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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, Family-friendly

Upscale

Tigh-Na-Mara Seaside Spa Resort

Log cabins and lodge rooms among the firs on Rathtrevor Beach, with a large spa and a mineral pool, a family restaurant and the beach at the bottom of the lawn. The island's classic family resort and the sensible night on the road to Tofino.

Parksville & Qualicum Beach

On the beach

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