Fun free things to do in Victoria

• Botanical Beach
• Galloping Goose - Lochside Trail
• Sooke Potholes
• Gorge swimming - yes, it is clean enough to swim in and has some nice beaches and places to jump into the water
• Tillicum reversing falls - underneath the Tillicum bridge, just check the tide times
• Becaon Hill Park - there are many nice places for a picnic, you can watch cricket, enjoy the waterfront or get wet under the giant watering can (if it is actually warm)
• Cadboro Bay - to watch the sailing and enjoy the sandy beach
• Mount Doug Park - there is an old mine shaft you can explore
• Downtown walking tours
• Hang out in Market Square
• Explore the nooks and crannies of the Old Town
• Capital Iron basement
• Legislature tour
• Vancouver Island Brewery tour
• Browsing Antique row on Fort Street - you can go to a live auction at one of two auction houses
• Take a double decker bus out to Sidney or to Sooke
• East Sooke Park - I really like starting at Ayland Farm
• Beaches that are hidden away such as Hollydene
• Fleming beach for rock climbing
• Saxe Point Park - a wonderful spot to hang out and watch the water
• Coburg Peninsula beach - beach fires are no longer allowed, but it is long and sandy
• Whitty's Lagoon
• Fishing off of the Sidney pier 
• Government House for the gardens
• Legacy Art Gallery and Cafe 680 Yates Street
• Ross Bay Cemetery - many well known early BC people are buried here including Emily Carr, Bill Barker, James Douglas and Matthew Begbie
• Old Chinese Cemetery at Harling Point 
• Thetis Lake park - for the hiking
• Royal Roads grounds
• Ogden Point Breakwater
• Mount Finlayson
• Mystic Beach/China Beach/French Beach
• Niagara Falls in Goldstream park
• Esquimalt Naval Base tours
• Munro's Books a temple to books