Anniversary Gifts - Romantic Bed and Breakfast stay in Victoria

Each year dozens of couples looking for that special way to say "Happy Anniversary" choose Birds of a Feather Oceanfront B&B as their anniversary gift to one another to celebrate their love - often in our luxurious Honeymoon Suite

Bed and Breakfast Happy Anniversary gift certificate

Amore is naturally in the air in Victoria. And our seaside location is pure romance - complete with swans right at our dock! We’ve compiled a little love list to spur your imagination:

  • Take a stroll along the rugged beach front, with waves pounding on the sand;
  • Skip a stone on the lagoon;
  • Watch the swans, kingfishers, and great blue herons from your private balcony or from your lounge chair on our dock;
  • Hike a trail through an old growth forest next door to us;
  • Tour Hatley Gardens and Castle - our neighbours;
  • Explore Fisgard Lighthouse (oldest lighthouse on Canada’s west coast)  just up the road;
  • Paddle a canoe around the lagoon, or over to the beach in front of the castle;
  • Ride a bicycle along the Galloping Goose Trail with its pastoral fields and rivers;
  • Sit on our lovers’ swing and read a book while listening to the song birds.

The traditional names for wedding anniversaries (ranging from paper and cotton, to gold and diamonds) go back many years in social usage. As these names were applied it was considered proper to present the married pair with gifts made of these products or of something related. The list of traditional gifts, with a few allowable revisions in brackets, is shown below, followed by a list of more modern gift ideas.

Year

Traditional

Modern

1st Paper Clocks
2nd Cotton China
3rd Leather Crystal/glass
4th Linen (silk) Appliances
5th Wood Silverware
6th Iron Wood
7th Wool (copper) Desk sets
8th Bronze Linens & lace
9th Pottery (china) Leather
10th Tin (aluminum) Diamond jewelry
11th Steel Fashion jewelry, accessories
12th Silk Pearls or colored gems
13th Lace Textiles & furs
14th Ivory Gold jewelry
15th Crystal Watches
20th China Platinum
25th Silver Sterling Silver Jubilee
30th Pearl Diamond
35th Coral (jade) Jade
40th Ruby Ruby
45th Sapphire Sapphire
50th Gold Gold
55th Emerald Dmerald
60th Diamond Diamond


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The most beautiful place we have every stayed

Our stay here has been beyond incredible! We have had such a lovely week in Vancouver and Victoria, but our stay here at Birds of a Feather has been so wondeful. We celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary here. We went whale-watching, saw the Lighthouse and strolled down around the Inner Harbour. It is so beautiful here. We loved Butchart Gardens - breath taking! We had an incredible dinner last night at Camille’s - very romantic - we highly recommend it for a special night out. We loved comming home to our beautiful room here with the spectacular views - we felt so secluded. It was fantastic - this is by far the most beautiful place we have ever stayed. Thank you Dieter for the delicious breakfasts. Thank you also for your help and advice for our plans - you were so helpful. We really enjoyed our stay. Thank you for making it the perfect spot for our celebration. God Bless you.

Guest Name: 
Denise and David
Date: 
July 25, 2008
City: 
Springfield
Province/State: 
Missouri
Country: 
Usa

Our B&B in the news

Float Plane in Esquimalt Lagoon

Story Credit: 
By Amy Dove - Goldstream News Gazette
Date Published: 
31 Jul 2008

Feds silent on planes in bird sanctuary

Little preventing aircraft from landing in Esquimalt Lagoon

It wouldn’t have taken an experienced bird watcher to see there were wings of an all together new variety in Esquimalt Lagoon lately.