Casa Del Mila Oro Resort

Lakeshore Drive does what its name suggests in a town organized around one long warm lake, and Casa Del Mila Oro Resort sits along it at 5401. Osoyoos wraps that water closely, and the beaches, the accommodation and the downtown blocks blur into one another over a remarkably short distance.

The draw here is climate as much as scenery. Osoyoos occupies the hot dry floor of the valley, close enough to the border that cross border traffic is part of ordinary life on Main Street, and warm enough that the lake stays comfortable long after the rest of the Okanagan has cooled. Vineyards climb the benches on either side of town, fruit stands line the routes in, and the sagebrush and antelope brush on the hills form an ecosystem that visitors rarely expect to find anywhere in Canada. It is an unusual combination to have within walking distance of a beach chair.