Hotel Grand Pacific

Hotel Grand Pacific gives a Victoria wedding the kind of setting guests remember before they have even reached the ballroom.

The hotel sits beside the Inner Harbour, with water, city landmarks and the Olympic Mountains forming part of the view around the celebration.

Inside, couples can choose between two very different ballroom experiences. The Vancouver Island Ballroom welcomes receptions of up to 170 guests and opens onto a terrace that wraps around three sides of the room, bringing in natural light and harbour views. For something smaller, the Pender Island Ballroom hosts up to 70 guests in a softer, more intimate setting.

Both have the elegance people picture when they imagine a classic hotel wedding, but the location keeps the day distinctly Victoria.

Guests can step outside toward the harbour. Photographs can move into the city. Then everyone returns for dinner, speeches and dancing beneath chandeliers as evening settles over the water outside.

Because accommodations, catering and wedding planning are all available through the hotel, the practical side of the day can stay in one place too.

And when the last song finally ends, nobody has to go very far.

For couples who want their wedding to feel polished, urban and unmistakably West Coast, Hotel Grand Pacific offers a beautiful balance.

A grand room inside.

Victoria's harbour waiting just beyond it.

• Gardens and grounds
• Live music welcome