• Total number of rooms - 464 
• Valet parking (surcharge) 
• Porter/bellhop 
• Safe-deposit box at front desk 
• Self parking (surcharge) 
• Long-term parking (surcharge) 
• Conference space size (feet) - 22600 
• Sauna 
• Shopping on site 
• Spa tub 
• Indoor pool 
• Coffee/tea in common areas 
• Elevator/lift 
• Express check-in 
• Full-service spa 
• Cruise terminal shuttle (surcharge) 
• Ferry terminal shuttle (surcharge) 
• Health club 
• Designated smoking areas 
• Tours/ticket assistance 
• WiFi (surcharge) 
• Spa treatment room(s) 
• Picnic area 
• Year Built 1908 
• Number of restaurants - 3 
• 24-hour business center 
• Conference space size (meters) - 2100 
• Number of meeting rooms - 33 
• Garden 
• Wedding services 

Enjoy a vibrant variety of dining experiences at the Fairmont Empress. Fresh ingredients celebrate local producers. Heighten your stay by dining in our sophisticated and timeless space.

Tea at the Empress - A tradition in Victoria for almost a century, with a modern chic ambiance. Choose from 21 loose leaf teas, including the famous Empress Blend.

Q At The Empress - Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Q Bar - Open from 11 AM - 1 AM with culinary offerings until midnight. Enjoy a selection of signature cocktails, an extensive wine list and local craft beers on tap.

Veranda - The Veranda overlooking the sparkling Inner Harbour is the place to be this summer for cocktails and delectable bites.

Lobby Lounge - The Lobby Lounge is the toast of Victoria, offering a grand space which celebrates the past and embraces the future. Elegant, in every sense of the word, this timeless lounge is home to the world-renowned tradition of Tea at the Empress and cocktails until 10 PM every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Guests at the Empress work out in a fitness center equipped with three treadmills, two elliptical trainers, two exercise bikes, strength-training machine, and free weights. The gym overlooks a 60-foot atrium pool located next to a hot tub. Fitness center changing rooms have showers, toiletries, towels, lockers, and saunas.

Bicycle and watercraft rentals are available across the street at Victoria's scenic Inner Harbour. Hotel staff can provide guests with running maps, water bottles, and towels. Flightseeing tours and whale-watching excursions depart from docks in the harbor.

The hotel is two blocks from Beacon Hill Park, an expansive facility with walking and running trails, a petting zoo, tennis courts, and magnificent views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the distant mountains of the Olympic Peninsula.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near this downtown Victoria hotel; fees may apply.

• Golfing nearby 
• Kayaking nearby 
• Sailing nearby 
• Bicycle rentals nearby 
• Hiking/biking trails nearby 
• Windsurfing nearby 
• Water skiing nearby 
• Mountain biking nearby 
• Scooter/moped rentals nearby 
• Ecotours nearby 
• Golf lessons available nearby 
• Personal motorized watercraft on site 

Willow Stream Spa has been ranked within the top 5 spas in Canada by Conde Nast and was the reader's choice for Black Press' Best of the City.

Willow Stream Spa has 11 treatment rooms, including couples treatment rooms. Offerings include massage, aromatherapy, body scrubs, body wraps, and hydrotherapy. Manicures and pedicures are also available.

• Number of treatment rooms 11 
• Couples treatment rooms 
• Manicures and pedicures 
• Body wraps 
• Body scrubs 
• Aromatherapy treatments 
• Hydrotherapy treatments 
• Massages 
• Body treatments 
• Facial treatments 

If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.

• Accessible bathroom 
• In-room accessibility