Editorial shortlist, no booking partner
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.
6 of 15 hotels. Price tiers are relative bands, not rates
Boutique, Historic
Upscale
A Tudor-revival inn on a quiet street a short walk from downtown, run as a small adults-oriented boutique hotel with breakfast included and a garden. The romantic alternative to the harbour hotels.
Boutique, Oceanfront
Upscale
An independent, carbon-neutral hotel on a garden point between the Inner Harbour and Fisherman's Wharf, with every room facing the water. The quiet way to be at the centre of Victoria.
Resort, Oceanfront
Upscale
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.
Resort, Boutique
Upscale
A hillside resort on the Malahat summit with rooms looking down Finlayson Arm to the Gulf Islands, an Italian restaurant and a pool — half an hour from Victoria and on the road to the Cowichan wineries.
Boutique, Historic
Luxury
A Sussex-style manor house and its farm buildings on Ganges Harbour, run as a small country-house hotel with a celebrated kitchen garden and dining room. The reason to stay overnight on Salt Spring rather than day-trip.
Resort, Oceanfront
Luxury
A seaside resort in the village of Oak Bay, ten minutes from downtown, with heated mineral pools over the water, a spa and a pub, rebuilt in the style of the 1920s original. For a slow stay with the city within reach.