Top 10 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Sidney, Vancouver Island

September 18, 2021 Weston Hennigan

Discover the best top things to do in Sidney, Canada including Dave Hutchison Images, BC Aviation Museum, Mary Winspear Centre, Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea, Peninsula Gallery, Star Cinema, Tanners Books, Sidney Visitor Centre, Victoria Distillers, BC Ferries.
Restaurants in Sidney

1. Dave Hutchison Images

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5.0 based on 9 reviews

Dave Hutchison Images

I am a full time nature photographer and guide on beautiful southern Vancouver Island. I am well published and accredited in nature, landscape, and wildlife photography with the Professional Photographers of Canada (PPOC). I offer private guiding services and lessons for small groups up to 4 and workshops maximum of 8. I also offer transportation services to anywhere on Vancouver Island.

2. BC Aviation Museum

1910 Norseman Rd, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 5V5 Canada +1 250-655-3300 [email protected] http://www.bcam.net
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4.5 based on 179 reviews

BC Aviation Museum

Come enjoy a trip back in time with the whole family, with over 20 aircraft on display in Sidney, at The BC Aviation Museum! Where learning and fun meet! Memorable visitor experiences include: • Sit in the cockpit of a warplane. • Discover the history of our valiant Canadian aviation pioneers with our passionate tour guides or on a self-guided visit. We’ve been collecting and preserving 8,000+ aviation books, 13,500+ photographs. Don't miss our gift shop - the perfect place to find aviation themed gifts. Come explore the BC Aviation Museum in Sidney, located near the Victoria International Airport.

Reviewed By Bob2885 - Victoria, Canada

I toured the museum in September as part of a group. The tour guide was informative, responsive to questions and entertaining. The exhibits cover the history of aviation in the 20th century with a focus on British Columbian and Canadian aircraft. There are planes, lots of them, tens ofunmounted engines in various stages of dress, helicopters, innumerable model aircraft and a good collection of memorabilia related to aviation in the First and Second Wars. This would be a fun tour with children. I climbed the stairs into a late '50s Viscount airliner, looked into the cockpit of a jet trainer, and was impressed by the huge size of the museum's latest restoration project, a Lancaster bomber. Don't miss it!

3. Mary Winspear Centre

2243 Beacon Ave, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 1W9 Canada +1 250-656-0275 [email protected] http://www.marywinspear.ca
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4.5 based on 76 reviews

Mary Winspear Centre

Reviewed By elainebU1629YJ - Langley, Canada

Staff at Mary Winspear are knowledgeable and friendly. The venue is accessible and the choice of offerings wide and suited to all tastes, from theatre to music to art, and including authors and celebrities.

4. Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea

9811 Seaport Pl, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 4X3 Canada +1 250-665-7511 [email protected] http://www.salishseacentre.org
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4.5 based on 367 reviews

Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea

Explore the underwater beauty of the Salish Sea Bioregion - one of the most diverse ecosystems in the world! The Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea is a not-for-profit aquarium and learning centre devoted to the exploration and conservation of the Salish Sea. The Salish Sea is named after the Coast Salish indigenous peoples of the region. Explore natural aquaria habitats of over 160 live species including a giant Pacific octopus, colourful rockfish, and magnificent wolf eels. Check out the marine mammal artifact exhibit complete with a rare orca skeleton, and take in the permanent exhibit of beautiful Coast Salish art. Journey from seashore to seafloor and discover the amazing diversity of the Salish Sea in 28 aquarium habitats teeming with marine life from anemones and nudibranchs to salmon and sculpins. Then get a close look at the weird and wonderful invertebrates in our shallow "Look" Pool (pre-COVID Touch Pool) overlooking the breathtaking Sidney waterfront.

Reviewed By 19Ros69 - Vernon, Canada

What a great learning experience - went early in the day and before too many people arrived and consequently I had a personal guide who answered many of my questions. This young woman was passionate about the sea life and willingly answered my questions with great information about the sea creatures on display. When I first entered I went straight to the jelly fish, I so enjoy watching the way they move; when I left I appreciated the delightful young octopus because of what I learned from the guide. I will return.

