Great place to visit your homeless friends or see the shady part of downtown Victoria. If you hang out long enough you may witness a fight, a straight out assault or maybe even a stabbing. All in all a great place to take in the wonderful aroma of urine and street feet. Welcome to Victoria and have a wonderful stay. I would avoid it in the evening.
This place has become a central community venue for daytime festivals, live music and performances. We love coming here as a family.
I used to get so lit and hang out here
Now that I dont get lit it does not seem as lit.
There always something going on here. Please it out every weekend. You won't be disappointed.
Beautiful place. Crowded by homeless. Security in the bathroom and heavy security presence. Still a great experience
Walked through the beautiful magical centennial square
Good place in summer for festivals, food trucks, etc. Can get a bit sketchy at night. Bathroom renovations are finally done, but only one stall in men's bathroom now as opposed to the two they used to have? Weird to make a growing cities public bathroom smaller.
Pop in every now and then for some jams or cultural experiences!
It was a good time to watch the beautiful lights and watch the band.
Centennial Square features a wondefrul fountain with two constructions ressembling totem poles. There is also a small playground for children. It's a nice spot for taking pictures. However, this is also a place where homeless people and junkies tend to hang around.
Beautiful fountain. My daughter loved walking through here while we visited Victoria. They even hold shows and festivals in the area sometimes.
Attended & sang the Grandmother's for Africa in from their fund-raising bike ride. Great space!
Nice place to relax and have fun and entertainment during the summer weekends
great place to wash your face after getting pepper sprayed
A walk, a coffee and a visit to centennial square. This main part of downtown Victoria is a beautiful place to hang out for a bit and enjoy the sounds ,the beauty and the goose that often is seen there resting.
Great stuff but too expensive for an organization that gets all there stuff free!
Nice spot in the middle of downtown, good for relaxing, or taking a break in the middle of all the chaos.
Great outdoor space. Wonderful place for activities. Too many iffy people around.
A well known spot for cultural and fun events in Victoria, in front of the municipal office.
Lots of events take place here in summer.
A good place to meet for events.
Just visited the Lights of Wonder...what a disappointment! Hardly any lights at all, very basic displays and looks amateur. To top it off, a large group of street people camped out under the giant Christmas tree, smoking dope and fighting/shouting profanities at people. Amazing how our mayor and council continue to allow these people to be above the law. Great impression for tourists.
Big area to host events - but it is a popular hang out for drug addicts.
Nice little public venue, close to parking and a good spot to stop for a break when you're stuck in the chaos of downtown. no washroom facilities however.
Fun for events but otherwise not a relaxing place to visit
Nice place to sit and relax. Easy access to downtown
The water fountain is really nice at night when the lights are shining on it was impressed
I ate a candy bar here. Really nice little square to sit in.
It's a great event and gathering place. It would be better if Sunday steet parking went back to "free" though. It would encourage more out of towners to come downtown and longer stays to shop and dine, supporting local businesses.
always love this as a focal point or starting point for parades, etc. always something going on during tourist season!
A beautiful public space surrounded by historical government buildings. It's a host to many live outdoor musical events and gatherings of all sorts.
The public restrooms here have been closed for a year and now there's only portapotties. Other than that it's a great place to go to see the latest protest or catch a free live band!
Its a water fountain....what's there to review? The quality of the pennies people toss in...or the amount of hippies sitting on the grass???? Or the lack of water in their cool aquaduct thing.
All summer there is entertainment and public events.
I passed by but i don't stop because was full of homeless and i was with my family and my children i feel unsafe.
Nice spot in middle of downtown. Cool place to chill and relax.
I saw this as a recommendation for places to go with small children. As of one month ago this was a homeless encampment that featured several stabbings, missing youths and was the location of a drug ring operating out of tents. There was also a police bust where 16 people were arrested. So...bring your kids?
Also - a city counsellor voted to keep the homeless encampment here so other counsellors would have to see and experience the results of allowing daytime camping. The other counsellors wanted to vote to remove the encampment - because Centennial Square is at City Hall and it likely made them unsafe at work.
This at night 9:30pm During the summer on Wed Nd Sat Sun there is always some type of music festivities on.
Nice place to have a morning coffee. Can have a high concentration of homeless at times.
It's relaxing while still being in the heart of the city
A lot of homeless people staying here. Not very kid friendly
Very romantic, but if you don't want to talk about kids don't go there.
Nice and central downtown. Good place to rest and lots of pop up music and cultural activities.
Great place to sit and watch people also hosts concerts throughout the year.
The bumpy stucco on the fountain makes it fairly hostile to seating, and the shallow wide steps throughout the square send my gait into a rage.
This is downtown location of Victoria townhall office to pay property taxes or related bills or at reception enquire about bylaws. Apparently transit bus pass can be purchased here. A note that clean toilet is open to public just passed reception.
Centennial Square looks deserted at the moment that's becuz it's still winter. Generally active comes summer with exciting events.
Small groups of people hanging around basically the homeless some with shopping carts holding their worldly possesions. The public toilet below car parkage is filthy & some needles were seen. This is 1 toilet difficult to control.
Lame full of skids, junkies potheads and the odd weirdo. It's embarrassing that it's right on city hall.
Comfortable surroundings. Non-threatening environment. Clean and invigorating.
It's nice to see that the tensor all gone and I sure hope they don't get rid of the fountain art has been there for so long
Big squate in the center of the downtown. Decorate beutiful christmas lights on holiday season!
Centennial Square. Something cultural is usually happening in the square.The square it self has numerous other social functions to treat you socially.
Take a walk around the area as a lot is happening here.China Town is just across the street.Market Square is on the next block as well as the harbour front.You will need a day to explore the area.
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