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Bowmont Motel
About Bowmont Motel
The river channel that joins Okanagan Lake to Skaha draws a steady stream of visitors through the summer, and Riverside Drive follows the top of it. Bowmont Motel sits at 80 Riverside Drive, on the north side of Penticton near the channel entrance and the Okanagan Lake beach, a few minutes on foot from the downtown blocks.
Location is what a summer traveller is really buying here. Being able to walk to the water, out to a meal and back to a room without moving a vehicle in August traffic counts for more than most other conveniences. The trade off is that this end of town is lively in high season, so a room facing away from the road is a fair thing to ask about when you book, particularly if you keep early hours.
Call +1-250-490-0231 or look at bowmontmotel.com to arrange the details. Things worth confirming: whether there is a fridge or a kitchenette, what the parking allows for anything larger than a car, when check in opens, and how the rate behaves over the festival weekends in the middle of August. Outside the peak months this end of town is unrecognisably quiet, the beaches empty out, and a room near the channel becomes a short walk into a downtown that belongs to residents again.
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