There are a number of stained glass windows here and there throughout Craigdarroch Castle - one in the smoking room features Sir Walter Rale...

In a comment on yesterday's post JoJo mentioned the tile floor in the tiny round topmost room of the castle, providing the perfect excus...

At the very top of the Craigdarroch Castle staircase is a small circular tower with one of the best views of the city to be had. You can get...

The amount of beautiful wood paneling through the castle is quite overwhelming. But is all perfectly fitted and looking splendid, even after...

One of the things that makes a visit to Craigdarroch Castle a pleasure is the way so many of the rooms have been furnished with period items...

Above is a more oblique view of Craigdarroch Castle than that published a few days ago. Below are portraits from inside the castle of its bu...

When I was posting some photos of the Italian Garden at Hatley Castle a week or so ago I mentioned that I intended to take a look at Victori...

From a distance Craigdarroch Castle looks like a magical place (scroll down to see yesterday's photo). Up close it doesn't disappoin...

On Gonzales Hill if you go around behind the Observatory (yesterday's photo) and look over the city towards the northwest this is the vi...

Like the Legislative Assembly Buildings, Craigdarroch Castle is an imposing pile of stonework from the outside. But what makes repeated visi...

What are little girls made of? What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice And everything nice, That...

Last week I posted a series of photos of one of Victoria's more famous landmarks, Craigdarroch Castle . However, I didn't post at th...

...to the Ross Bay Villa Lawn Party. Above is Ross Bay Villa , one of the few remaining houses in Victoria dating from the 1860s. It is als...

Many thanks to the 25 visitors who participated in yesterday's poll and left comments. This was very helpful. The overwhelming preferenc...

Canadian Geographic Magazine is having a photo contest for pictures of National Historic Sites, which is one of the reasons this blog has be...

Though nobody lives in Craigdarroch Castle any more, piano music has been heard in the ballroom and the scent of candles lingers in the nig...

...I thought I'd just invite you over for supper. Of course, it's nothing special, just the family, so you'll have to take pot l...

This 39 room mansion was built in 1890 by Robert Dunsmuir, at that time the richest man in western Canada. Dunsmuir initially made his fortu...