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The Royal Kelowna
About The Royal Kelowna
A stay built around walking rather than driving is the whole appeal of a downtown hotel, and The Royal Kelowna delivers that at 1288 Water Street, about as central as Kelowna gets. The waterfront boardwalk, the marina, the cultural district and the restaurants of Bernard Avenue are all within a few minutes on foot. Reach the property at 250-860-1033, or start at theroyalkelowna.com.
Waterfront accommodation in the valley draws a particular mix of guests. Summer brings families and lake holidays, spring and autumn bring conferences, weddings and wine trips, and there is a steady flow of people in the city for work at the hospitals, the campus and the larger employers that make Kelowna the service centre for the whole region. Properties on this stretch vary in how they are set up, from conventional hotel rooms to suites with kitchens intended for longer stays, so the useful question at booking is what a night actually includes.
Confirm the practical things early. Parking downtown is a genuine consideration and hotel stalls are often a separate charge. Check what time check in opens if you are arriving off a flight, since the airport is a fair drive northeast of the city. Ask about the outlook, because on a lakefront block the difference between one side of a building and the other is substantial. And if the trip is built around vineyards on the benches or the beaches south along the Mission, plan the driving: everything is close in Kelowna terms and still needs a car.
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In the Downtown neighbourhood of Kelowna.
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