Helm's Inn

Victoria


One of downtown's best-value hotels, this three-building, motel-style property has 42 surprisingly large rooms, all with handy kitchen facilities (either full kitchens or refrigerators and microwaves). Family-run for three decades, it also has a coin laundry, cookies in the lobby and a communal seating nook around a fireplace. It's sandwiched between the Royal BC Museum and Beacon Hill Park.


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Nearby Victoria attractions

1. Royal BC Museum

0.12 MILES

Arguably the finest museum in British Columbia and carrier of a ‘royal’ prefix since 1987, Victoria’s flagship sight mixes the cream of BC’s provincial…

2. Parliament Buildings

0.21 MILES

This dramatically handsome confection of turrets, domes and stained glass is British Columbia's working legislature and is also open to visitors. You can…

3. Miniature World

0.25 MILES

Tucked along the side of the Fairmont Empress Hotel, this huge collection of skillfully crafted models depicting important battles, historic towns and…

4. Robert Bateman Centre

0.3 MILES

Colonizing part of the Inner Harbour's landmark Steamship Terminal building, this gallery showcases the photo-realistic work of Canada's most celebrated…

5. Victoria Bug Zoo

0.32 MILES

It’s not big, nor are its resident critters (although some of them are alarmingly colossal by insect standards); however, this diminutive indoor ‘zoo’ is…

6. Beacon Hill Park

0.36 MILES

Fringed by crashing ocean, this waterfront park is ideal for feeling the breeze in your hair – check out the windswept trees along the cliff top. You'll…

7. Emily Carr House

0.37 MILES

The birthplace of BC's best-known painter, this bright-yellow gingerbread-style house has plenty of period rooms, plus displays on the artist's life and…

8. Christ Church Cathedral

0.38 MILES

This early-20th-century Gothic-revival cathedral is one of Victoria's most attractive buildings. The third Anglican cathedral to be built in the city, the…