Top Things to do Around Sidney:
• Take a stroll along the waterfront promenade visiting the beaches, parks & seawall
• Visit the quaint shops, award-winning restaurants, cafes & bakeries along Beacon Avenue
• Sea Cider, maker in orchard of fabulous ciders, 5 minute drive
• Lavender Gardens & Goat Farm, 5 minute drive by Highway 17
• Butchart Gardens, a short 20 minute drive through the country farms
• Butterfly World, 15 minutes from Orchard House
• Shaw Center for the Salish Sea Aquarium along the waterfront
• Victoria Distillers on the waterfront, 10 minute walk from Orchard H
• BC Aviation Museum located by Victoria Airport
• Passenger ferry ride from pier to Sidney Spit beaches and BC Parks
• Go whale watching, rent kayaks & paddle boards or sailing at Pier
• Bike the Lockside trail to see the Mitchell’s farm & on to large pigs
• Visit Victoria Inner Harbour, Parliament Buildings, Fairmont Empress & pubs along Government Street
• Take the BC Ferry to Ganges on Salt Spring Island
• Take a winery tour in Saanich peninsula, Church & State Winery
• Take in one of the many events in Sidney all year round or a concert at Mary Winspear Center, 1 block
* Play sand volleyball or tennis, basketball, lawn bowling, kids splash park & play area, lawn fields or skateboard park, 1 block from Orchard House
• Visitor Center is located Beacon Avenue and 7th Avenue, 2 blocks from Orchard House