Good vibes all around
Set yourself on a path toward renewal and intention, where each day brings fresh opportunities to unwind, connect, and delight in life’s simple pleasures. This thoughtfully crafted itinerary invites you to embrace creativity, rejuvenation, and meaningful moments, weaving together relaxation, wellness, and a touch of playful indulgence during Intention: A wellness getaway in Victoria. Discover experiences that feed your soul and lift your spirits, setting the perfect tone for the year to come.
Suggested accommodations | Welcome to wellness | A royal reset | Immersed & inspired
Suggested accommodations
Magnolia Hotel & Spa
Centrally located in downtown Victoria, the Magnolia Hotel & Spa puts you footsteps from Victoria’s top spas, dining, and shopping. This boutique property, known for its personalized service and attention to detail, offers an elegant stay that’s perfect for lingering and settling into the rhythm of island life. During Intention: A wellness getaway in Victoria enjoy a $50 per night credit for use at their onsite spa, Spa Magnolia, or their house restaurant, The Courtney Room. Plus receive a Wellness Trail & Running map, 24-hour access to the fitness room, filtered bottled water, and a continental breakfast each morning.
Oak Bay Beach Hotel
Enjoy a stay on the shores of the Salish Sea and let your stresses break like waves on the rocks below. Recognized as the #1 hotel in Western Canada by the Conde Nast Traveler 2025 Readers’ Choice awards, this boutique hotel blends modern luxury, with unrivaled ocean views, and a world-class spa famed for its seaside mineral pools. During Intention: A wellness getaway in Victoria elevate your stay with an in-room BABOR spa package, valued at $150, plus enjoy discounts on spa treatments and retail products during your stay.
Jan 16 – Welcome to wellness
Ease into your adventure as the journey itself sets a restorative tone, welcoming you into a vibrant community and comfortable surroundings. Throughout the day engage your creativity through hands-on exploration and savour a communal dining experience that inspires intention and connection for what’s to come.
Arrive/Check In
As an island destination, getting here is part of the experience. Whether you choose to sail along majestic coastlines, or soar above them, you’ll feel the weight off your shoulders the moment the journey begins. Once you arrive in downtown Victoria, you’ll find the core both walkable and welcoming. Check-in to your hotel and settle into a pace a world away from the bustle of day-to-day life. This is the moment where your year starts anew, one with purpose, passion, and intention.
Lunch: Tractor Everyday Healthy Foods
Perfect for those on the go, Tractor Everyday Healthy Foods offers fresh, healthy food in a quick service format. Think veggie-packed bowls, nourishing salads, flavourful sandwiches, and hearty soups and stews perfect for January afternoon. Focusing on real food, Tractor carefully selects food suppliers who are committed to sustainability, focusing on local farms and producers and using seasonal ingredients wherever possible. It’s fresh, it’s fun, and it’s the perfect lunch spot for you as you explore the city.
Afternoon: Wychbury Ave Soap & Gifts
Pop into a soap making workshop at Wychbury Ave Soap & Gifts. Passionate instructors will lead you through your class, providing all the materials, while you create a colourful soap bar that’s personalized with your own scent. These wildly creative workshops are a fun way to get your creative juices flowing for the year that lies ahead and provide you with a delightfully distinctive souvenir from your time in Victoria.
Evening: Nourish: A 5 Course Long Table Dinner with Liv Rahal & Chef Curtis Toth
You want to eat healthier this year, but you just don’t know where to begin. You’re overwhelmed from cookbooks, blogs, and advice from your friends. But eating well doesn’t have to be hard. Join registered dietician, Live Rahal, and Executive Chef Curtis Toth for a five-course long table dinner that blends culinary artistry with functional nutrition at LURE Restaurant & Bar. As you move from dish to dish, stories are shared around the table highlighting the health benefits of ingredients and the practical applications they have in everyday life.
Jan 17 – A royal reset
Embrace a day devoted to treating yourself like royalty, where every experience is thoughtfully crafted to honour your well-being and inspire a sense of majesty. Delight in indulgent moments and uplifting experiences that remind you to reign over your day with balance, renewal, and joy.
Morning: Blue Crab Seafood House
Start your morning off right with sunrise views over Victoria’s iconic Inner Harbour at the Blue Crab Seafood House. Here you’ll find a fresh boat-to-bowl menu showcasing the bounty of the Salish Sea. How fresh are we talking? Every day the chefs at blue crab create new dishes based on the most recent catch. Not a seafood fan, no problem, as one of the city’s favourite breakfast and brunch joints, they have all the classics you crave.
