June 23, 2007 | Tips from Travellers >
Victoria, Attractions
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My friend a I decided to visit Hatley Castle and we were amazed
at the infos that we got from the tour guide. Because it is
working castle, meaning that some rooms had been converted into
offices, the only way to see the inside of this castle is by reserve a
tour. We took the one hour tour and our guide told us the history
of the castle starting from the outside and we worked our way in to the
upper floors and along the way we stopped and went in at some of the
rooms and were told what each rooms was used for during the early years
that the Dunsmuir occupied the castle. Did you know that the
whole castle was built in only eighteen mothns.
After the tour we had the privilege to walk around the Italian garden,
as well as the rose garden and the Japanese garden. We also saw a
couple of peacocks walking about. The whole outside surroundings
was a peaceful place and I can just imagine how beutiful it was once
during those early years.