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Where to stay on Vancouver Island

15 hotels and lodges chosen to cover the island's real choices: a harbour hotel in Victoria, an oceanfront room for storm season, a fishing lodge in Campbell River, cabins on the Telegraph Cove boardwalk. Shortlist by the trip you want, then book with the hotel directly.

Not sure which part of the island? Read Choosing where to base yourself first.

1 of 15 hotels. Price tiers are relative bands, not rates

Resort, Oceanfront

Upscale

Kingfisher Oceanside Resort & Spa

A waterfront spa resort between Courtenay and the Royston shoreline, with a Pacific Mist hydropath, an oceanfront restaurant and rooms facing the Coast Mountains. The Comox Valley's most restful base for a Campbell River wildlife trip.

Comox Valley

On the waterfront

Couples
Peace and quiet
Wildlife trips