Originally Posted by
SometimeTraveler
While in Victoria an interesting area to look around and shop is Lower Johnson Street and Market Square. A lot of small independent shops and restaurants in mid 1800 brick buildings. If you walk one block further north you can go through Fan Tan alley to Chinatown. Basically one street but also small shops with some non-Chinese as well.
Previous posters have comment saying to skip Butchart Gardens on this trip which is good advice with your limited time on Victoria.
Regarding Helijet check with the hotel you are staying in as some of them have shuttle service to there. It is only a short cab ride, 2 kilometers, if you have to take one.
I looked at the Helijet terminal in Vancouver on Google Maps and it seems to be in a very "awkward" to reach location. It is close to town, but a bit far to walk especially if the weather is not good and you are carrying bags, but at the same time 2km is a very short cab ride that the drivers may not be interested in. There is no convenient public transit close by either. So, it seems like there should be a shuttle provided by Helijet to pick up and drop off passengers at least to a central point downtown.