The Empress
The Fairmont Empress, formerly and commonly referred to as The Empress, is one of the oldest hotels in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Located on 721 Government Street, it is situated in Downtown Victoria, facing the city's Inner Harbour.Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Royal British Columbia Museum and Victoria Bug Zoo.
Royal British Columbia Museum
Museum
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal British Columbia Museum, founded in 1886, is a history museum in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The "Royal" title was approved by Queen Elizabeth II and bestowed by Prince Philip in 1987, to coincide with a royal tour of that year. Royal British Columbia Museum is situated 230 metres south of The Empress.
Victoria Bug Zoo
Zoo
The Victoria Bug Zoo is a two-room minizoo that is located in downtown Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, one block north of the Fairmont Empress Hotel. It was sold to Xing Chen in 2014. The Victoria Bug Zoo is run by General Manager Jaymie Chudiak. Victoria Bug Zoo is situated 210 metres northeast of The Empress.
Thunderbird Park
Park
Photo: HighInBC, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Thunderbird Park in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, is next to the Royal British Columbia Museum and home to many totem poles and other First Nation monuments. Thunderbird Park is situated 260 metres southeast of The Empress.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Victoria and Chinatown.
Victoria
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Victoria is the capital of Canada's westernmost province; British Columbia, near the southern tip of Vancouver Island. Victoria contains a perfect combination of the old and new Canada.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Podzemnik, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chinatown in Victoria, British Columbia is the oldest Chinatown in Canada and the second oldest in North America after San Francisco. Victoria's Chinatown had its beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century in the mass influx of miners from California to what is now British Columbia in 1858.
Esquimalt
Town
Photo: Kyle Wilson, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Township of Esquimalt is a municipality at the southern tip of Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is bordered to the east by the provincial capital, Victoria, to the south by the Strait of Juan de Fuca, to the west by Esquimalt Harbour and… Esquimalt is situated 3½ km west of The Empress.
The Empress
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Historic hotel in Victoria, British Columbia
- Categories: hotel building and historic site
- Location: Victoria, Capital Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
48.42178° or 48° 25′ 18″ northLongitude
-123.36841° or 123° 22′ 6″ westOpen location code
84WRCJCJ+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4409072163OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q1139845
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Portuguese—“The Empress” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “皇后酒店 (维多利亚)”
- Chinese: “皇后酒店”
- Esperanto: “Hotelo Empress”
- Esperanto: “Hotelo Imperiestrino”
- French: “Empress Hotel”
- German: “Empress”
- German: “The Empress Hotel”
- Italian: “The Empress”
- Japanese: “エンプレスホテル”
- Japanese: “ジ・エンプレス”
- Lingua Franca Nova: “Otel Empress”
- Persian: “امپرس (هتل)”
- Persian: “امپرس”
- Portuguese: “Empress Hotel”
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