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wood Bay is home to Butchart Gardens.) Ferries run in both directions nine times daily
7:30am-6pm. Peak one-way fares for the 25-minute crossing cost adults $7.20, children
$3.60, and vehicles $16.80 each. For exact times, contact
BC Ferries
(250/386-3431,
MM
Butchart Gardens
Carved from an abandoned quarry, the delightful
Butchart Gardens
(800 Benvenuto Dr.,
Brentwood Bay, 250/652-4422,
www.butchartgardens.com
)
are Victoria's best-known at-
traction. They're approximately 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) north of downtown. The gar-
densareopeneverydayoftheyearfrom9am,closing insummer at10pmandinwinter at
4pm, with varying closing hours in other seasons. Admission in summer is $30 for adults,
$15 for youth aged 13-17, and $3 for children aged 5-12; admission in winter is around 60
percent of those rates.
Butchart Gardens
A Canadian cement pioneer, R. P. Butchart, built a mansion near his quarries. He and
his wife, Jennie, traveled extensively, collecting rare and exotic shrubs, trees, and plants
fromaroundtheworld.By1904thequarrieshadbeenabandoned,andthecouplebeganto
