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.
3 of 15 hotels. Price tiers are relative bands, not rates
Resort, Oceanfront
Upscale
A modern glass-and-cedar resort on the rocky shore of Ucluelet, with the Wild Pacific Trail at its edge and the open ocean below. The Ucluelet answer to Tofino's headland lodges, at a lower price.
Resort, Oceanfront
Upscale
Beachfront suites and lodges on Cox Bay with kitchens, fireplaces and a surf school on the sand — the family-and-friends version of a Tofino beach stay, on the beach the surfers rate highest.
Resort, Oceanfront
Luxury
The inn that made Tofino's storm-watching season famous: a cedar-and-stone lodge on a headland above Chesterman Beach, every room facing the open Pacific, with a spa in the rocks and one of the coast's celebrated restaurants.