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Hatley Castle


TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #13 of 93 attractions in Victoria
Traveller Description: Hatley Park is one of Canada's largest and most diverse National Historic Sites.    It is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island, about 25... more »
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Attraction type: Architectural building, Mysterious site, Castle
Address: 2005 Sooke Road Victoria, British Columbia
Canada
Tel: 250 391 2600

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5 of 5 stars
wellington, fl
4 Oct 2009
1
person found this review helpful

We drove there on a Sat. morning before golf at Bear Mtn. It was very quiet and peaceful. The view from the car park near the water is breath-taking because the castle (& yes, it really looks like a castle and not a manor house) is set up on the hill. Ann Watt was our guide and she was suburb,... more

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4 of 5 stars
Vancouver, Canada
21 Sep 2009
1
person found this review helpful

We took public transporation to this castle because it was so far out from the Inner Harbour. The directions were simple enough. The bus driver stopped about 15 minutes from the entrance road to Hatley park. I don't know if there was another entrance but the walk up hill is no joke! It was brutal! It took us about 25... more

14 Apr 2009
3
people found this review helpful

If you guys are of any coincidence to be fans of the X-Men series then you must visit this castle because this was where the X-Men had their schooling. In reality, this is Hatley Castle, built in the early 1900's by a member of a very influential family of coal barons in British Columbia. It was later sold to the... more

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4 of 5 stars
Bristol, UK
13 Oct 2006

Hatley Castle is a lovely spot to visit, do the full tour and you get to see all the lovely rooms. Then you can go out and walk around the nice gardens too! more

1 Jun 2006
9
people found this review helpful

We were excited to go here, since we had just seen the x3 movie right before coming. The castle is worth the drive out of victoria downtown. This is a working establishment, campus of the royal roads university. You will not find alot of tourists here. We were told that the only way we can see the castle is if... more

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5 of 5 stars
Santa Barbara, Ca.
4 Jul 2003
6
people found this review helpful

Hatley Castle was constructed as the home for Hon. James Dunsmuir in 1908 and was the grandest home built on Vancouver Island to that date. Victoria's premier architect, Samuel Maclure, designed the mansion in the English Queen Anne and Elizabethan revival styles of the Edwardian period. The house and gardens will take the visitor to the English countryside with an... more

21 May 2003
5
people found this review helpful

Fans of the "Poltergeist: The Legacy" and "Smallville" TV shows and the X-Men movies will recognize the castle, but a trip to its museum will give you the interesting background of it. It originally was built by James Dunsmeir, and later become a military college before becoming part of Royal Roads University. Tour the castle and learn a ghost story... more

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2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Tel: 250 391 2600