Guests at the Empress work out in a fitness center equipped with three treadmills, two elliptical trainers, two exercise bikes, strength-training machine, and free weights. The gym overlooks a 60-foot atrium pool located next to a children's wading pool and a hot tub. Fitness center changing rooms have showers, toiletries, towels, lockers, and saunas.
Bicycle and watercraft rentals are available across the street at Victoria's scenic Inner Harbour. Hotel staff can provide guests with running maps, water bottles, and towels. Flightseeing tours and whale-watching excursions depart from docks in the harbor.
The hotel is two blocks from Beacon Hill Park, an expansive facility with walking and running trails, a petting zoo, tennis courts, and magnificent views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the distant mountains of the Olympic Peninsula.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or near this downtown Victoria hotel; fees may apply.
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Golfing nearby
- Boating nearby
- Dock nearby
- Rowing or canoeing nearby
- Kayaking nearby
- Sailing nearby
- Running track/path nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Golf - miniature nearby
- Helicopter/airplane tours nearby
- Ice skating nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Water skiing nearby
- Windsurfing nearby
- Boat launch nearby
- Pilates classes/instruction nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction nearby
- Tennis nearby
- Racquetball/squash nearby
- Mountain biking nearby
- Scooter/moped rentals nearby
- Horse riding/rental nearby
- Swimming on site
- Whale-watching on site
- Playground nearby
- Ecotours nearby
- Bungee jumping nearby
- Golf lessons available nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site