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The Royal Anne Hotel
About The Royal Anne Hotel
Staying on Bernard Avenue means you can put the car down and leave it there, which in a city as spread out as Kelowna is worth more than it sounds. The Royal Anne Hotel is at 348 Bernard Avenue, among the shops, restaurants and offices of the downtown core, a few blocks up from the waterfront parks and the lake. The front desk can be reached at 250-763-2277, and there is a website at royalannehotel.com.
Downtown hotels sell a location rather than a resort. Guests are here for a conference, a wedding, a hospital appointment, a work week or a few days of the valley, and what matters is being able to walk to dinner and back. The details that change between properties are the ones worth confirming: parking arrangements and whether a stall costs extra, whether rooms face the street or away from it, what happens with luggage before check in and after checkout, and how the building handles accessibility.
Ask about the season when you book. Summer in the Okanagan is the busy stretch, with festivals, weddings and lake weather filling the city centre, while the shoulder months are quieter and the winters here are short and more grey than snowy. If you are flying in, the airport sits northeast of the city and the trip downtown is a real drive rather than a hop, so arrange transport in advance for a late arrival. And if you plan to visit wineries on the benches, sort out how you are getting there and back before the first tasting.
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