Morning: The Empress/Emperor Treatment
Melt away your tensions like the sunrise melts away the morning fog with The Empress/Emperor treatment at Ali Kay Holistic. This transformative session is designed to balance the dualities within each of the feminine and masculine energies. Over the course of two hours, you’ll enjoy facial, ear, hand, and foot reflexology in a nurturing and rhythmic experience which balances your being and restores inner harmony.
Local tip: Ali Kay Holistic is located in Victoria’s Fairfield neighbourhood, if you’re staying downtown, you can kick-off your morning with a stroll through Beacon Hill Park on your way to your treatment.
Afternoon: Create Your Own Signature Tea Blend
The quintessential royal treatment in Victoria is a tea experience. The prestigious Fairmont Empress, Canada’s Castle on the Coast, has been serving Victoria’s most iconic afternoon tea experience for over 115 years. During Intention: A wellness getaway in Victoria the Fairmont Empress invites you to channel your inner tea master and create your own signature blend during an immersive tea experience. During the workshop, you’ll be guided by a tea sommelier and explore the art of blending teas and botanicals while crafting your own signature blend, enjoy a guided tasting session, discover the health benefits of tea, and transform your blend into a refreshing tea-inspired mocktail. Pinkies up to a year centred in perfection.
Evening: 10 Acres Bistro
Refuel with the fresh flavours from our region at 10 Acres Bistro, who serve up a seasonal menu made with the finest ingredients from their own 10-acre farm on the Saanich Peninsula as well as selections from local fisheries and cheese makers. From the moment you step in, the airy vibe will have you feeling relaxed, perfect for conversation and connection. Offering a wide-ranging bistro-style menu, there’s something on the menu for every kind of appetite.
Evening: Belly Laugh, Dopamine Session – Enjoy “Snowed in Comedy”
Sometimes the best medicine is letting it all go, forgetting your stresses, and laughing out loud. During the Snowed in Comedy show at the Royal Theatre, you’ll get all of it in an endorphin releasing dopamine session that’s packed with side-splitting laughter. Laughter is proven to increase mood and aid in relaxation, and during Snowed in Comedy, they don’t stop coming, as hit comedians Dan Quinn (Just for Laughs Winner), Paul Myrehaug (Great Canadian Laugh Off Champion), Pete Zedlacher (6-time Canadian Comedian of the Year nominee), and Erica Sigurdson (with over 70 appearances on the Debaters). That’s four acclaimed, international comedians on stage for one night of unforgettable comedy.
Jan 18 – Immersed & inspired
Embrace a day dedicated to rejuvenation and holistic nourishment, where your senses are awakened and your well-being is thoughtfully nurtured through unique experiences that blend relaxation, mindful movement, and inspired culinary delight. This is an invitation to pause, reset, and savour every moment along the way.
Morning: Drift: A Floating Sound Meditation
Soak in the sounds or restoration during a 60-minute guided Floating Sound Meditation session. As you drift across the surface of a warm and peaceful pool, the gentle sounds of crystal alchemy bowls, gongs, and sacred instruments fill the air for a sensory experience like no other, as the sound waves travel through the water and your body. This is a deeply immersive experience that nurtures a sense of calm while soothing the mind and releasing built up tension. Pure zen.
Morning/Afternoon: Vegan Comfort Foodie Tour
Make this your year, one bite at a time, during a walking food tour of the city with Off the Eaten Track. Victoria was recently named one of the best vegan cities in North America, so if your resolutions include a healthier diet, you’ve come to the right place. During your tour, you’ll see the city’s best sights and sip and savour your way through tucked away local gems specializing in plant-forward cuisine. It’s a mouth watering, yet responsible way, to get your new year’s diet goals on the right track.
Afternoon: Aufguss Ceremony
Hit the sauna circuit Scandinavian style during an Aufguss Ceremony at Ærth Saunas. Hosted every two hours throughout the day at Ærth, an Aufguss Ceremony is led by a sauna master who guides you through cycles with essential oil infusions, breathwork, and presence, best of all, it’s included free with your paid visit to Ærth Saunas outdoor sauna oasis. Each 90-minute sauna experience at Ærth includes electrolyte water, their house-blended tea, and of course, towel service, as you sweat and plunge your way through the sauna circuit.
Evening: End Dive
For our sendoff dinner, let’s choose something truly local. At End Dive, everything is made in house using ingredients only from End Dive’s own local grower, picker, and fisher friends. What you can expect is an ever-changing menu that playfully showcases some of the region’s finest flavours through an array of methods ranging from dry aging to fermentation, curing, smoking, and more. End Dive compliments this all with one of the city’s best cocktail menus and a range of natural wines and ciders. This is where farm-to-table flavour meets city sophistication.
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