2506 Beacon Ave Suite 100, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 1Y2 Canada +1 250-655-1722 [email protected] http://www.pengal.com/
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4.5 based on 18 reviews

Peninsula Gallery

Peninsula Gallery is a fine art gallery established in 1986. It represents some of the most sought after artists of Canada's West Coast. High quality artworks are being showed all year round with museum class display.

6. Star Cinema

9842 Third St, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 3A7 Canada +1 250-655-1171 http://www.starcinema.ca
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4.5 based on 58 reviews

Star Cinema

7. Tanners Books

2436 Beacon Ave, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 1X6 Canada +1 250-656-2345 http://www.tannersbooks.com
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4.5 based on 44 reviews

Tanners Books

Local Bookstore where individuals can find books of there choice

Reviewed By A488PUstephaniem

Walking into Tanners is a great all around experience. The staff are very friendly and helpful, the lay out is easy to find things in and the selection and focus on local writers is heart warming to say the least. If they don't have it they will get it for you too. Wonderful book store!!!!

8. Sidney Visitor Centre

2281 Beacon Ave, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 1W9 Canada +1 250-665-7362 [email protected] https://sidneybia.ca/listing/sidney-visitor-centre/
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4.5 based on 23 reviews

Sidney Visitor Centre

Local BC Visitor Centre where you can get tips & tricks on how to explore the back roads of the Saanich Peninsula and Vancouver Island.

Reviewed By Tahiti-Specialist - Sidney, Canada

There is always lots of helpful and knowledgeable local advice here on things to see and do in the local area.

9. Victoria Distillers

9891 Seaport Place, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 4X3 Canada +1 250-544-8217 [email protected] http://victoriadistillers.com/home
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4.5 based on 50 reviews

Victoria Distillers

To accommodate Victoria Spirits’ growing business, they recently moved to a larger location on the beautiful waterfront, in Sidney, BC and opened their doors in May of 2016. Their name also changed to Victoria Distillers bringing a new focus as makers and collaborators to highlight the distillery as a tourist destination you definitely don’t want to miss. The new site houses two copper pot stills, continuing to produce award-winning spirits including Victoria Gin and Empress 1908 Gin . Visitors are guided through the entire distillation process and around the gleaming stills giving them an intimate look into one of BC’s finest artisan distilleries. Following a tour, visitors are able to taste their premium spirits and bitters neat. The waterfront location also has an on-site lounge, along with an outside patio area, where guests can enjoy their favorite cocktails. Tours are available on the hour from 12-3 pm Friday to Sunday.

Reviewed By hmclaughlin2016 - Halifax, Canada

Great little tour of their facility, and a lovely tasting experience...all for $7. Seriously!! You'll want to grab a bottle of The Empress Gin once you try it... delicious, and pretty. We have tasted and purchased gin from various countries in Europe, Australia, Tasmania, other provinces in Canada , and Empress is second best of all times. (Ironworks from Lunenburg NS is tops). Very cool that their still is actually made in Victoria , and they use seawater as a coolant too :)

10. BC Ferries

11300 Patricia Bay Highway Suite 500, Sidney, British Columbia V8L 3S8 Canada +1 888-223-3779 [email protected] http://www.bcferries.com
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4.0 based on 4,474 reviews

BC Ferries

BC Ferries provides passenger and vehicle ferry services to 45 ports of call across coastal BC, with sailings to and from Metro Vancouver, Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, the Gulf Islands, and Northern BC. BC Ferries Vacations also offers over 100 travel packages, including return ferry and accommodation. When on board BC Ferries, there are plenty of options for food and shopping, along with great wildlife and sightseeing opportunities.

Reviewed By mdspices - Oliver, Canada

We lived on the island a few times, so I would say we have experience traveling with BC Ferries, we have shopped in their gift shops, enjoyed Starbucks coffee from the coffee shop, and White Spot in their self serve restaurant. The last two times we have traveled to the island and back, was during Covid-19, so we stayed in our vehicle all four times. They squeezed us on as the last vehicle the last time we traveled, what a great feeling that was.

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